9th-11th October 2026
Manchester’s first dedicated sound art festival. three days of listening. Performance, installation, spatial audio, talks, workshops and sound walks.
Auris is a new festival dedicated to sound art in all its forms, bringing together some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary sound art through a range of practices that explore immersive listening, the environment, architecture and space, technology, and the body.
Between the 9th and 11th of Oct, expect three days of installations, performance, spatial audio, talks, workshops and sound walks across Manchester’s Oxford Rd Corridor. Developed by Modus Arts, Auris Festival brings the dynamism of the sonic arts to Manchester in a festival format for the very first time, making the city a new destination for the art form.
artists
[performances]
Francisco Lopez
Nik COLK VOID
LEE PATTERSON
WETLOCKER
ROBIN THE FOG
RYOKO AKAMA
LOLA DE LA MATA
[INSTALLATIONS]
KAMILA NARYSHEVA
VICKY CLARKE
WAJID YASEEN
[talks/workshops]
emma margetson
jez riley french
hannah kemp-welch
mark wagner
kate carr
iain chambers
signkid
matt barnard
[soundwalks]
markus hetherier
hayley suviste
ryan woods
maya chowdhry
[spatial audio]
brona martin
text-sound-art
miko tchÓrzewski
marcus decker
bernard kelly
totaleee
horse lords
nye parry
CAMERON TAYLOR
arconic sound
SCAld
jose macabra
mick harris
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venues
Set against a backdrop of Manchester’s architectural heritage across the Oxford Road Corridor district, Walkable within 15 minutes.
SODA
14 Higher Chatham St, Manchester, M15 6ED
Anthony Burgess Foundation
3 Cambridge St, Manchester, M1 5BY
SISTER/Renold Building
32a Altrincham St, Manchester, M1 7JR
Seesaw
86 Princess St, Manchester, M1 6NG