Manchester Food and Drink Festival ★ 4.6
Manchester Food and Drink Festival, the city's flagship: two weeks across thirty-plus venues including Albert Square hub and partner restaurant menus.
Focus: Modern British, global street food
Food festivals in Manchester worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
GRUB Summer Market ★ 4.5
GRUB's summer market in the Mayfield Depot, Manchester. Twenty street-food traders, craft beer, weekend live music every Friday through Sunday, July-August.
Focus: Street food, craft beer
South Manchester Food and Drink Festival ★ 4.4
South Manchester's biggest food festival, held at Wythenshawe Park each May. International cuisines, chef demos, live entertainment over a long weekend.
Focus: International cuisine, chef demos
Diwali on the Curry Mile ★ 4.5
Diwali on Manchester's Curry Mile. Wilmslow Road in Rusholme lights up; restaurants run festival specials, fireworks, music and Diwali sweets along the strip.
Focus: South Asian
Curry Mile Iftars ★ 4.4
Ramadan iftar season on Manchester's Curry Mile. Pakistani and Middle Eastern restaurants run sundown buffets nightly; the strip is busiest from 18:00 daily.
Focus: Pakistani, Middle Eastern
Manchester Craft Brew Festival ★ 4.3
The Manchester Craft Brew Festival at Manchester Academy pours 50-plus craft beers, ciders and wines from 15-plus breweries with street food and live music across a five-hour late-July session.
Focus: Craft beer, cider and street food
Manchester Pizza Festival ★ 4.3
Annual pizza festival in Manchester's Cathedral Gardens. Twenty-five city pizzerias from Rudy's to Honest Crust serve slices over a long August weekend.
Focus: Pizza
Levenshulme Market Summer Season ★ 4.3
Saturday season of Levenshulme Market on the station forecourt in Manchester. Fifty traders, hot food, vegan, music; runs every Saturday April-October.
Focus: Community market food
Manchester Craft Beer Festival ★ 4.3
Manchester's annual craft beer festival at Depot Mayfield. Five hundred-plus beers from eighty breweries, food trucks, multiple sessions across a May weekend.
Focus: Craft beer
Love Eccles Festival ★ 4.0
Salford City Council's community celebration of Eccles town centre, west of Manchester. Eccles-cake bakers, family activities, live performance, free entry.
Focus: Eccles cakes, Lancashire