Cheers to beer festival return
MANCHESTER’S city-wide beer festival has announced its return for 2018.
Manchester Beer Week is back for its third year from June 29 to July 8, bringing together pubs, bars and breweries to celebrate the city’s booming beer industry.
A 10-day calendar of events and collaborations is being drawn up, including tastings, talks, walking tours and beer-focused meals.
Last year, more than 100 events were held at 85 venues, with high- lights including a citywide brewery open day and an all-day showcase of beer and music at Band on the Wall.
Festival organiser Connor Murphy said: “It’s incredible to see how far Manchester Beer Week has come in just two years and we are really excited about the potential this year’s festival has to continue building awareness about good beer and outstanding independent producers.
“Manchester has a beer scene like no other and we absolutely guarantee that breweries and venues across the region will once more pull out all the stops to put on a series of unusual and exciting events that simply cannot be missed.
“But we also feel there is still much more work to be done to expand independent brewing’s footprint, particularly in the restaurant trade and we are keen to work with more food-led venues to showcase the power beer has to dazzle when paired with great food.”
Last year’s festival raised £2,000 towards homelessness support network Street Support and organisers have pledged to support charitable causes again in 2018.
“Manchester Beer Week doesn’t exist in isolation and it is important to us that we acknowledge the social context within this city,” said Connor. “Homelessness is a big problem that Manchester must get to grips with and we want to do everything we can to support the efforts of organisations such as Street Support.” For more information visit mcrbeerweek.co.uk. Festival organiser Connor Murphy