The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival is moving permanently to Manchester

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The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will be moving to Greater Manchester for good, the broadcaster has revealed .

The BBC has said the area, which hosted the first festival in 2014, will be its "permanent home" in the future.

Samantha Moy, head of BBC Radio 6 Music, said the station would be "rooted in Salford over time".

The 2023 event will take place over three days in March and will see headlines from Arlo Parks, Christine and the Queens, Loyle Carner.

The festival started in Manchester in 2014 and has since been held in Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The 2023 event will take place from 24 to March 26 at Victoria Waré ouse at Trafford and Manchester's Band on the Wall.

It will see world premieres by Arlo Parks and Christine and the Queens and a collaboration between Loyle Carner and the AMC Gospel Choir of Manchester, as well as sets live by Wu-Lu, Lava La Rue and La Grande Lune.

There will also be DJ sets from Afrodeutsche, Erol Alkan, Don Letts, Good Future, Hot Chip, Steve Lamacq, Tim Burgess and Yard Act.< /p>