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Albert’s Schloss is hosting a massive Y2K-inspired New Year’s Eve party

We're gonna party like it's 1999.

Danny Jones Danny Jones - 6th November 2025

Albert’s Schloss, home to some of Manchester’s biggest and wildest nights out, is hosting one massive blowout to celebrate New Year 2025.

Known for their big, Bavarian-themed events, live oompah bands, fantastic alpine food and drink, not to mention plenty of dancing on tables, the Peter Street favourite located just off Deansgate never does things in half measures.

In fact, the partying is beyond tried and tested, as plenty of Mancs plan to visit Albert’s Schloss for NYE annually, so it’s a good job they’re getting ahead this year, with tickets already on sale now.

They’re also no stranger to theme, and this time they’re looking to ring in the New Year by looking back at one of the biggest dates in modern memory: the turn of the Millennium.

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Come curtains up, this is gonna be the biggest night of the year. (Credit: Press shot via Albert’s Schloss)

Yes, with the Y2K style back in vogue, be it the fashion, music, hairstyles and more, Manchester Albert’s Schloss is capitalising on the moment with a full-on revival that would put even the best of late ’90s/early noughties clubbing through its paces.

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From 7pm onwards, guests can look forward to the usual Haus bands, DJs sets and all-star showtime cast delivering live music, dancing and pure, unfiltered joy.

As per an official press release, strap-in for a night full of “pop anthems, disco classics, and a few guilty pleasures as the haus transforms into a glitter-soaked time capsule of millennium madness.”

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With three other locations around the UK, including Birmingham, London and Liverpool’s Albert’s Shenke’s, we can vouch for Manchester’s very own being the best.

If the scenes from their Octoberfest celebrations are anything to go by, this event won’t disappoint and in-line with the rest of the festive period, bookings for their Christmas parties are also open.

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Of course, guests are encouraged to embrace the theme; crop tops, cargo pants, bucket hats and double denim are all encouraged. As they put it, “Whether you’re channelling Britney, Bowie or the Backstreet Boys, this is your chance to party like it’s 1999.”

General Admission tickets start from £50 and include a glass of prosecco on arrival. Entry is from 7pm, with the last entry window closes by 10:30pm. This also a strictly 21+ only event.

There’s also a special Albert’s Schloss NYE set menu offer to, priced at £90 per person and including a glass of prosecco, canapés on arrival and midnight snacks to keep the party fuelled into the early hours.

Expect a three-course feast made up of a bier onion soup and beef carpaccio, sauerbraten beef short rib and roast chicken supreme, as well as a choice of milk chocolate mousse and vanilla crème brûlée.

Secure your place at one of the biggest parties while you still can – you can grab your tickets HERE.

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The best food and drink to enjoy at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson The best food and drink to enjoy at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026

The Manchester Christmas Markets has developed a more diverse food and drink offering every single year since its inception.

Long gone are the days where all there was to eat was a bratwurst served off a swing grill, or a mound of garlic potatoes (though those do still exist, and still serve their purpose).

Now, the Manchester Christmas Markets are packed to the rafters with local traders and brilliant independent businesses serving food from all the way across the globe.

This year, there are more than 200 stalls spread across 10 locations, so we’ve whizzed round them all to find where the very best food and drink traders are lurking.

From viral hits like fried chicken waffle sandwiches and croissant pots, to new taste sensations like a cheese fondue served in an edible bowl, there’s plenty to fill you up.

Pie and mash from Great North Pie Co – King Street

The 14 hour braised beef and ale pie
The 14 hour braised beef and ale pie
A Lancashire cheese and onion pie, with extra gravy
A Lancashire cheese and onion pie, with extra gravy

Back for a second go at the Manchester Christmas Markets is Great North Pie Co., serving the absolute perfect winter warmer food on King Street.

You’ve often be able to pick up their award-winning pies here, but usually to take home and heat up yourself.

Now, they’re available piping hot, on a bed of mash with lashings of gravy. The Lancashire cheese and onion is world-class, and if you ask nicely they might have a suet pudding for you too.

Prices – £9 for pie, £4 for mash, £2 for gravy

Fondue in a bread bowl – Cathedral Gardens

Fondue at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Fondue at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Fondue at the Manchester Christmas Markets. Credit: The Manc Group

What could be better than a bowl of melted cheese? A bowl of melted cheese where the bowl is made of sourdough bread, obviously…

Fondue is a newcomer to the Manchester Christmas Markets, serving up the Alpine food classic with a festive twist.

Your cheese fondue is served with dipping croutons and pickles, then topped with things like hot honey chicken, or pulled duck and cranberry sauce.

Prices – between £12.50 and £14.50 for a fondue bowl; £4.50 for a side of potatoes

Crème brûlée French toast from HK Toast – King Street

We love a Christmas Markets snack with a side of fire, and HK Toast is back doing exactly that. 

They’re taking classic deep-fried Hong Kong-style French toast, then topping it with a load of different flavours like Cantonese egg tart, crunchy pistachio, and peaches and cream – plus their new theatrical torched crème brûlée offering. 

These guys were one of our favourite traders from last year and things are only getting hotter.

Prices – £9.50

Yorkshire pudding wraps from Porky Pig – Exchange Square

Yorkshire pudding wrap and a loaded bowl from Porky Pig
Yorkshire pudding wrap and a loaded bowl from Porky Pig
Deep fried pigs in blankets with melted camembert
Deep fried pigs in blankets with melted camembert

These guys have been part of the Manchester Christmas Markets for donkeys years now, and are still always going to pull in a queue.

Porky Pig serve up all your classic roast dinner bits – carvery meat, veggies, stuffing and gravy – inside a gigantic Yorkshire pudding wrap.

But they don’t stop there – you’ll also find carvery boxes, battered pigs in blankets, meat barms, and all sorts of other bits.

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Prices – from £10.50 for a Yorkshire pudding wrap

Cheese skirt dumplings from Hot Dumplings – St Ann’s Square

Hot Dumplings at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Hot Dumplings at the Manchester Christmas Markets

The latest concept from our favourites at Oi Dumplings is Hot Dumplings, where you can get piping hot trays of gyoza and dumplings to go.

A real highlight is the chilli cheese skirt chicken gyoza, which are all stuck together with a crispy, cheesy bottom, and the warming chicken soup dumplings.

Don’t forget to add lashings of crispy chilli oil and dumpling vinegar for one of the best bites of food at the Manchester Christmas Markets.

Prices – £9, including three sauces and toppings

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Deep fried mince pies from Yard & Coop – St Ann’s Square

Deep-fried mince pies from Yard & Coop
Deep-fried mince pies from Yard & Coop
Deep-fried mince pies from Yard & Coop. Credit: The Manc Group

Yard & Coop just love a deep-fried bit of nonsense, and this year, that’s a deep-fried mince pie.

Alongside their usual chicken and fries trays, the Northern Quarter fried chicken icons are now serving up a battered festive dessert, too.

Warning – the inside will be hotter than the surface of the sun, which is actually just what you want after freezing your butt off at the Christmas Markets.

Prices – £4

Tiramisu from Misu – Market Street

Misu Tiramisu at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Misu Tiramisu at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Misu Tiramisu is opening its first cafe in Manchester

These were one of the really big food hitters from the Manchester Christmas Markets last year, so you’ll be pleased to see Misu have made a return.

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This time, they’ll be selling their tiny tiramisu drawers from Market Street, with loads of different flavours to choose from.

Whether you’re a classic coffee gal or are fancying a seasonal special like gingerbread, salted caramel pretzel, or orange chocolate, there’ll be something to tickle your fancy here.

Prices – between £8 and £9

Croissants from Flat Baker – Albert Square

Flat Baker's new Albert Square bakery stall
Flat Baker's new Albert Square bakery stall
Flat Baker’s new Albert Square bakery stall. Credit: The Manc Group

Flat Baker opens at the Manchester Christmas Markets and the people flock to it like a moth to a flame – and this year looks set to be no different.

Debs and the team have got a prime spot on Albert Square, and for the first time in history, they’ve built a mini bakery inside their market stall.

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That means you can watch them rolling and folding their phenomenal festive treats, from their viral croissant pots to bakes like a gingerbread cinnamon roll, pecan danish, a smores croissant pudding slice, a chocolate orange Danish, and loads more.

Prices – Between £3 and £6.95

Fried chicken waffles from Waffle Kart – King Street

Waffle Kart are back at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2024
Waffle Kart are back at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2024
Waffle Kart are back at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026. Credit: The Manc Group

These guys surely need no introduction – Waffle Kart is one of those stalls that will send a queue halfway down King Street every single year.

Look out for the screaming rubber chicken stuck to the outside of their wooden shed, and you’ll find their incredible pickle-brined fried chicken dishes.

Expect chilli crisp sandwiches with waffles for bread, Szechaun chicken, and loaded waffles too.

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Prices – between £11.95 and £14.95 for mains

Birria tacos from Fuego – Lincoln Square and Exchange Square

Fuego at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Fuego at the Manchester Christmas Markets
Fuego at the Manchester Christmas Markets. Credit: The Manc Group

A favourite at the now-lost Piccadilly Street Food Market, Fuego are here for the coming weeks with two locations at the Manchester Christmas Markets.

Expect phenomenal birria tacos stuffed with slow-cooked meat, as well as their ultimate winter warmer, a pot of birria ramen.

They’re part of the new food-focused area on Lincoln Square as well as sandwiched in right next to the ever-busy Porky Pig.

Prices – £10-£13

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Manchester Christmas Markets 2026 – prices for beer, mulled wine, bratwurst, and more

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant Food and drink prices at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026

It’s timeeeeee… Manchester Christmas Markets are officially open for 2026.

Now in their 27th year, Manchester Christmas Markets are known and loved for bringing thousands of people into the city centre each year to fill up on the fantastic festive treats and soak up all the Christmas atmosphere.

This year sees an even bigger return of Albert Square, and there’s also some new locations too for 2026. Lincoln Square has joined in on the action, and there’s also some big changes to St Ann’s Square – with what is being described as a ‘brand new layout’, bringing in a bigger number of market stalls.

There’s a total of 210 stalls spread out across the city centre, but we know there’s one question on everyone’s lips… ‘what’s it gonna cost me?’.

We’ve been running around the markets this morning checking out all the prices on things like beer, mulled wine, bratwurst, and more, so without further ado, here’s everything you need to know.

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Average food and drink prices at Manchester Christmas Markets 2026

  • Mulled wine – £6.50
  • Beer – £7
  • Prosecco – £7
  • Hot chocolate – £5
  • Bratwurst – £8

Albert Square

Bratwurst King on Albert Square
Bratwurst King on Albert Square
The North Pole pub at Albert Square
The North Pole pub at Albert Square

Bratwurst King

  • German bratwurst – £8
  • Smoked sausage – £8
  • Cheese sausage – £8
  • Halal hot dog – £9
  • Currywurst – £9
  • Glühwein – £6
  • Krombacher lager – £6 a pint, £3 a half pint
  • Soft drinks – £2

Macaroons and Loaded Chocolate

  • Coconut macaroons (+ chocolate / caramel drizzle) – £2.50
  • Loaded hot chocolates (original and various flavours) – £5
  • Hot drinks – from £3-£4.50

North Pole Pub

  • Prosecco – £7
  • Wine – £6 small, £8 medium, £9.50 large
  • Mulled wine – £7
  • Caramel rum – £8.50
  • Toffee cider – £8.50
  • Spiced apple & cinnamon – £8.50
  • Lager – £4 half pint, £7 pint, £14 stein
  • Cider – £4 half pint, £6.50 pint, £13 stein
  • Guinness – £4.50 half pint, £7.50 pint, £15 stein (£5.50 – Guinness 0%)
  • Cocktails – £11.50

The Wine Barrel Bar

  • Hot cocktails – £9-£9.50
  • Cocktails – £6-£9
  • Traditional glühwein – £7.50 (£10 for added spirits)
  • Wine and prosecco – £7.50
  • Beer – £4 half pint, £7 pint

The Falala Bar

  • Cocktails – £11
  • Prosecco – £7
  • Mulled wine (various flavours) – £7 small, £8.50 large
  • Hot liqueur – £9.50
  • Mocktails – £6-£6.50
  • Soft drinks – £2.50-£3

Float Bar

  • Cocktails – £10
  • Prosecco – £6.50-£8.50
  • Seasonal spiced wines – £6.50
  • Spirit & mixer – £6.50 single, £8.50 double
  • Hot drinks – £4.50
  • Boozy hot chocolates – £7.50

Apres Ski Bar

  • Prices TBC

Lincoln Square

Old Saint Nick’s Christmas Bar

  • Prices TBC

St Ann’s Square

Manchester Christmas Markets 2026 has a Guinness bar on St Ann's Square
Manchester Christmas Markets 2026 has a Guinness bar on St Ann’s Square

Guinness Bar

  • Guinness – £4.75 half pint, £7.75 pint, £15.50 stein (£5.50 – Guinness 0%)
  • Baby Guinness shot – £5
  • Beer – £4.50 half pint, £7 pint, £14 stein
  • Cider – £4 half pint, £6.50 pint, £13 stein
  • Hot liqueurs – £8.50
  • Spirit & mixers – £8-£10
  • Soft drinks – £3.50 small, £4.40 large

Der Grill

  • Extra large grilled sausage – £8 (+ £1 onion)
  • Winter cocktails (various) – £7.50-£9.50

Main Bar

  • Glühwein – £7.50
  • Glühwein specials – £10.50
  • Lager & pilsner – £4 half pint, £7 pints
  • Hot chocolate – £4

Loaded Roasties

  • Spiced rum – £7
  • Mulled wine – £6
  • Soft drinks – £2.50

Cirque de Noel

  • Prices TBC

Exchange Square

The Mill Exchange

  • Homemade mulled wine (various flavours) – £7 small, £8.50 large
  • Cocktails – £11
  • Prosecco – £7
  • Kir Royale and Cointreau Royale – £8
  • Sparkling sangria and Negroni spritz – £10
  • Boozy hot chocolates – £8.50
  • Hot chocolate – £4.50 (deluxe flavours £5.50)
  • Tea – £2.50
  • Soft drinks – £3

Mamma Mia

  • Fine Italian wines – £7
  • Aperol spritz – £8
  • Beer – £3.50 half pint, £6.50 pint

Bratwurst King

  • German bratwurst – £8
  • Smoked sausage – £8
  • Cheese sausage – £8
  • Glühwein – £6
  • Krombacher lager – £6 a pint, £3.50 a half pint
  • Soft drinks – £2

The Hot Chocolate Bar

  • Standard hot chocolate – £5.50
  • ‘Hug in a mug’ hot chocolate – £8.0
  • Shots and flavours – extra £1 and £3
  • Signature creations – £9-£10
  • Chocolate shots – £4.95
  • Irish Cream Shot – £8

New Cathedral Street & Cathedral Gardens

The Witch House

  • Bratwurst – £9
  • BBQ hot dog – £9
  • Currywurst & fries – £12.50
  • Vodka, gin & JD – £6.50 single, £8 double
  • Glühwein – £6.50
  • Hot chocolate – £4.50 (£6.50 for boozy)
  • Beer & cider – £3.50 half pint, £6.50 pint
  • Hot Aperol – £6.50
  • Wine – £6
  • Sparkling wine – £6.50
  • Soft drinks – £2.50

C&C – Chocolate & Coffee

  • Strawberry waffle cone – £10
  • Strawberry & brownie waffle cone – £11
  • Strawberry pot – £10
  • Extra toppings – £2
  • Hot chocolates – £5.95 (+ syrup £1, shot £3)
  • Chocolate shots – £4.95
  • Irish Cream shot – £8

King Street

Bratwurst on King Street at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026
Bratwurst on King Street at the Manchester Christmas Markets 2026
The Grumpy Moose bar on King Street
The Grumpy Moose bar on King Street

Bratwurst King

  • German bratwurst – £8
  • Smoked sausage – £8
  • Cheese sausage – £8

Float Bar

  • Draught beers & ciders – £6.50-£7
  • Slushy cocktails – £8
  • Seasonal spiced wines – £6.50
  • Wines by the glass £6
  • Spirit & mixer – £7.50 single, £10.50 double

The Grumpy Moose

  • Mulled wine or cider – £6.50, or £9.50 with spirit
  • Prosecco – £7, or £9 with extra liqueur
  • Spritzes – £10
  • Cocktails – £10
  • Spirit and mixer – £7.50
  • Coffees – £4.50
  • Hot chocolate – £5, or £8 with extra booze

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