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How fly do our #mjf2026 T-Shirts look?! 👕 & now w

How fly do our #mjf2026 T-Shirts look?! 👕

& now with our handy pre-order function you can jump the festival queues & purchase them alongside your tickets ready for collection on the day! Hurry though - you’ve only got the weekend - pre-order ends on Monday ⏰

Design by @paul_hemmingfield 🎨

We love our northern , Manchester made artists 🫶

We love our northern , Manchester made artists 🫶

Our free opening weekend at @firststreetmcr provides the perfect opportunity to platform them with you! Discover what makes Manchester so unique & why are artists continue to live & work here 👆

15-17 May - discover the very best up & coming bands from across Manchester & the wider north ✨👉 link in bio to learn more 🕺🪩

📹🎙️ @finnmuircochrane

Introducing our Saturday night First Street Headli

Introducing our Saturday night First Street Headliner… Orchestra Mambo International 🪩

📍First Street , Main Stage
📅 16 may
🎟️ free admission, no ticket required

Bringing mambo to life for a whole new generation of young UK listeners - and not just from the salsa dance scene - don’t miss this epic 13 piece band 🕺

#mjf2026

Introducing … @ankoramusic 📍 @firststreetmcr mai

Introducing … @ankoramusic

📍 @firststreetmcr main stage
📆 16 may
🎟️ free , no ticket required

Fast rising octet of ambitious young musicians breaking through the dynamic London jazz scene ✨

#mjf2026

Introducing... OUR FREE OPENING WEEKENDER @ First

Introducing... OUR FREE OPENING WEEKENDER @ First Street Manchester 👉 link in the bio to further details

& this poster has well & truly had a glow up (courtesy of our brilliant designer @paul_hemmingfield)

2 stages. 20 live bands.

Celebrating the breadth and individuality of our home-grown scene, expect:

- Our Youth Advisory Board Friday night takeover on the @askrealest Garden Stage
- The return of our @jazznorth Northern Line Showcase
- Something for everyone with an entire family friendly lineup
- Headliners to include: the grooving @orch.mambo.international & mjf favourite @_charliecooper_

A deep dive into all of this & more incoming later in the week, so keep those eyes peeled 👀

Free entry, no ticket required! 🎟️

With thanks to @firststreetmcr, @askrealest, Rising Tide & @innside_by_melia_uk

Just saying… 👀🔥 It wouldn’t be an #mjf2026 grassr

Just saying… 👀🔥

It wouldn’t be an #mjf2026 grassroots venue feature week without paying homage to the legendary @mattandphreds 🫶

Events every night 👉 more details at the link in the bio

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Have you spotted our pianos yet?! 👀 If not Steve

Have you spotted our pianos yet?! 👀

If not Steve is here to take you on his own walking tour of the UK’s largest piano trail! 🎹

Donate. Play. Follow the trail. & learn more 👉 via the link in the bio

#mjfpianotrail

Celebrating our grassroots venues 🫶 & most impor

Celebrating our grassroots venues 🫶

& most importantly our electrifying jam led by @thegreenskeepersband & taking over @stageandradiomcr on Friday 22 May 🙌

📹 alto.optics

#mjf2026

Did somebody say discount 💸 30% off @Cassie Kinos

Did somebody say discount 💸

30% off @Cassie Kinoshi (@kindseakoi) @seedtheband_ . using code “CASSIE30” at the checkout!

📍 @rncmlive - Royal Northern College of Music
📅 16 may
⏰ 7.30 - 9pm

“Kinoshi is at home with a 10-piece ensemble of young talent, fusing African, Carribean and dance grooves” - Jazz re:freshed

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