Event
Manchester International Festival 2025
03 Jul 2025 – 20 Jul 2025
Manchester International Festival 2025
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Photograph: Lagos. Kashope Faje, for 88 Life Studios
Performance
THE HERDS: Heywood
4 Jul 2025
Regular hours
- Fri, 04 Jul
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- Aspinall Street
- Manchester
England - OL10 4HP
- United Kingdom
Event map
Public art meets climate action in THE HERDS – a monumental migration of puppet animals on a 20,000km journey from the Congo basin to the Arctic Circle.
About
Is that a giraffe on Market Street? An elephant in Heywood? An antelope in Pennington Flash? THE HERDS are on the move…
After opening MIF25 with a dramatic arrival in Manchester City Centre, THE HERDS abandons the bustling city for the residential streets of Heywood, Rochdale. Encounter the animals in the industrial shadow of Mutual Mills before they move to Queen’s Park in search of nature. Can they find a tranquil moment away from the city?
After Heywood, THE HERDS moves to Pennington Flash Nature Reserve looking for a glimmer of the wild before continuing its journey northwards to the Arctic.
