Material Culture: Patn Fest 2025

An alternative placemaking festival in the heart of Manchester

• Presentations

• Performance

• Participation

Material is the stuff places are made from. Culture breathes life into them.
Placemaking brings material and culture together. 

We’re celebrating placemaking and placemakers at Patn Fest 2025.

Our special guests include:

• Caroline Cort, Co-Founder MIF

• Lisa Finley, Group Leader & Partner, Heatherwick Studio

• Wayne Hemingway, Co-Founder, Hemingway Design.

Plus…

Music from The Breath

And…

The Patn Slam — a dizzying display of 4-minute, quick-fire propositions and arguments.

Don’t miss this exclusive one-day event. 

Discounted early bird tickets now available.