The 23rd Manchester Food and Drink Festival (MFDF) will take place this year from 24th September – 5th October.
The full Festival programme has been announced and it will be the city’s first COVID-safe major outdoor event. This year’s event is headline sponsored by food delivery service Just Eat.
The free to enter Festival Hub will be at the heart of the MFDF action as usual, with a new
layout and operational systems designed to ensure the event is COVID-safe and secure.
The programme for the very first time is available via a brand new MFDF App – bringing the
Festival to your fingertips like never before.
The app is a new digital ‘on the go’ festival programme designed especially for the 2020 event and with ease of use, convenience, and safety in mind. MFDF are urging all festival fans to download the free app ahead of the Festival in order to participate in this year’s event.
App users will be able to browse the full festival programme, order food to their table at the Festival Hub and vote in the MFDF awards too.
The app can be downloaded in the apple and android app stores by searching
‘Mcr Food and Drink Festival’.
Go to the AppStore for Apple users and Google Play for Android users.
The Festival Hub will be made up of two sections – The Feasting Quarter and the Festival Market.
The Feasting Quarter is the space that is all about coming together with friends safely to eat, drink and be dazzled by a huge range of street food, beers, cocktails and music. It’s a food lover’s paradise and guests can ensure they are at the centre of it by reserving a table here.
The Feasting Quarter will be undercover this year with enough seating for guests to eat and drink at tables, and there’ll be no more queuing for your favourite food experience as the Festival will be operating table service across the site to reduce contact. All the street food menus, beers, wines and cocktails will be available to order via the new MFDF app and dishes will be brought to the table.
Complementing the Feasting Quarter, the other half of the Festival Hub will be home to The Market Place – which is a fine food and drink shopping experience.
Free to attend this bountiful food and drink market will feature some of Manchester’s best
independent food and drink producers, makers and businesses.
The Festival Hub will be open from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th September and then again from Thursday 1st – Sunday 4th October, whilst a programme of offers and events happening in partnership with the city’s restaurants, bars, cafes and chefs will run throughout the full 12 days.
