WELCOME TO MUSLIM WOMEN’S ARTS FESTIVAL 2025!
Our programme in partnership with MACFEST is now live.
From February till July 2025 we will have our Muslim Women’s Arts Festival showcasing Muslim women speakers, artists and artisans from North West UK and from around the world: our international festivals’ line up will take you on an unmissable arts and culture journey from Manchester to the USA!
Most of our events are online and free so save your space via Eventbrite!
2025 MACFEST & WOMEN’S ARTS FESTIVAL start on Saturday, 22nd February!
Join us in celebrating the opening of MACFEST 2025, Muslim Women’s Arts Festival and the second round of MACFEST Arts Awards. Like every year, there is something for everyone: Art Exhibitions and Workshops all day long, Opening Ceremony with Welcome speeches and greetings from partners, Tilavat and Nasheed by school children, Poetry, Performance and cake cutting.
This year we are launching a new initiative: Muslim Artists’ Network!
Venue: Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ER
SOME OF OUR 2025 events across the 9 mini MACFEST Festivals:
RAMADAN AND EID CELEBRATIONS:
Food Stories from the Middle East with Zarina Ahmad
OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR PLANET:
From Orchard to Jar in Oldham: Exploring Apples and Traditional English and Persian Jam Making
FESTIVAL OF CALLIGRAPHY AND ARTS:
Afghani Women Artists- Freedom of Expression through Art
MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES:
Calligraphy Workshop with Farzana Patel in Tameside
NORTH-WEST FESTIVAL:
Bury Active Women’s Centre Celebrating Bury MACFEST
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL:
“By the Fig and the Olive”: Ecology, Poetics and the Muslim Culinary Tradition. Hello from the USA!
FESTIVAL OF WORDS AND BOOKS:
Children’s Books with Shirin Shamsi Hello from the USA!
Youth Festival:
Celebrating IWD 2025: Young Muslim Women Speak Out
MUSLIM WOMEN’S ARTS FESTIVAL:
Celebrating IWD – Research CafE
