Manchester Punk Festival 2017 is confirmed for 20th to 22nd April 2017. It is the third outing of the popular festival which celebrates classic, retro, new and many other genres of punk music. It is taking place at six different venues around Manchester, including Sound Control.

Bands will be playing every night at all of the venues, so the line-up for the event will be huge. Many different stages allow many different types of punk music to be enjoyed. Acts confirmed so far including The Toasters, Mighty Midgets, Sweet Empire, Paint It Black, Edward in Venice, Larrakia, The Living Daylights and Pizzatramp.