Manchester International Festival Opens Tonight with WHAT IS THE CITY BUT THE PEOPLE?; Watch Live!

Manchester International Festival opens this evening at 6.30pm in Piccadilly Gardens, with What is the City But the People? a celebration of the greatest city on earth. Watch it live and online wherever you are at mif.co.uk/live.

The Festival continues at 8.30pm tonight with New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes... at Old Granada Studios.

For a full schedule of MIF events, visit mif.co.uk/mif17-calendar.

This year, for the first time ever, the BBC will work with Manchester International Festival to bring audiences world-class performances online using BBC Live - the online platform used by the BBC for its coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the General Election.

From 29 June to 16 July, audiences will be able to experience the festival live online, with livestreams of MIF productions, updates from behind the scenes at the festival expert opinion, the best of social media, imagery and highlight clips from across the festival, plus over 100 commissioned creative responses from #creative50, a community of emerging artists from Greater Manchester.

Head to mif.co.uk/live to experience the festival live online.

Watch What is the City But the People? below!

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