Every year, I pull together a list of festivals happening in my backyard – the Chorlton area of south Manchester – so that everyone can get the dates in their diaries nice and early.

This year sees the usual suspects joined by a couple of festivals that are making a welcome return following a break in 2017. It’s good to have them back.

Here is the Chorlton Festival Calendar 2018.

Chorlton Big Green Happening 2018

Saturday, 14 April 2018

Chorlton Big Green Happening Also known as the Chorlton & Whalley Range Big Green Happening, the successor to Chorlton’s Big Green Festival took a year out in 2017 but is now back with a bigger focus on Whalley Range.

Whereas most of the action took place at St Clement’s Church on Edge Lane in Chorlton last time around, this time the Carlton Club on Carlton Road in Whalley Range…