The Stalybridge Festival was born in the nineteen seventies with the first carnival parade taking place in 1976. The idea of a Festival arose from meetings of the local Youth and Community Group, where complaints that nothing ever happens in Stalybridge were voiced. Following notices published in the local Salybridge Reporter, asking for people intrested in coming forward to get involved, a committee was formed, and the Stalybridge Festival was started. Thirty years on, the Stalybridge Festival Committee continues to provide their annual Carnival for the people of Stalybridge and surrounding towns.

Website: http://www.stalybridge-festival.org.uk/