Events and actions taking place this month.
Events Round-Up September 2025
Summer may be winding down but festival season isn’t over just yet – with the final installment of Green Island Festival taking place in Hulme next weekend, a whole programme of events to celebrate Manchester’s Japan week, and a load of Heritage Open Days taking place across Greater Manchester, this month’s events calendar has something for everyone.
Greater Manchester social movements come together to demand change
Can a coalition of social movements provide a challenge to the Labour establishment? Only time will tell.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority launches new scheme to create better landlords
Greater Manchester Combined Authority have officially launched their GM Good Landlord Charter (GLC), in a bid to increase the quality of rented accommodation across the city region.
The Meteor Events Round-Up July 2025
Events and actions taking place this month in Greater Manchester.
Colin Barker’s legacy lives on in Manchester at the 30th anniversary of the social movements conference he pioneered
Manchester has been home to the Alternative Futures and Popular Protest conference for 30 years. Originally organised by Colin Barker in the 90s, it continues to inform how activists and academics all over the world understand and create change through social movements.
Manchester City supporters set up trade union group to fight for fans and workers
A group of Manchester City FC fans have set up a trade union-aligned group to fight for better treatment of football supporters and workers.
A living income campaign has been launched in Greater Manchester with mayor Andy Burnham’s support
A living income is a way to change the social security system for the better – and it could be pioneered in the UK for people in Greater Manchester.
What’s on in June
Events and actions taking place this month in Greater Manchester.
Insurance industry conference in Manchester draws protest against fossil fuels
Last week (14 May 2025) protestors from a coalition of environmental groups demonstrated against the annual conference of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).