World Cup 2026: Where to watch England vs Norway in Manchester

Manchester’s cavernous industrial beer hall has been going all out for the World Cup 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.

It’s already down to VIP tickets for the Norway game, and we can’t imagine they’ll hang around for much longer.

The historic Victoria Baths is certainly one of the more unique settings for watching England take on Haaland and co. Early arrival tickets are still available at £7, as are standard 2nd release at £9. There are even discounted tickets for groups of 4 or more.

One of the city’s most iconic gig rooms will be showing England vs Norway on its big screen. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are just £4. There’ll be drinks deals on all night, too, including £4 pints.

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, Sky Sports presenters, street food, bars and a stadium-style atmosphere for every England game throughout the tournament.

If you want to pair the World Cup with some of Manchester’s finest pints, then the fantastic Track Taproom has just the thing. It’s walk-ins only, so it’s definitely worth getting down and securing a spot early on.

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

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, spaces are extremely limited, so get your name down on the list if you can.

While tickets for the Yard and Hall are already sold out at New Century, the venue’s kitchen space operates on a first-come, first-served basis. We reckon it’ll get busy fast, so give yourself plenty of time if possible!

The wonderful little sibling of local craft beer favourites Cloudwater, Sadler’s Cat, will have the game on. There are screens inside the pub, and you can also catch the action on the massive jumbotron in Sadler’s Yard from the venue’s outdoor space.

Over at MediaCity, Kargo MKT food hall will be screening the match. There’s no need to book, and the bar will be serving pints of Pravha for a fiver in the hour before kick-off. There’ll also be a pre-match DJ.

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, with the bonus of food and drinks being delivered directly to you, so no big bar queues. There are only a handful of tickets left, and regular table bookings are already gone.

The Grosvenor has teamed up with Fireball for a full-scale England fanzone experience complete with giant screens, DJs, giveaways and complimentary Fireball shots every time England scores. Tickets for England vs Norway were gone in a flash, but you can join the waitlist.

Dirty O’Sullivans, Manchester’s latest fixture in a growing landscape of lively Irish bars, still has standing tickets available. Priced at £11.25, you get a drink thrown in for that.

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 England vs Norway from its mezzanine level with reserved seating, table service and a fabulously unique curry-and-cocktails package.

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 England’s showdown with Norway.

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. Blues Kitchen’s resident DJs will take over following the final whistle, keeping the party going until 3am.

Indie event space, bar, and kitchen, The New Cross, has a cracking setup for live sports. There’s a stellar selection of beers and cocktails available, and the brilliant Gato Pizza slice shop, which adjoins the bar, has all your food needs covered. Reservations have all gone, but the team says they’ll be keeping plenty of tables for walk-ins…just head down early to bag one.

NYC pizza specialists Nell’s will be screening England against Norway across all sites (Chorlton, Altrincham, Kampus, Northern Quarter, MediaCity), complete with pre-match entertainment from DJs and live musicians.

No booking is necessary, but for groups bigger than 7, drop them a line to secure a spot.

Fresh from its gorgeous traditional pub-inspired refurb, iconic Northern Quarter haunt, now going by The Trof, will be showing all England games downstairs. No bookings or tickets are required, just get down early to bag a spot.

Beforehand, we highly recommend heading upstairs and trying the new food offering; it’s seriously good.

Another Northern Quarter stalwart, The Pen and Pencil, will be getting in on the action. The team says it’ll be welcoming walk-ins for Saturday’s match, but there’s also table bookings and food and drink packages available.

Gorilla will have the game on the venue’s hefty LED screen, accompanied by full PA sound and pre-match build up. Reserved seating tickets are £20; for that, you get food on the night and your first drink thrown in, while unreserved seating tickets are £5 and also include a drink on entry.

Situated on the corner of Afflecks, live music spot and Oasis fan bar, Definitely Maybe, is showing the action with three large screens. There’ll be live music before and after, and at the time of writing, tickets are still available.

Locke Hotels is marking the World Cup with a series of watch parties at the Whitworth Locke, and is doing so through a nostalgic 90s Americana lens. There’ll be large-screen viewings, 90s-inspired decor and a special food and drink menu inspired by American stadium culture.

For one night, Vertu Place, Co-op Live’s huge main ground floor standing fan activation space, will be transformed into the Ultimate World Cup fan zone, bringing supporters together to experience the action on Co-op Live’s 23-metre 4k HD screen. Tickets have unsurprisingly flown out, but there is a waitlist that you can join.

The charming Wilder Alderman pub in Didsbury Village will be setting aside space for walk-ins for the match, and will even be sweetening the deal with happy hour from 9pm.

The Oast House will be showing England vs Norway on a massive screen amongst its sprawling outdoor space on a walk-in-only basis. It’ll fill up quickly, but there’ll be live music up until 9pm and cracking food to entice you in nice and early.

The fine folks over at The Rat and Pigeon will have England screen across all three of the pub’s floors, and will be doing so on a walk-in-only basis

Another Pigeon-based venue will have the game on, this time, we refer to the brand-new beer parlour, Pigeon Beer Wanderer, which opened its doors just last month. Founded by Northern beer specialist Joshua Lightfoot, whose love of beer was shaped at The Hop Emporium, Pigeon has been created as both a destination for serious beer enthusiasts and a welcoming space for curious drinkers looking to discover world-class brewing culture. And, a place to watch England beat Norway…

Up above the Great Northern Warehouse, and one of Manchester’s genuine hidden gems, The Lion’s Den have the game on in its beer garden across multiple large screens. Free entry, too!

Levenshulme’s beloved cycle cafe Station South will be showing England’s quarter-final as part of a huge weekend of live sport at the venue. As well as the World Cup, you can stop by to watch the Women’s Wimbledon final from 4pm, and on Sunday, the men’s Wimbledon final will be on the screens. SPORT.

Salford’s warehouse events space, Concept Haus, has announced it’ll be showing England vs Norway. Tickets are £4, doors are at 8pm, and they’ve got Disco Puss resident DJs spinning tunes before and after.