More than 100 artists will perform at the Neighbourhood Festival 2024 - which will return to a number of big venues across the city centre later this year. The festival, which has featured the likes of YUNGBLUD, Sam Fender, Mabel and The Lathums since its inception in 2016, will return to Manchester on Saturday, October 5 with the first wave of artists announced today. The first artists to be unveiled include Manchester-based rock band Pale Waves and spoken word and hip-hop artist Antony Szmierek, with tickets going on sale at 9am on Friday (May 24) here .

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Festival tickets will allow people to attend any gigs they choose to with just the one wristband. Pale Waves will be headlining Neighbourhood Festival 2024 (Image: UGC) Last year’s event, which took the form of a two-day festival in Warrington’s Victoria Park during the May Bank Holiday weekend, featured Pulp, The Kooks, Self Esteem, Anne-Marie, The Wombats and Sugababes. Spea.