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Salford City Council's community celebration of Eccles town centre, west of Manchester. Eccles-cake bakers, family activities, live performance, free entry.
Manchester Craft Beer Festival is a food festival in Manchester.
Manchester's annual craft beer festival at Depot Mayfield. Five hundred-plus beers from eighty breweries, food trucks, multiple sessions across a May weekend.
Salford City Council's community celebration of Eccles town centre, west of Manchester. Eccles-cake bakers, family activities, live performance, free entry.
Manchester Food and Drink Festival, the city's flagship: two weeks across thirty-plus venues including Albert Square hub and partner restaurant menus.
GRUB's summer market in the Mayfield Depot, Manchester. Twenty street-food traders, craft beer, weekend live music every Friday through Sunday, July-August.
South Manchester's biggest food festival, held at Wythenshawe Park each May. International cuisines, chef demos, live entertainment over a long weekend.
Diwali on Manchester's Curry Mile. Wilmslow Road in Rusholme lights up; restaurants run festival specials, fireworks, music and Diwali sweets along the strip.
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.