The free to attend Festival Hub is situated on Albert Square in front of the Town Hall. This City Centre square enjoys a fantastic footfall of visitors throughout the year. Last year the festival saw almost 100,000 visitors descend on the Hub.

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Take a look back at some of our favourite festival highlights!

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The 18th Manchester Food and Drink Festival took place from the 10-21st September, with the glittering Gala Dinner and Awards providing the climactic closing ceremony for the Festival.  

The awards are recognised as the highest profile in the region and ...

The brochure! It's the MFDF 2015 brochure. How very exciting.

Well the wait is finally over! The 2015 Manchester Food and Drink Festival award shortlist has been announced. We've worked tirelessly with our judges to sift through nominations and have wined and dined our way to the final 6 ...

The 18th Manchester Food and Drink Festival will take place from the 10-21st September. 

Festival organisers have today announced the cornerstone activities and schedule that promises a fresh, revitalized programme, a bigger range of exciting partners and experts, and a ...

Whether you're participating in the festival or not, snap up a page in the MFDF Festival Brochure. It's the hottest food and drink guide of the year, we print about 80,000 copies and we distribute them FREE with the Manchester Evening News. 

The MFDF Awards are the highest profile in the region - hotly anticipated by the industry, and the best-known and regarded amongst a consumer audience - they continue to provide a benchmark of excellence and quality.