Where to watch the 2026 World Cup in Manchester this summer

Manchester’s cavernous industrial beer hall is going all-out for the five-week schedule with a huge 5,000-capacity fan zone complete with giant LED screens, live DJs, football legends, dancers, street food traders and a two-hour pre-match show before every England fixture.

Dubbed World Cup Nights, the space promises one of the city’s biggest football atmospheres with immersive sound and lighting, repeater screens throughout the venue and bars running at full tilt all night long.

England group stage fixtures kick off from Thu 17 Jun, with knockout screenings to follow.

Billed as a landmark collaboration, Freight Island and Depot Mayfield have joined forces with 4TheFans for We Are Football Festival 2026, a colossal fan park takeover spread across two of Manchester’s biggest event spaces.

Expect giant screens, live DJs, football legends, Sky Sports presenters, street food, bars and a stadium-style atmosphere for every England game throughout the tournament.

Demand will inevitably be massive, so read more and grab your tickets below.

One of Manchester’s best food halls transforms once again into a World Cup hotspot with giant screens, more than 40 taps pouring craft beer and a £1,000 sweepstake running throughout the tournament.

Fans who buy selected beers can enter the competition via QR code, with the eventual winners splitting a grand for the final.

Society will show all England games plus the latter knockout stages.

Undoubtedly Manchester’s coolest ‘sports bar’, Libero in Altrincham’s King’s Court is basically Italia 90 laced with excellent craft beer.

More akin to watching the game in your mate’s front room, England games will inevitably fill up immediately (if not already booked up), but it’s as good a spot as any to watch two nations you know nothing about face off against each other at 10pm.

The ever-popular city centre tennis, basketball and beer garden hangout is screening every England game across giant indoor and outdoor screens as part of its Summer of Sport series with Aperol – with a pile of the more reasonably timed group stage games thrown in for good measure .

Alongside the football, there’ll be quizzes, live entertainment, food specials and flowing drinks throughout the tournament.

Early release tickets start from just £5.

If a night spent wedged into a packed sports bar like kit-clad sardines sounds like your worst nightmare, Electric Shuffle offers a slightly more civilised alternative.

Groups of up to 12 can book private viewing screens with a shuffleboard session before kick-off, while tables in the main bar area come with full table service and uninterrupted screen views throughout the match.

Food and drinks are delivered directly to you, meaning there’s no risking the queue at the bar during key moments.

Chorlton’s longstanding party pub is teaming up with Fireball for a full-scale England fanzone experience complete with giant screens, DJs, giveaways and complimentary Fireball shots every time England score, in a promotion that’ll have you pining for the Group of Death the next morning.

The venue will also be decked out in full England décor with foam hands, wigs, glasses and merch giveaways across the tournament.

Free tickets are available for early birds, while later releases include drinks packages from £7.

Dirty O’Sullivans, Manchester’s latest fixture in an illustrious landscape of lively Irish bars, is marking the World Cup by giving away 1,000 free pints of Guinness to fans who pre-book tables for selected fixtures.

Expect packed crowds, flowing stout, Baby Guinness shots and live entertainment around the biggest games of the tournament.

A £40 minimum spend applies for England fixtures, fully redeemable against drinks on the day.

The slick Deansgate games bar is screening the tournament throughout its venue with giant screens spread across the gaming areas, so you can carry on playing darts and shuffleboard without missing a moment of the action.

To mark the tournament and celebrate sixty years since our World Cup triumph – and the ceaseless anguish that has formed the majority of our national footballing identity ever since – Black Cat has also launched a special ‘1966’ menu with themed food and drinks deals priced at £19.66, including burgers, pitchers and sharing plates.

For those who’d like their penalties with a side of paneer, Zouk is screening every England group stage game from its mezzanine level with reserved seating, table service and a fabulously unique curry-and-cocktails package to accompany the tournament.

Tickets cost £29pp and include poppadoms, a curry or biryani with rice, naan or chips and a drink ranging from Cobra beer to cocktails and wine.

For football and funk in equal measure, Blues Kitchen is opening up its concert hall again for all of England’s World Cup fixtures this summer.

Expect a lively atmosphere, first come first served seating and Southern-inspired comfort food including buffalo wings, burgers and brisket sandwiches served before and during the matches.

Doors open from 7pm, while DJs will keep things moving after the final whistle for selected games.

The iconic Peter Street music venue and Grade II-listed former chapel is screening England’s clash against Ghana on Tue 23 Jun with full venue sound, big screen coverage and free pints for the first 100 through the doors.

Tickets are just a fiver, so grab yours below.

Down in Stockport, Edgeley Park is refitting The County Courtyard as another super-sized open-air fan zone with 12 big screens, live music, street food and bars for every England group stage game.

Food specials take inspiration from the tournament’s North American hosts, including buffalo wings, tacos and maple-bacon mac and cheese, while tickets are priced at just £5.

Knockout games will also be screened if England progress.