Reform Radio at Manchester International Festival

We are very excited to announce that we have curated several shows featuring Reform’s nearest and dearest artists and hosts at this year’s Manchester International Festival which returns to the city from 29 June to 16 July. Taking place at the new riverside location Festival Square’s free open-air stage will host over 190 artists, bands, DJs and musicians, as well as family entertainment and a wide variety of food and drink. With over 150 artists in the line-up hailing from Greater Manchester, the programme is massive celebration of sounds of the region. Festival Square activities are totally free to attend, so there is absolutely no excuse to miss this.

Check out our schedule below and see you at the Festival Square.

FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 1pm – 2.30pm – MELATROIS

Serving up music with no genre restrictions and conversation inspired by the socio-political climate, Melatrois is two hours of down to earth, kind of weird airtime with more rhythm than rhyme.

FRIDAY 30TH JUNE3PM – 4.30PM – THE GET OUT

The Get Out, an afternoon version of our first ever breakfast show, The Get Up. Chat and tunes with Yelena Lashimba, broadcast live, encouraging people to get down to Festival Square.

WEDNESDAY 12TH JULY 3PM – 4.30PM– HERCHESTER

HERchester will be showcasing their talents from the latest edition & talking about the process they’ve been through from joining the project, improving their skills together and recording a cypher at Blues Kitchen.

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 1PM – 2.30PM – MUSIC AND MIND

A platform that celebrates the bringing together of music and mental health, shining a light on lived experiences and the music that drives the people behind them, hosted by Levi Love.

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 3PM – 4.30PM – MUTUALISM

A discussion with Obeka and Murder He Wrote, hosted by Reform’s Natasha delving deep into the processes behind our most recent collaborative project with shesaid.so South Africa, exploring remote collaboration.

THURSDAY 13TH JULY 9PM – 10PM – SOUNDCAMP SHOWCASE

Soundcamp 2022 alumni are taking over Festival Square to share their musical creations, that were born during their time on Reform’s artist development programme.