Góbéfest, Manchester's original international urban folk music and dance festival, has been rescheduled for Friday 20-Sunday 22 September 2024.

Joint Friday headliners for the indie event, which turns eight this year, are gypsy folk band of the moment and Preston's finest Mobius Loop and klezmer and Balkan music supremos She’Koyokh.

Whilst Saturday's headliner is Magyar Banda, an 8/12 piece folk band all the way from Budapest.

Other acts playing across two stages for the three day event include Koszika & the Hotshots, Lazlo Baby, Karolina Wegrzyn & Banda, Csjilla, Réka-Kata Regián & Szabolcs Horváth and Solymosi Duo. Further local and international acts are still to be confirmed.

The weekend promises an expertly curated mix of bands and solo artists, folk dance troupes, choirs and more. 

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 UK and Europe.
Returning to Cathedral Gardens, 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.
Tickets bought for original dates in June 2024 are still valid.


Sunday Line Up
Lazlo Baby
Kalinka Balalainka Orchestra 
Hunique Hungarian Folk Ensemble 
TK Ripni -Ka NW Bulgarian Dance
Tezaur Romanian Folk Dance Group Podylia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Polonez – Polish Folklore Group 
Scattered Collective- World Music Band
Monty Folk
Tulip Zither Band & Folk Arts