Who will be crowned champion and make it to the next level?

There’s more to sport in Manchester than City and United: With this week’s spotlight on the Fitness and Fight Festival

Katherine Horrex tells us what’s going down at Manchester Literature Festival 2015

Primavera’s line-up, Barcelona’s sea side; sound and setting in perfect harmony

The Strokes roll out the hits whilst Blur perform a career spanning spet

Beat-Herder is a true treasure and triumph of the North

The Mancunion’s own Rachel Connolly has her mind blown by Sónar’s electronic extravaganza

Gottwood finds that happy medium between both the serene escapism sought from festivals, and the hedonism of underground dance culture

Dimensions festival announces a new wave of boat parties…

Echo & The Bunnymen are set to spearhead the Academy’s second all indie, all day festival

Live at Leeds again proved to be a brilliant day out

Âme, Boddika, Loefah, Floating Points (DJ set), BADBADNOTGOOD amongst many others added to the Croatian festival.

Guide to European festivals of 2015

The Mancunion’s guide to UK festivals of 2015

Patrick Hinton speaks to Bicep about the musical culture of Manchester, being labelled 90s house revivalists, and who can bench more

Bloc. returns

James Jackman takes a trip to Victoria Baths and discovers some new and exciting beers

In its first year held outside of Scotland, SSW is beginning to accrue a wider following, steadily bringing increasing recognition to its approach to delivering house music

Zoo felt so close to being really good

The uncharacteristically bright weather at Richfield Avenue fails to breathe life into a festival that is as inconsistent as it is unsure of its own direction.