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If you’re planning party in Manchester, this is where you’ll find your venue. We have many of the best bar venues in the city and we make it easy for you to discover and then book your favourite of these spaces. It’s also free to make an enquiry via our website. Just tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll help you discover and book your top choice. Sounds good, right?

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Our guide to manchester venue hire

Our guide to manchester venue hire

Why should I use VenueScanner?


There are tonnes of venue discovery sites in the UK and each will tell you that they’re the best. We’re no different, of course. But we do have reasons to back up this claim.

The first - and most important - is that our venue-finding platform is easy to navigate. Simply tell us a little about your event: the budget you’ve got to work with, the area you’re interested in and the number of people coming, and we’ll have a shortlist of suitable spaces in front of your eyes in no time. Doesn’t matter whether you’re organising a fancy corporate event or a humble gathering at a community hall, you’ll find something suitable here.


Another reason is that we’re particularly well represented in Manchester. There are just shy of 1,000 venues on our platform and they’re spread across the different districts of our wonderful city, from Salford to Spinningfields and Castlefield to Didsbury. We strive to offer the best bar venue hire Manchester has to offer, so if you know a venue that we should be featuring, drop us a line on hello@venuescanner.com.

One final reason to use VenueScanner to find an bar venue in Manchester is our people. They live and breathe venue discovery. They could talk about it for hours. Sometimes they do talk about it for hours. The point is: they are fountains of knowledge when it comes to venues and event-planning, and they are here to help you find your dream space in whatever way they can.


Our favouirite bar venues in Manchester


Foundry Project is a a contemporary, urban, industrial bar, restaurant and event venue, where the focus is on fun, great cocktails, and funky food. Devouring burgers, polishing off pizzas, good-time people sharing margaritas. It’s affectionately become known as the happiest place in town! 

If you are looking for fun activities for you and your friends Flight Club Manchester - birthplace of Social darts - is the place to go. It’s taken the traditional game of darts and supercharged it – using unique, patented technology to create a social experience like no other. Flight Club Manchester’s décor impressively combines the heritage of darts, the pub and the fairground, with a unique twist and, of course, a nod to its new neighbourhood. 

Set across three foors Cane and Grain it's part skate bar, part Louisiana hideaway and part tiki-heaven. Tiki themed Liars Lounge is the perfect space for someone looking to hold their event in a quirky and memorable location. With it's colorful artwork, rustic barrel seating and orb lighting the Cane and Grain really is the place to be if you're looking for somewhere a bit different for your event.

Whether you’re set on booking exclusive hire of a swish London pad or more interested in a karaoke venue with cocktails aplenty, we’ve got bar function rooms to suit any party’s preferences. Simply use our search filters and navigate your way around our listing pages until you find your dream space.


How do I get started?


To start searching for the best bar venues in Manchester, simply click here. From this link you can browse as you see fit, or add some extra details about your budget, date and area preferences.

We also have more to offer than just the best bars for hire in Manchester. Whether you’re planning a company drinks reception, a team offsite, an engagement party or something completely different, we have venues for these occasions. Our Concierge service was built for those planning regular corporate events, while our blog features hot tips and top picks from the hospitality industry. Have a read here.





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Our mission is to build a community of the best venues around the world. We make it quicker, easier and more affordable for you to book spaces that stage inspiring events.

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