Welcome to Manchester's first Cultural Collage World Music Festival.

Manchester has always been a truly international city, home to people from all over the globe. It is also one of the UK’s leading musical cities. Yet until now the city has never had its own festival which combines both.

So now the team which brought you Manchester's first world music radio show, the Cultural Collage Collective, has created something small, but beautiful - a series of world music events between the dates of 5 and 16 May 2010.

Watch out for up-to date details of all this year's events on our festival website at http://www.culturalcollageworldmusicfestival.org.uk and in our festival magazine 'Cultural Collage World', which will soon be available from venues all over central Manchester.