Envirolution Festival 2023 set to be the best yet
After a long hiatus due to COVID-19, Envirolution Festival is back in person on Saturday 27th May 2023, 1pm-7pm in Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield.
As Manchester’s leading environmental community festival, Envirolution aims to explore creative ways to enrich our lives, communities and environment. The festival has been running since 2010. However, like the rest of the world, it had to stop in person events due to the pandemic, moving the festival online. 2023 will be the first year Envirolution Festival is back live in Platt Fields park and it is shaping up to be the best year yet!
Get ready for a programme packed full of interactive workshops, inclusive talks, world music on our two solar-powered stages, wellbeing activities, children’s games, market stalls, delicious food by GRUB, MUD Kitchen and much much more.
We’re also working with the amazing Platt Fields Market Garden which, with the help of the Envirolution team, who took a fenced off disused bowling green and turned it into a permaculture paradise.
We can’t wait to welcome Manchester’s passionate communities to this inclusive, free celebration of creativity and alternative approaches to reducing our impact on the environment. Everyone is welcome, from the diverse communities that surround Platt Fields park and across Manchester.
Line up so far….
Talks
Cllr Linda Foley – As Deputy Executive Member for Environment and Transport, Linda has made it her mission to provide Carbon Literacy training for 25% of Manchester’s residents, pushing to make Manchester the first carbon literate city in the world.
Dr Chris Jones – Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Ardwick Climate Action – Inspiring group and recent finalist at the Be Proud Award, Ardwick Climate Action brings together the community in one of Manchester’s most deprived areas to help people take action on climate change and improve their local area.
Wellbeing Area
The Resonance Centre will be bringing their spirit of connection, community, and social inclusion to this year’s festival with free yoga and meditation workshops all day.
World music
Stepladder Records are bringing an amazing array of world music to our solar stages at this year’s festival.
The Galivantes – Galivantes are an eight-piece rowdy ska band from Manchester whose sound is hard to pin down – not least because they have three lead singers and a range of influences from ska punk, reggae, disco, folk and rock. They are possibly best described as a blend of The Pixies and Sublime, mixing strong driving beats with fiery vocals, crunching guitars, funky bass, and a chaotic cacophony of brass, all wrapped up around a politically charged power-to-the-people message
Get in touch!
With 4 weeks still to go until Envirolution festival arrives, we’re still looking for engaging and interactive stalls and workshops.