Manchester Punk Festival 2026★★★★★MY EXPECTATIONS for this year’s Manchester Punk Festival (MPF) could hardly have be higher after last year’s triumph. And, oh boy, did it meet them! MPF25 was a mind-blowing experience. The bands I’d wanted to see smashed it, and the ones we stumbled upon were even better. I’d only just moved to the city, and was beside myself with joy to find that the DIY, grassroots festival here drew in hundreds of punk bands across three days every Easter, and had been doing so for 10 years.