Góbéfest 2024
Schedule
Fri Sep 20 2024 at 04:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Location
Cathedral Gardens, Corporation Street, M43BG Manchester, United Kingdom | Manchester, EN
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Góbéfest, Manchester's original urban folk music and dance festival with strong Central and Eastern European leanings, is back.Established in 2017, Góbéfest has its roots firmly in Transylvania but over the years has expanded its reach to cherry pick some of the finest performing artists from around the Carpathian Basin and beyond.
Returning to Cathedral Gardens on the rescheduled date of Friday 20-Sunday 22 September 2024, the festival will for the first time be selling day or weekend tickets for the Friday and Saturday. Sunday - which has become known as Dance Day - will remain free.
Friday headliners for the indie event, which turns eight this year are gypsy folk band of the moment and Preston's finest Mobius Loop (pictured) and klezmer and Balkan music supremos She’Koyokh.
Saturday's headliner is Magyar Banda, an 8 piece folk band all the way from Budapest.
Independent food and drink traders will be serving up favourites from around the Carpathian Basin, from giant pans of goulash, to the fried flat breads known as lángos and Transylvanian barbecued chimney cakes. Alongside craft beer, there will also be a Hungarian wine stall, a cocktail bar and a palinka (Hungarian fruit brandy) bar. Free activities in the family tent include music and dance workshops, arts and crafts and storytelling.
Established in 2017, Góbéfest has its roots firmly in Transylvania but over the years has expanded its reach to cherry pick some of the finest performing artists from all over the Carpathian Basin and Eastern Europe. A "Góbé" is a friendly word for a crafty Szekler. Szekler people are a minority group of ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania, which is part of Romania.
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Where is it happening?
Cathedral Gardens, Corporation Street, M43BG Manchester, United Kingdom, Corporation St (Stop NP), Corporation Street, Manchester, M4 3, United Kingdom,Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
