An Italian food festival is returning to Manchester this weekend and it’s free to attend.

Festa Italiana brings live music, street food, cookery demonstrations and more to Manchester’s city centre.

This year’s celebrations are expected to be bigger and better than the festival in 2022 which saw 40,000 people enjoy the festival piazza in Cathedral Gardens, according to the Festa Italiana website.

When is Festa Italiana coming to Manchester?

Festa Italiana will see plenty of Italian food and tipples and if you want to get among the action, here’s how you can.

It will take place in Manchester over a weekend this summer from August 25 to 27 and you can find out more information about the food festival via the website.

It’s free entry and begins at midday and ends at 11pm each day.

There’s something for all the family with kid's activities, live music and bars plus an artisan Italian food market and more.

Italian chefs and masterclasses will be at the live cookery theatre throughout the weekend.