Hen Party Activities in Manchester

For more quality time with your favourite bachelorettes during your hen weekend in Manchester, we highly recommend having a meal out and luckily for you, this city’s packed with fantastic restaurants. This Northern city's foodie scene is constantly growing.

Think Manchester’s idea of fine dining is a chip barmcake (or chip butty to our fellow Southerners)? Think again! There’s a huge range of quality restaurants here offering everything from sumptuous three-course meals to a quintessential British afternoon tea.

There’s also cheap eats and street food on offer and if you’re a curry fan, you can fill your bellies with delicious South Asian food in Curry Mile. Despite its name, it’s actually half a mile long but is still jam-packed with more than 70 restaurants and takeaways.

We only work with the best restaurants in town with warm and welcoming atmospheres. Las Iguanas is located in lively Deansgate and offers a filling two-course meal that's packed with Latin American sizzle and spice. Choose from a massive set menu and wash everything down with your choice of beer, wine, a cocktail or soft drink. Cheers, ladies!

It isn’t known as Madchester for nothing! The nightlife here is seriously wild and you’re going to soak up every drop of fun during your hen night in Manchester! Male strip shows are a hen party tradition and they don’t get much better than Adonis Cabaret, where you can enjoy comedy, sizzling hot guys and outrageous drag queens. You’ll also get a welcome drink, a buffet to tuck into and a meet and greet with those handsome boys and nightclub entry for a complete party package!

There’s a reason why hen party Cocktail Making in Manchester is one of our most popular activities; it’s a great for kicking off a night out, group bonding and learning a fun new skill as you get to make and drink mouth-watering cocktails.

If you’d prefer to sit back and someone else prepare your drinks, why not add a drop of sophistication to your engaged friend’s last weekend of freedom with a Wine Tasting?

Bierkeller in Manchester loves to show hen groups of a good time with some bonkers but brilliant Bavarian entertainment. You’ll enjoy two drinks, German food and a foot-stomping Oompah band followed by a DJ who’ll play until 2am. It’s simply wunderbar!

For a great ending to your Manchester hen weekend, you can’t go wrong with Tiger Tiger! This huge nightclub has eight rooms to explore, each featuring a different theme and music, from 80s cheese to Ibiza anthems.

This Northern party Mecca is fun to visit all year round but here’s some big annual events you can expect to see during your hen do in Manchester.

March sees the return of Manchester Irish Festival. The city’s venues and streets come alive with colour with parades, live music, dance, stand-up comedy and workshops, all celebrating Irish culture. Also in March is the fab Wonder Women Festival, highlighting the best of female music, film, art and politics. You can take party in lectures, meet activists and generally celebrate how wonderful it is to be a woman. Now that’s girl power!

If live music’s your thing. You’re going to have a great time! Castlefield Bowl is host to Sounds of the City, an epic, annual series of gigs in July with performances from some of the biggest names in music from Kylie Minogue to Nile Rodgers. Manchester International Festival also takes place in July and showcases cutting edge art from a range of top artists, displayed in theatres, galleries, train stations, churches and even car parks.

Manchester Soul Festival returns in August with a stellar line up of soul and Motown artists, bands and DJs playing across a range of venues in The Printworks. The annual Food and Drink Festival takes place in September and October. Wherever you are, you’ll catch a scent of something delicious during your hen do in Manchester! Expect awesome food and drink stalls, demonstrations and even talks from top chefs. We’re suddenly very hungry!

If you’re a Halloween fan, you’ll love the Zombie Walk where every year hundreds of people talk to the streets, dressed up as zombies, ghosts and ghouls. Get that fake blood ready, girls!

In November and December, things get really festive as one of the biggest Christmas markets in the country sets up with more than 300 traders selling things from mulled wine to handmade decorations.

When visiting this charming city for a hen do in Manchester, you’ve got to hop on a tram! They’ll take you around the city centre and the suburbs and are great for a photo op! You can also get the train here with ease with the city served by two major train stations, Victoria and Piccadilly.

The city’s also served very well by taxis and any Southerners will be pleased by those Northern taxi prices! You definitely get better value for money here. There are taxi ranks near the clubs that’ll get you back to your accommodation quickly and easily so you don’t need to worry about walking when you’ve been working those party feet on the dancefloor all night.