Summer means festival season but instead of enduring the knee-deep mud and no showers for days Mancs can enjoy the festival vibes from the heart of the city instead this year. Pizza purveyors Nell’s and alcohol-free bar Love From present Kampus Fest – a free weekend music celebration at Capital&Centric and HBD’s Kampus garden neighbourhood.
The summer of fun is headlined by the free event, Kampus Fest, a city centre weekender now in its second year, taking place from 28−30 June. Featuring the Untold Orchestra, a Glastonbury live stream, pop-up shops, Born to be Wild Child, family fun activities and a special guest (spoiler, it’s the Manchester Weather), the festival is set to be another huge success, full of colour, love and good times.
There’ll be ice cream stalls, a spritz bar, plenty of AF drinks, massive pizza (classic Nell’s) and much more, including Saturday market stalls from the likes of Sour Cherry and Deidei Studio, face painting and hair tinsel, giving true festival vibes.
At 6:30pm on the Saturday, there’ll be a live performance from The Untold Orchestra, celebrating the festival weekend with a ‘Best Of Glastonbury’ set, making sure us Mancs get the full experience of Glasto without having to set foot in Worthy Farm.
Jonny Heyes, co-founder of Nell’s said: “We were blown away by the reaction to Kampus Fest last year… we saw lots of new faces come down to the garden to enjoy not only the music and food, but the atmosphere too. We just had to bring it back for a second year.”
Kampus Fest is free to attend from Friday 28 June – Sunday 30 June, and you can reserve a spot here. The Family Fun Day event on Sunday for youngsters requires reservation, with tickets available to book in advance here.