WELCOME TO MPF2025

IT IS TIME FOR MPF2025! Not feeling ready? Well here is all the MPF2025 information you need to have an amazing festival. If you’ve attended Manchester Punk Festival before then everything will feel familiar. But there are a few small changes so this is definitely worth a read. We really appreciate everyone that is coming to the festival. We hope that you have an amazing time at MPF, make new friends and discover some awesome new bands. Bring on the best small festival in the UK!

Here is everything you need to know about MPF2025:

WRISTBANDS

You can collect your wristbands from The Union each day from 12pm to 10pm. Your ticket is the QR code in your confirmation email. Please bring this with you and we always advise bringing some sort of ID with you just in case of any issue even if we don’t foresee any. It is worth saving the QR code before you join the queue incase the internet fails you.

Don’t stress at us, don’t panic if you have a problem, we will help with any issue but that may require some patience and understanding. There will be a queue, you may have to wait in line, just please bear with us.

TWICKETS/RESALES

If you purchased a ticket from someone via Twickets they should have forwarded the QR code to you that we mentioned above. We would also advise bringing any correspondence between yourself, the seller and/or the resale site just as a back up.

ACCESSIBILITY

Each year we aim to improve the experience at MPF for people with those with accessibility needs. We have attempted to make improvements with more accessible venues and a single point of contact (John Porter at accessibility@manchesterpunkfestival.co.uk) for information on accessibility at the festival. Find out more on accessibility at MPF here.

FESTIVAL APP

We have an app you can download again this year. It can contains the full schedules along with plenty of other features. It can be accessed by downloading the app WOOV on your smartphone and adding our event. Share some photos on it, arrange some meet ups, get busy and make the most of your weekend.

Download HERE.

CLASHFINDER

You can also stay up to date with timings via the Clashfinder website. Search for us on there and you’ll see the full listings. We would advise staying up to date with this or the app each day in case of any last minute band changes.

Check out the Clashfinder HERE.

PROGRAMME

As always we provide a free programme for all attendees. Pick yours up on the way in at The Union. We will also keep some at the official merch table.

View the programme online HERE.

MERCH

Merch sales are a huge help to us and the bands so grab something if you can afford to. Official MPF merch will be located at The Union. Band merch will be situated around the venues that they are playing so keep an eye out.

Check out the MPF2025 merch here.

THE SALUTATION

We’re moving podcasts, poetry and comedy to The Salutation pub to give this stage more space. You’ll find The Salutation pub right next door to The Union. The stage is upstairs which can be found around the back of the pub – where you’ll also find food for sale.

SANDBAR

We love Sandbar. It is an amazing place to hangout at MPF. With podcasts, comedy and poetry moving to The Salutation, we’ve added more activities at Sandbar. We have ‘Don’t Mug Yourself’, ‘MPF Running Club’, ‘Slurpfest’ and ‘Gigs and Fests Craft Beer Exchange’.

To find out what all those things are, head here.

YES BASEMENT

The Guinness craze has finally caught up with MPF. Following a refurbishment and a re-name we’re saying goodbye to Zombie Shack, a venue that has been part of the festival since the start! The upshot is we now have two stages in Yes – the Pink Room and the Basement. You can hop between bands like you’re in Sound Control in 2015.

DISCOUNTS

As with every year, we want to ensure that your MPF ticket is as much value for money as possible. Apart from the 120+ bands, 9 afterparties and 7 stages, we also team up with a number of local businesses to get you discount when you show your festival wristband.

Idle Hands Coffee House, Gorilla, Sandbar, Fell Brewing, Track Brewing Co., North Taproom: Circle Square, Sureshot Brewing, and Bundobust

Find out more here.

INFO STALLS

We were so excited to introduce some info stalls in 2024, and they were an even greater success than we’d hoped! It was great to see so many people dropping in, browsing, and discussing some important and worthy causes. They will be setting up at Flour & Flagon (next to Bread Shed) from 2pm until 6pm.

Go check out ACORN Safe Gigs for Women Tiny Paws MCR and Manchester Hunt Sabs.

SIGNATURE BREW

Each year we team up with our friends at Signature Brew to provide a nice festival beer. This year keep your eye peeled for ‘A Hazy Ten Years’ on tap in the venues. Give that and other Signature Brew beers a try at each venue, you won’t be disappointed! This year’s beer is being launched at 4pm on Thursday at the North Brewing Tap Room in Circle Square.

MPF WARM-UP

Rebellion is the home of one side of our after parties all weekend. We are also hosting the warm up gig there on Thursday night. 5 amazing bands to kick off your weekend.

Grab your ticket HERE.

VENUE CAPACITY

Venues will get full. We cannot guarantee your admission to see every band due to the limited capacity at each venue. To minimise the risk of missing a set, please ensure you get to the stage early to avoid disappointment.

BOOTH CENTRE

We want MPF to have a positive impact on the world outside of punk, particular within our own city. With so many people gathering in one place we feel that MPF is a great opportunity to support people who are less fortunate than ourselves. Thank you so much to everyone that bought a charity ticket to help raise money for the Booth Centre!

The Booth Centre is an organisation trying to bring about positive change in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and help them plan for and realise a better future. If you want to donate or read more about them, you can do HERE

SOBER SOCIAL

The Sober Social returns to Manchester Punk Festival in 2024! Anyone attending the festival can join us at Sandbar on Saturday between 1pm and 2 pm.

Our aim is to provide a welcome space for anyone who’s sober, sober-curious, or anyone who feels like they’ve gone a bit hard on the first night. Drop in for a coffee or a pizza and meet some new friends.

THERE ARE STILL VERY LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE.

Please respect the venues and each other.

That’s it from us, see you around this weekend ❤️