The new city of Greater Manchester culture has been called

The city received the accreditation, emphasizing the creativity and diversity of the area

Rocdale will be the next city of Manchester culture.

The City of Culture, the annual award of the Combined Authority in Manchester (GMCA), highlights the creativity and diversity of a city, putting a reflector on remarkable art, culture and heritage throughout the region. Rocdale He will seek to rely on the rich cultural history of the city and the international reputation as a house of the cooperative movement.

A series of major events have already been aligned. These include Feel Good family picnic; a new urban art festival; The street festival eats food and drinks; a lantern parade; Ignite Fire Festival; a new gallery of people; Halal Merhaba food festival; Parade Pride – plus many more.

There will be a lot of opportunities for children and adolescents to get involved, with a scheme of a young producer, in which he staged the first youth arts festival in Rocdale in the spring of 2026. In addition, Rosdale will receive a subsidy of 50,000 pounds from GMCA Culture Fund.

The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham He said: “Rocdale is a place with a rich cultural history, so it is wonderful to call it the Culture of Greater Manchester, because the town hall and center of the city enters a nine era.

“Rocdale has submitted a fantastic offer for this, which was incredibly interesting and ambitious, while it was firmly rooted in its local talent and in deep history.

“We will definitely see all the best of what Rosdale has to offer in the next 12 months, and people will come away to see it.”

NEIL Emmott Council, the leader of the Borough Roșdale Council, said: “I am delighted ROCHDALE will be the culture city for 2025/26. We will attract Greater Manchester audiences and not only to enjoy a fabulous program of new events and activities, as well as the amplification of our existing offer and the market and the City Hall Center recently transformed.

“We have an amazing community spirit here, with interesting and varied attractions and a series of local talents that will help us produce something very special. We are well connected and we have iconic cultural places that will provide an amazing background for the wonderful year.

“This Greater Manchester Combined Authority Culture Fund will help to develop a line inspired by events and activities that celebrate the culture, history and future of Rocdale.”

The RoMle’s Town of Culture program will take place from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026.

Rocdale is the most recent city that received the title of 2020, following Bury, Stlybridge, Stockport And most recent BoltonWith all four using the prize to raise their profile and celebrate the width and diversity of their cultural offer.