Wednesday 26th β Saturday 29th March 2025
Experience the excitement of BBC Radio 6 Music's flagship live music event, returning to Greater Manchester for the third consecutive year.
6 Music Festival on iPlayer
Dive into headline sets from jazz powerhouse Ezra Collective, post-rock pioneers Mogwai (in a unique collaboration with KNDS Fairey Acid Brass) and a global premiere of new material from street poet supreme Kae Tempest.
6 Music's Rave Forever, Indie Forever, The Morning After Mix and New Music Fix go live in Manchester's grass roots venues with cutting edge DJ sets.
While the festival's fresh performances take centre stage, iPlayer and BBC Sounds also showcase iconic Indie moments that capture 6 Music's boundary-pushing spirit.
BBC Sounds

Ezra Collective
London jazz firebrands blend Afrobeat, hip-hop and Caribbean heat into euphoric, Mercury-winning grooves.

Mogwai
Glaswegian post-rock icons shift from delicate melodies to earth-shaking walls of sound
Kae Tempest
Street poet blurs the lines between hip-hop, poetry, and modern myth
jasmine.4.t
Rising Manchester star crafts raw, radiant indie folk at BBC Introducing's club night


















