Europe’s biggest chicken wing festival is heading to Manchester
| 25th July 2019
Wing Fest is bringing its poultry wares to Manchester this 14th and 15th of September 2019. Setting sights on a new venue, First Street South, Manchester, this wing-centric two-day festival will turn a little slice of Manchester into a poultry eating, music thumping, and beer drinking weekend of epic proportion.
The inaugural Manchester Wing Fest will follow in the footsteps of its London counterpart and will showcase over 20 restaurants, street food traders, BBQ teams and pop-ups; all slinging their drums and flats for a quid a wing in a bid to be crowned either ‘Best Buffalo Wing’ or ‘Best Wild Wing’ and prove they have the UK’s best and tastiest chicken wing to 4,000 wing fans.
Popular traders from London Wing Fest, such as Drum and Flats, and We Serve Humans, will be making an appearance, as well as the three-time winner of the People’s Choice Champions award, Wingmans. Local kitchens will also feature on the bill, such as Oh My Glaze, Flock, Sutikku, and Parmogeddon, as well as from chefs from across the country such as Greidy’s Wings, Birmingham – with many more set to be announced at a later date.
For those looking for wings with a serious bite, Dr Sweetsmoke’s legendary Lava Wing Challenge is just the ticket. Be warned: only the brave should enter. For the really hungry, wanting to take down a mountain of meat, they can enter the Wing Eating Competition. Napkins at the ready…
What’s more, one lucky wing-er will play a vital role on the esteemed judging panel, sampling 20 Buffalo Wings and 20 Wild Wings in one day, before presenting the awards on stage. To enter, tag a friend on the competition post on the Wing Fest Instagram page.
Not just a festival for chicken wings, guests can soak up live music from local blues bands, and DJs, as well as take part in axe throwing and attend BBQ cooking demonstrations running across the weekend. The revolutionary WingFest app will allow feast-goers to experience ground-breaking augmented reality and immersive experiences, including a chase-the-chicken game, and interact with the live-voting feature.
Sponsored by Frontier Premium Lager, Wing Fest will comprise of two stages, bars, and a jam-packed schedule of live music, cooking demonstrations and eating competitions. And with each ticket including a free can of Frontier Premium Lager, a bottle of Bull’s-Eye BBQ sauce, as well as the signature Wing Fest Trucker Hat, guests would be cluckin’ mad to miss out.
Manchester Wing Fest tickets are now on sale. Early bird tickets are £17.50 per person until they sell out.
For those who just can’t wait, Manchester Wing Fest will be hosting a Pop Up with Earl’s, the 2019 London Wing Fest Wild Wing Winner, in a soon-to-be-announced location on the 8th August 2019:
12:00 – 14:30: 150 free portions of wings to be given away
18:00 – 20:00: 150 free portions of wings to be given away