Festival Square, the home of Manchester International Festival moves to Cathedral Gardens this year, with 18 days of food and drink stalls, free live music and DJs across three stages, tours and more.
Heathcote&Co, Honest Crust, Eat Well MCR, and Stellar are the first stalls to be announced.
Music will be curated by Jamz Supernova, DJ Paulette, Mr Scruff, BBC Music Introducing, and DJ Dave Haslam with the return of Homoelectric.
There will be a celebration of Manchester musicians with Afrodeutsche, Feel Good Club, Norman Jay and Lamb vocalist Lou Rhodes among those choosing the tunes.
Festival Square will be open from 2nd July to 18th July.
