The best: Festive outdoor drinks gardens and teepees around Manchester this Christmas

Ramona and The Firehouse’s Winter Village transforms the sister venues into a sprawling wonderland. Expect fairy-lit teepees, festive pizzas, tequila log cabins and alpine huts – each with their own fireplace – as well as a slate of seasonal cocktails, mulled wine by the barrel and a host of riotous parties and live music performances.

Back for another year of opulent yet intimate festive fun, The Lawn Club has unveiled an après-ski disco yurt in partnership with Ciroc. Promising the ultimate spot for spectacular parties and exclusive cocktails, the elegant heated space features shimmering lights, cosy blankets and a dedicated yurt menu.

Whether it’s a bottomless brunch or a warming break from the shopping frenzy, book your slot via the link below.

Billed as ‘one of Manchester’s most atmospheric winter venues’, longstanding yuletide favourite The Oast House reintroduces the blissfully cost Spinningfields retreat for 2024 with fire pits, fur throws and fairy lights, as well as an array of seasonal cocktails, an achingly decadent Christmas menu and live late-night music throughout the season.

The Refuge, simply put, is one of Manchester’s best-looking venues, and between their Public Bar and Dining Room, the venue’s inimitable Winter Garden brings the outside indoors with a gorgeously appointed Christmas courtyard sheltered beneath the glass dome of the main atrium.

Fully covered and bedecked in rugs, furs, flickering candles and roaring fires, The Black Friar’s award-winning garden has transformed into a medieval Winter Tavern where visitors can escape the frigid streets and enjoy classic cocktails and unrivalled festive cheer.

The Black Friar’s Christmas ‘festive sit-down’ menu includes two courses for £37, while a £35pp canape menu is available to those who prefer their festivities a little more on the move.

Just about a year on from its relaunch, Fairfield Social Club has proved just as big a hit as we knew it would. There’s a lovely, quaint garden area, Mediterranean food cooked by the team’s own FSC Garden Kitchen and beers brewed less than 100 yards away by Black Jack Brewing — what’s not to like?

Inspired by the chic alpine party chalets dotted around some of Europe’s best ski resorts, The Great Northern’s pop-up Bar Hütte brings apres-ski to the city centre.

Whether it’s an intimate date night, an all-out office party or a memorable get-together among friends, the urban mini resort offers a season-long extravaganza of live music, irresistible cocktails, karaoke pods, children’s activities, festive masterclasses and even a dedicated party lodge, where groups of 10-20 can enjoy a night of exclusive entertainment.

Diecast has unveiled its latest iteration, Winterhood, complete with a packed entertainment programme to the venue, indulgent food and drink additions and even a Tinsel Town Trailer Park.

There’ll be live music in the Brooklyn Beer Hall, an eclectic late-night programme in the venue’s Berlin-inspired Club Leno Ex Machina and outside, the Trailer Park becomes Diecast’s cosy winter escape, complete with firepits, Smokehouse Saturdays, mulled drinks, and plenty of twinkling lights.

Bucking tradition, the Noma District’s Sadler’s Yard will be taken over by an intergalactic, space-age teepee.

Expect ‘Raclette’ on roasties, delightful Cosmo cocktails, ice-cold beer and live music, all set beneath twinkling stars and shimmering galaxies in a serious change of pace to the usual Bavarian decorations. There will be space for walk-ins, though advanced bookings is probably worth it for larger groups.

The recently launched Courts Club at St John’s has revealed a new look for Christmas. The Winter Assembly has taken over the venue’s usual tennis and basketball courts, replacing them with a new ice rink and a handful of ‘Chalaoke’ huts – revamped log cabins decked out with karaoke machines and cosy blankets.

Food and drink operators will be slinging festive food including winter gyros from Lucky Gyros, festive grilled cheeses, boozy hot chocolate, German BBQ specials and more. There’ll be also film screenings of all the fan-favourite Christmas flicks.