MANCHESTER WING FEST 2025

PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION
CAREFULLY 

2025 is the Year of the Chicken
Wing!

The ticket includes a signature Wing
Fest Trucker Hat which you collect at the entrance.
The ticket also gives you free access
to axe throwing, arcade games, competitions, live bands, musicians,
DJ's and more. 

This wing-centric three-day festival
will turn the already excellent Hockley Social Club into a poultry
eating, music thumping, axe throwing, beer and bourbon drinking
weekend of epic proportion.
Ticket Types:

Friday
Evening Ticket: Valid for entry
between 5pm - 9.30pm. Session ends at 10.30pm. Over 18's
only.
Ticket includes a Wing Fest
signature trucker hat.
SATURDAY
Afternoon Ticket: Valid for entry
between 11.30am - 3.30pm. Session ends at 4.30pm.
Ticket includes a Wing Fest
signature trucker hat.
Evening Ticket: Valid for entry
between 5pm - 9.30pm. Session ends at 10.30pm. Over 18's
only.
Ticket includes a Wing Fest
signature trucker hat.

SUNDAY

Afternoon Ticket: Valid for entry
between 12pm - 4.00pm. Session ends at 5pm.
Ticket includes a Wing Fest
signature trucker hat.

Who really does the best wings? - You decide! Vote on the
day!
The world's biggest chicken wing showdown is coming to
Birmingham to provide the answer to that burning question - who
really does do the best wings?  On the 15th, 16th, 17th August
at Hockley Social Club, wing slingers will work their culinary
magic to be crowned King or Queen of Wings in three categories:
Best Buffalo Wing
Described in the North American dictionary, from where this
mighty morsel hales, as "Deep-fried wings coated in a spicy sauce."
Of course to those in the know, this description simply doesn’t do
this wonderful creation justice and the search for the best is
fiercely contested across the world.
Best Wild Wing
This category is looking to explore and demonstrate the many
exciting ways a chicken wing can be prepared and served in the
broadest sense possible. In this category anything goes. Any
flavour, any technique, any taste. Basically the rule is, there are
no rules.
Best BBQ Wing
This all time classic flavour deserves
its own category, which we introduced in 2023. Experts in this
distinguished field use everything from fire, smoke, fry and bake,
not to mention incredible sauce recipes that are often handed down
from generation to generation. This is a big category and very
popular.

All wings will be sold in individual
joints drums or flats for £1.50 each to allow voters to try as many
wings as possible from each of the contestants.
For the greediest of wing eaters among you, the always popular
Flying Goose Wing Eating Competition will be taking place on
Saturday and Sunday.
Clifton Chilli Club will be guest hosting the deadly Lava Wing
Challenge, the UK's hottest wing challenge, and renowned for the
carnage it causes. It will take place on Friday and Saturday.
Sign up for the eating comps is on the day, and will be
announced from the main stage.
Competitors will have to adhere to strict rules to make it even
more of a challenge! 
This event is taking place outside and inside. We hope for sunny
weather but please prepare for any conditions that may be
advised.
Wing Fest is a cashless event. The bars and traders only accept
card payments.
Allergen information will be available upon arrival. Please be
aware that no food and drink will be allowed to be brought into the
event site except in limited circumstances on proven medical
grounds. Water refill points will be available.
Information regarding which traders are serving halal wings will
be published closer to the time.
Children under 12 get in free providing they have a free ticket
and must be accompanied by an adult. There are a limited number of
free child tickets available, once these have sold out we are
unable to release any more. Children under 18 must be accompanied
by a paying adult. No under 18's are allowed on Friday or Saturday
evening sessions.
By purchasing a ticket for this event and by entering the
premises of the event site you consent to being filmed and
photographed and that your image may be used for promotional
purposes.
This is a food event so unfortunately pets are not allowed.
Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.