Manchester · Guide
A night out in Manchester for under £20
Twenty quid can still buy a full night in Manchester. Eat at a food hall or market, then add a quiz, a free comedy night or a film.
The picks
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From £6 (est.)Food & DrinkManchester Arndale Market Hall — street food stalls
Open daily · into the evening
Award-winning indoor market with cheap street food stalls from chicken to Thai and Turkish sweets.
- Arndale Market
- City Centre
From £4Food & DrinkBundobust Piccadilly — Indian street food & craft beer
Open daily · into the evening
Basement Indian vegetarian street-food canteen with own-brewed craft beer near Piccadilly Gardens.
- Bundobust
- City Centre
From £10 (est.)Food & DrinkMackie Mayor — Grade II-listed food hall
Open daily · into the evening
Restored Victorian market hall in the Northern Quarter with 9 independent kitchens and bars, walk-in only.
- Mackie Mayor
- Northern Quarter
FreeActivitiesThe Big Marble Quiz at Marble Arch
Long-running free Monday quiz night at the Marble Arch pub with beer, cash and gin prizes.
- Marble Arch
- Ancoats
£3ActivitiesTuesday Quiz at The Blues Kitchen Manchester
Weekly pub quiz with a £500 bar tab prize for the winning team every Tuesday night on Quay Street.
- The Blues Kitchen Manchester
- City Centre
FreeComedyComedy Open Mic Night at The Fitzgerald
Free-entry open mic comedy night in the Northern Quarter where anyone can get up and perform.
- The Fitzgerald Manchester
- Northern Quarter
FreeComedyClubhouse Comedy MCR at Joshua Brooks
Free stand-up comedy night on select Tuesdays at Joshua Brooks, featuring TV comedians and new acts.
- Joshua Brooks
- City Centre
From £7.15 (est.)CinemaHOME — independent cinema
Open daily · into the evening
Arthouse and mainstream film, theatre and gallery hub near Deansgate-Castlefield, with cheap off-peak tickets.
- HOME
- First Street
From £9 (est.)CinemaVue Printworks — big-screen multiplex & IMAX
Open daily · into the evening
20-screen multiplex in the city-centre Printworks complex, home to one of Europe's largest IMAX screens.
- Vue Manchester Printworks
- City Centre
From £5 (est.)ActivitiesNQ64 — retro arcade bar
Open daily · into the evening
Neon-lit retro gaming arcade bar in the Northern Quarter with free-to-play machines, cocktails and pizza.
- NQ64 Northern Quarter
- Northern Quarter
From £12 (est.)Pool & DartsRoxy Ball Room Deansgate — pool, darts & shuffleboard
Open daily · into the evening
Games bar offering American pool, tech darts, shuffleboard and crazy pool on Deansgate.
- Roxy Ball Room Deansgate
- City Centre
From £9.50 (est.)ActivitiesJunkyard Golf Club — crazy golf & cocktails
Open daily · into the evening
Three neon, junk-themed 9-hole crazy golf courses with cocktails near Deansgate Locks; 50% off for students.
- Junkyard Golf Club Manchester
- First Street