Manchester International Festival Feedback

The first Manchester International Festival may have ended, but not our talking about it. As the festival is planning to become Manchester’s own arts biennale, the organisers are waiting to receive feedback on their efforts. If you were there and would like to participate, just follow the link below:

Manchester International Festival Survey

There is a small incentive: “one lucky person can win £100”. So, you can test your luck, too, by completing the survey.

I completed it last week, trying to be as honest as I could. I do think that Manchester: Peripheral could’ve been presented better. The survey is said to take 10 mins: not quite so, when you’ve got questions like “Please name any SPONSORS, if you can”. Certainly, if you can’t, then you don’t have to, but it’s nice to be able to, nonetheless.

The concerns for nature and economy weren’t ignored, whereby there is a section of questions that should help “to estimate the total economic impact and carbon emissions the festival has generated in Manchester”. In particular, they ask “how many miles did you travel in total to get to and from Central Manchester to ALL the Manchester International Festival events you attended?”

This is a very tricky question to someone like me, who doesn’t have a car and thus cannot count miles.