We Are Football Festival – Europe’s biggest World Cup fan park is opening in Manchester

The largest World Cup fan park in all of Europe is set to open in Manchester this summer, in an ambitious project from 4TheFans, in partnership with Freight Island and Broadwick.

The We Are Football Festival will bring together 15,000 football fans in front of the biggest screens in the UK to cheer on England as they race for World Cup glory. 

The enormous fan park will open in June at Depot Mayfield, transforming the space into an unrivalled celebration of football.

Fans will be immersed in all the action thanks to a massive sound system, pyrotechnics, CO2 cannons, DJs, and entertainment around the games themselves, providing the closest thing you can get to a big game atmosphere. 

The venue will be open for all late kick-offs and every moment of the World Cup too, with the potential for some games to run well into the early hours. 

Fans can head to the rooftop or garden at Depot Mayfield for a 5pm kick-off in the sunshine, or enjoy late-night games in the warehouse. 

There’ll also be a dedicated Footy Fun Village, which will feature sponsor activations, games zones, and family-friendly areas, creating a safe space for fans of all ages to enjoy the tournament. 

And 4TheFans and Freight Island will deliver hand-picked and exclusive bar and food traders from around the world.

We Are Football Festival will welcome a special 4TheFans host plus Sky Sports presenters, and will even have genuine England football legends for quality match analysis at each screening. 

Since launching, 4TheFans has welcomed hundreds of thousands of fans, and camera crews from BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News, Sky Sports, England TV, and Match of the Day, to fan parks across the UK.

It’s now chosen Depot Mayfield for its World Cup fan park, where they can fill the huge space at Freight Island first before scaling into the rest of the Depot as the fan community grows and the Three Lions march on. 

4TheFans is the UK’s original and biggest fan park brand, and it’s working with Freight Island and Broadwick to deliver this game-changing We Are Football Festival – the biggest and best fan park in Europe. 

5,000 early bird tickets are available from just £4.50 per person and are on sale HERE. 

4TheFans presents We Are Football Festival will run at Depot Mayfield from 11 June until 19 July 2026. 

General admission tickets include

• 4TheFans interactive show with on-stage banter from a Sky Sports presenter
• Football legend in attendance
• Guaranteed entry to the event
• The most enormous anti-glare screens in the UK and a monster sound system
• Special effects, lighting, DJ sets and music from doors till close
• Access to Footy Fun Village with games, activations and family areas
• Food from around the world and an exclusive bar traders

VIP table tickets include

• VIP table section with the best view of the giant screens and the event
• Meet and greet with a football legend
• 4TheFans interactive show with on-stage banter from a Sky Sports presenter
• Guaranteed entry to the event
• The most enormous anti-glare screens in the UK and a monster sound system
• Special effects, lighting, DJ sets and music from doors till close
• Access to Footy Fun Village with games, activations and family areas
• Food from around the world and an exclusive bar traders

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