Two weeks – One city region – Bringing Live Well to life
Get ready for a two-week, city region-wide celebration of the people, places, and partnerships growing and bringing Live Well to life across Greater Manchester.
From Monday 9 March to Monday 23 March 2026, Greater Manchester will come alive with a two‑week celebration of the people, places and partnerships that grow and bring Live Well to life across our 10 boroughs.
There’s no single festival site and no barriers. Instead, the festival unfolds through a series of pop-ups, happening at the same time in different spaces. Each pop-up is unique, telling its own story and reflecting the strengths, creativity, and energy of local neighbourhoods and communities whilst rooting itself in one or more of the Big Four Festival Stages:
Spaces of Hope and Connection
Celebrating the trusted, community-rooted places that bring people together, where belonging grows, relationships deepen, and support flows.
Building Bridges and Weaving Trust
Bringing people, places, and experiences together – strengthening trust, connection, and
belonging between communities, and with public services.
Great Everyday Support
Showcasing inspiring examples of relational and inclusive support in communities that support people to live well.
Participation and Community Power
Celebrating the ways communities shape the places they live and the decisions that affect
their lives – shifting power, driving change, and growing collective action.
Together, these pop-up moments create a diverse festival line-up, showing what it means to Live Well across Greater Manchester.
Live Well Spring Festival – Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Festival Programme
Check out what’s happening across the two weeks of the festival – so much happening in every borough, daily!
Live Well Spring Festival Poster (PDF, 777 KB),
Plain text version: Live Well Spring Festival Poster (DOCX, 30 KB)
