Ayres Road Festival

26/06/2025

A huge thank you to all our brilliant market & stall holders at AR FEST 💚
From plant stalls, creative crafters, passionate health + wellbeing teams, inspiring community initiatives, and the support of our local councillors — you brought so much community and connection to the day.

Whilst we couldn't share pictures of you all we'd love you to tag yourselves below!👇

25/06/2025

A huge shout out to all our volunteers for their help and time over the last few months as well as everyone who helped on the day. From our small but agile operations team of 8, over 25 stewards and an additional support team of 15 helping us set up on Saturday - donating their time to help make this year's festival happen.

This post would be crazy long if we named everyone involved (feel free to tag anyone below to say a specific thank you). We honestly couldn't have done it without each and every one of you - so thank you x

If you're feeling inspired and think you might like to get involved at the next festival please let us know in the comments below and we'll get back to you a little closer to the time.

24/06/2025

🌟 WOW — what a day! 🌟
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came down to AR FEST on Saturday — we hope you had as much fun as we did! 💃🏽🎶☀️

We’ve been scrolling through hundreds (okay, maybe thousands) of incredible photos and videos, and honestly… we can’t pick favourites. So instead, we’ll be sharing a few highlights across the week 📸✨

💛 If you came and loved it, show us some love and hit that like button!
🗣️ Got five mins? We’d really appreciate your feedback — link’s in our bio/on our website.

Let’s keep the AR FEST buzz going just a little bit longer 💥

21/06/2025

Step Up with Chad Taylor - We’re buzzing to have dancer and choreographer Chad Taylor at AR FEST. Catch his dance workshop at 3.15pm today in The Game Changa (SMS). 💥 Movement, music, and serious vibes — don’t miss it.

Watch his powerful performance to Children of Zeus filmed inside St John's Church, Old Trafford.

📍AR FEST, Ayres Road, Old Trafford, M16.
🗓️ TODAY - Saturday 21 June 2025
🕚 1pm - 5pm
🎟️ FREE entry

Everyday life can be a struggle and sometimes it's the music that keeps us going. The song just resonates with me so well, so after many years of playing the...

21/06/2025

🎶🔥 Catch Caulbearers live at 3.30pm today! 🔥🎶
Caulbearers are a Manchester-born music collective blending poetic lyrics, soulful grooves and global sounds — rooted in funk, storytelling, and social reflection. They're playing in St John's Gardens at 3pm today - don't miss it!

📍 Ayres Road Festival, Ayres Road, Old Trafford, M16 - it's FREE!

Burst Through The Borders is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp, iTunes / Apple Music & Spotify. https://linktr.ee/CaulbearersThe v...

20/06/2025

The Ayres Road Festival Map & Event Guide is now available! 🎉

Plan ahead, work out where and when to catch our bands, performances, creative and wellbeing workshops, kids activities, art installations, and more!

📲 See it now on our website (link in bio)
📍Or pick up a printed copy during the festival from our main venues and volunteers on Ayres Road!

20/06/2025

📖✨ Meet Lydia Unsworth — local poet and word-weaver — performing at Ayres Road Festival as part of the Pop up Poets tomorrow!

will be sharing readings from her latest work, A House For Everyone, a chronicle of every home she’s ever lived in — including right here on Kings Road in Old Trafford 🏘️💬 Come and hear stories that feel like they could be your own.

📍Catch her at AR FEST from 1pm tomorrow on Ayres Road, Old Trafford, M16
📚 You might just recognise your street…

20/06/2025

🫖 Real talk. Good brews. Fresh perspectives.

Join the Old Trafford Ageing in Place Pathfinder team at AR FEST — a bold group of over-50s who are flipping the script on what ageing looks like in our community. Catch them at the Brew Bench (1–4pm) for a proper chat, a cuppa, and some honest conversation about life, ageing, and everything in between.

There’ll be games for the kids, stories worth hearing, and space to connect across generations.

This is about building a better future — together.
Come say hi.

20/06/2025

🕰️ Time Travel at St John’s Church!
(...well, not exactly 😉) Join a guided tour of the St John’s Church Clock Tower during AR FEST tomorrow. Discover the inner workings of the historic tower and learn about its place in Old Trafford’s story ⛪🕰️

📍 Tours run from 1–3.45pm
🎟️ £2 per person — pay on the door

A brilliant chance to explore behind the scenes of one of our most loved community buildings!