Indy Man Beer Con festival returns for 2023 - and tickets go on sale this week

The annual Indy Man Beer Con beer festival is all set for its 2023 event, and tickets will go on sale this week. A pre-sale starts today from 6pm at The Beagle in Chorlton and the Port Street Beer House in the Northern Quarter, with tickets on sale at the bar.

Tickets for the weekend-long festival, which happens from October 5 to 8 at the Victoria Baths, then go on general sale at 9am tomorrow. Prices have been frozen from last year too.

The opening Thursday night session costs £14.50, along with the Friday morning 11am to 4pm session, with the weekend daytime and evening sessions at £19. Sunday’s afternoon slot is back to £14.50, and a full weekend pass for all sessions is £75.

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“We can’t wait to see everyone back in the deep end for this year’s IMBC, the Glastonbury of beer festivals,” founder Jonny Hayes said. “As ever it’ll be a four-day celebration of all things craft beer, food and entertainment in the splendour of the Victoria Baths.”

Also, for the first time the festival will be offering discounted pre-purchase beer tokens, at £25 for 10, which will be guaranteed to be cheaper than buying them on the door, though as yet the on-the-door token price is yet to be fixed.

The festival, its tenth instalment, with a couple of years off during the pandemic, attracts some of the best craft breweries in the country to Manchester, as well as championing local brewers from Cloudwater and Track to Sure Shot and Pomona Island. Outside of the conference itself, there will be ‘fringe’ events all around the city too, including ‘meet the brewer’ sessions and tap takeovers.

The line-up for this year’s event will be confirmed nearer the time. As ever, you can