Festival of Libraries 2025

Family friendly

The inside of the John Rylands Library in Manchester city centre.

The Festival of Libraries is a five-day celebration of Greater Manchester’s libraries taking place between 4 and 8 June 2025. Happening at many venues across the city, the festival will have lots of fun activities, which will be free to take part in.

With plenty to see and do at the Festival of Libraries, you can enjoy hearing live music and watching theatre and dance performances. There will also be lots of family-friendly activities, talks and creative workshops, with the family-friendly ‘Look for a Book’ getting the festival underway in the May half term holidays.

Festival of Libraries
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Plan your visit

St Peter's Square
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M2 5PD

One of Manchester’s greatest landmarks, Central Library is a building of architectural beauty and a place for knowledge and learning.

Mon
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tue
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Wed
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Thu
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Fri
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun
Closed

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