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SEE MY WORLD Festival

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SEE MY WORLD Festival

About SEE MY WORLD Festival

SEE MY WORLD presents a one-night music festival flaunting Manchester's Pan-African music legacy.

On Friday 24 October 2025, this event will trace the city's Black music scene across past, present and future, marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Pan-African Congress.

In 1945, Manchester hosted a landmark gathering of activists and future African leaders - Kwame Nkrumah, W.E.B. Du Bois, Hastings Banda, Jomo Kenyatta and more - who demanded an end to colonial rule and laid the foundations for African independence movements. Eight decades later, SEE MY WORLD Festival channels that same spirit of solidarity, self-determination, and cultural pride through music and performance.

The SEE MY WORLD Festival will honour the Pan-African divine, connecting historic lineage with present-day ancestry, keeping the Pan-African dream alive.

Event Info

Artist Lineup

The lineup features established and emerging artists, and a unique collaboration with the 'Black Creative Trailblazers' shaping Manchesters musical heritage, including live performances from CHUNKY, LayFullstop, Isaiah Hull and Sinead D'Abreu-Hayling as well as DJ sets from DJ Silva, Ms Dee, PAPU RAF, DJ Fya and DJ FB.

Event Timings

19:00 Doors Open
20:45 Last Entry for Live Performances 
21:00-23:00 Performances
23:00 Last Entry for After Party
23:00-03:45 Afterparty Dj's

This is a Big People Music & Big People Community CIC production in partnership with Contact. Funded by Arts Council England.

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