Music, football and a lot of bars. A Manchester stag do pretty much plans itself, which is good news for any best man who left it a bit late.
The Northern Quarter is where I’d start the night, with Deansgate and Spinningfields if the lads fancy something a bit smarter. In the day there’s a stadium tour for the football fans, plenty of go karting and paintball, and the Peak District down the road if anyone wants fresh air. Finish with a trip to Rusholme’s Curry Mile and you’ve done Manchester properly.
For where to drink, where to stay and how to get about, see our Manchester stag do guide below.
A Manchester stag weekend: my sample itinerary
Friday I’d get everyone off the train at Piccadilly and walk them straight into the Northern Quarter, which is about the easiest first night going. Start at Port Street Beer House and let the lads argue their way through two floors of beers and ales. Then it’s The Whisky Jar for a dram and a wobble on the dance floor downstairs, and a nightcap at Dusk Til Pawn, the drinking den hiding behind a pawn shop front. Ask the staff for something off-menu and see what turns up.
Saturday Daytime is for settling scores. I’d book go karting at TeamSport in Trafford Park, with its flyover and technical sections, or indoor paintball at Manchester Paintball Arena if the sky looks grim. Refuel on Rusholme’s Curry Mile, then get a comedy set in at The Frog and Bucket. After that, smarten up and get to St. Peter’s Street early, because Revolucion de Cuba runs a strict door and a rowdy stag group won’t get far late on. Anyone who fancies a casino flutter can nip across the road to Manchester 235 for roulette, poker and blackjack. Finish at the hidden Liquor Store on Deansgate, which plays Manchester music and serves until 3am. If you end up in Chinatown, split the group before trying the Circus Tavern, the smallest pub in Manchester.
Sunday Nobody will be fit for much, so keep it gentle. Line the stomach at The Printworks, where the chain restaurants are built for exactly this job. The brave ones can head for the Peak District down the road and some fresh air. The rest can have one last pint at the Old Wellington by the Cathedral, one of the city’s most ancient pubs, before the tram back to the station.
Bar Babes Barcrawl
Day package
- Fully planned 4-hour barcrawls across a range of UK locations
- 2-4 beauties to chaperone you
- Girls get the drinks all night from the kitty
- Freebies & discounts in all venues
- Party drinking games, challenges and forfeits dished out by the girls
- Barcrawl ends in a nightclub (entry arranged by us)
Prepare for a night to remember as you and the boys are taken on a bar crawl with some beautiful girls! Drinking games, challenges and forfeits for the stag lie in wait as you go bar hopping in the company of beer maids!
Manchester Clubbing Stag Do Package
Day packagewith 
- Free Casino Entry
- Pre-Paid Saturday Night Lap Dancing Entry
- Saturday Nightclub Guestlist and Q-Jump
- Guestlist & Q-Jump to Vodka Bar
- Pre-Paid Saturday Nightclub Entry
A good classic package for you and the stag party to get your teeth stuck in to.
Manchester Comedy Club Stag Night Package
1 night awaywith
- 1 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Free Casino Entry
- Comedy Club Entry
- Nightclub Entry
Enjoy your Manchester stag do by taking in some comedy! Stitch up the groom by telling the MC in advance!
Manchester Paintball Stag Night Package
1 night awaywith
- 1 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Full Day Paintballing Experience
- Free Casino Entry
- Pre-Paid Saturday Nightclub Entry
Bring all that Playstation practice to bear in this superb value package that sees you and the boys play shootem up for real with paintballs. Then it's out for a night out at the club
Manchester Call Of Booty Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Full Day Paintballing Experience
- Nightclub Entry
- Free Casino Entry
- Lap Dancing Entry
Get amongst it with the boys for a paintball squirmish. Then it's out for a night to remember as you take in a few clubs - one a night club the other a lap dancing club.
Manchester The Stag Company Open Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- 18 Holes Of Golf
- Guestlist & Q-Jump to Vodka Bar
- Guestlist and Q-Jump to Pre-Club Bar
- Lap Dancing Entry
- Free Casino Entry
- Nightclub Entry
Enjoy a round of golf and have swifty at the club house before heading out for a night on the tiles in Manchester at the night club.
Manchester Paintball Paradise Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith 
- 2 nights accommodation
- Pre booked Club Entry & Complimentary Shooter
- Indoor Paintballing with 100 Paintballs
- Priority Nightclub Entrance
Bring all that Playstation practice to bear as you play shootem up for real with paintballs. Then it's back, showered and out for a night out to sample the best of Manchester's nightlife.
Manchester Thunderball Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 nights accommodation
- Guest List Club Entry with complimentary shooter
- Paintballing: full Day with lunch plus 100 paintballs each
- Priority Nightclub Entrance
- Indoor Go Karting Sprint Session
Shooting and driving - two of our favourite past times rolled in to one action packed Stag Weekend in Manchester. Throw in priority nightclub entry and 100 paintballs and we reckon this is about as good as it gets.
Manchester Clubbing Stag Night Package
1 night awaywith
- 1 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Free Casino Entry
- Pre-Paid Saturday Night Lap Dancing Entry
- Saturday Nightclub Guestlist and Q-Jump
A good classic package for you and the stag party to get your teeth stuck in to...Lap dancing and clubbing!
Manchester Poker Race Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Indoor Go Karting Experience (Grand Prix)
- Saturday Night Lap Dancing Entry
- Saturday Nightclub Entry
- Guestlist & Q-Jump to Vodka Bar
Get the adrenaline flowing on the race track in this high octane weekend package that is fast and furious before heading out to in Manchester's buzzing nightlife.
Manchester Encore Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Comedy Club Entry
- Guestlist & Q-Jump to Vodka Bar
- Lap Dancing Entry
- Nightclub Entry
Tell the MC its a stag do and look on as the groom is destroyed! Then take to the dance floor for a bit of boogie - get your disco gear on fellas!
Manchester Doggy Style Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Night At The Dogs
- Nightclub Entry
- Lap Dancing Entry
Indulge in all seven of the deadly sins on this Manchester stag weekend that lets you off the leash… woof…
Manchester Base Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Free Casino Entry
- Guestlist & Q-Jump to Vodka Bar
- Lap Dancing Entry
- Nightclub Entry
Go clubbing with the boys and enjoy a night to remember!
Manchester Gunbelievable Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Clay Pigeon Shooting Inc 30 Clays
- Guestlist and Q-Jump to Pre-Club Bar
- Pre-Paid Friday Night Lap Dancing Entry
- Pre-Paid Saturday Nightclub Entry
Fancy yourself as a hot shot? Prove it to the boys by taking down some clay pigeons before some good quality club and lap dancing action.
Manchester Go-Karting Stag Night Package
1 night awaywith
- 1 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Indoor Go-Karting Experience
- Free Casino Entry
- Pre-Paid Saturday Nightclub Entry
This is a fast and furious way to spend a Stag Do. Zip round Manchester's superb indoor track and ride home to victory at the Stag's expense! Then go clubbing and enjoy all Manchester has to offer for a Stag Weekend to remember.
Manchester Four Play Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Quad Bike Trekking Experience
- Free Casino Entry
- Lap Dancing Entry
- Nightclub Entry
Rip around outdoor terrain on quad bikes before heading out for a night on tiles - hotel, quad bikes and pre-paid club entry are all included in this great value package.
Manchester Paintball Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Full Day Paintballing Experience
- Nightclub Entry
- Free Casino Entry
- Lap Dancing Entry
Get amongst it with the boys for a paintball squirmish. Then it's out for a night to remember as you take in a few clubs - one a night club the other a lap dancing club.
Manchester Go Go Go Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 nights accommodation
- Indoor Go Karting Sprint Session
- Guest List Club Entry with complimentary shooter
- Priority Nightclub Entrance
This high octane stag package combines a superb indoor track with night club entry.
Manchester Bavarian Bierkeller
Day packagewith
- Pre-paid Guest List Entry with Cloakroom Service
- Prime Seating - based on first come first served
- Buxom Bavarian Waitress Service
- Welcome Shot and Pretzel
- Haus Stein of Beer, Cider or Cocktail Each
- Live Bavarian Band
- Games on Stage
- DJ and party until 2am
It's all about the Beer. Visit an authentic Bierkeller for your Manchester stag night and sample the best on offer, would be rude not to!
Manchester Pub Challenge
Day packagewith
- Pub Challenge Game
- Mobile Adventures App
- GPS Tracking
- Non-location specific
- Allow at least 2 hours
A pub hunt / quiz / challenge using a game and working in teams. Here's a challenge for your stag party in Manchester. Get out there and solve the clues, show your superior intellect in correctly answering the questions whilst progressively getting drunk.
Manchester Aving a Bubble Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Stay In 3* Hotel
- Bubble Football Experience
- Lap Dancing Entry
- Nightclub Entry
- Guestlist and Q-Jump to Pre-Club Bar
Love football? Always wanted to be a hamster? Combine the two with bubble football! Part zorbing, part football, all fun.
Manchester Quad Biking Stag Do One Nighter Package
1 night awaywith
- One Night in Recommended Accommodation
- Quadbiking
- Paintballing
- Party Pass
Get your helmets and gear on to have a top time quadbiking and paintballing with your mates, then follow it up with an unforgettable night of bar and club hopping with our VIP party pass.
Manchester Quadtastic Stag Weekend Package
2 nights awaywith
- 2 Nights Hotel Accommodation
- Off Road Quad Bike Trek
- Priority Club Entry
- Guest List Club Entry & Complimentary Shooter
Go quadbiking with the boys before getting guaranteed priority entry in to Manchester's hottest club.
Manchester Night At The Dogs Stag Do Package
1 night awaywith
- One Night in Recommended Accommodation
- Night at the Dogs
- Night Club Entry
Enjoy an entertaining night at the dogs with your mates with dining experience included and then move on for some night club hopping! You'll be spoiled with this package!
See all 72 Manchester packages
Manchester stag do guide
With more waterways than Venice, one of the most famous sporting rivalries in the world and some of the biggest bands ever, Manchester genuinely is a place for 24-hour party people. Here’s the inside track on where to go, our kid.
Pick your area
The city centre is compact, and St. Peter’s Street, Deansgate and The Printworks, the Northern Quarter, Whitworth Street, Oxford Road and Chinatown and Portland Street are all within walking distance of each other.
Whitworth Street is straight off Oxford Road station or the Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, with archway bars and clubs, warehouse-sized nightclubs at one end and a bowling alley and venue bars at the other. One of the better picks for a slightly more sophisticated bar and club affair.
The Northern Quarter, out of Piccadilly station, is where the hipsters hang. Expect quirky bars, live bands aiming for the big time, big-name DJs and, naturally, a craft beer or two.
Chinatown and Portland Street has a certain atmospheric edge, with dark alleys and steam rising past metal fire escapes like a 1970s New York film set. This is where you’ll find gambling dens, karaoke bars and strip clubs, plus traditional boozers including the smallest pub in Manchester.
The Printworks, by the Shudehill tram stop between the Arndale and the National Football Museum, is the most stag-friendly and your best bet for bumping into hen parties. It’s mainstream: chain pubs, casinos and bright, bolshy clubs serving shots and a bit of cheese (music, that is).
Oxford Road, in a word, is students. It runs from Fallowfield into the heart of the city past the university, museums, galleries and big music venues, with some of the liveliest bars and pubs in Manchester along the way.
Daytime
BMX racing at the Velodrome: fulfil that boyhood dream of haring round a full-sized competitive indoor track with bumps, jumps and banked curves.
Go-karting: TeamSport (the old Daytona track) in Trafford Park, between Old Trafford and MediaCity, has a flyover and plenty of technical sections for racing your mates to the chequered flag.
Indoor skydiving at iFLY (formerly Airkix) lets you experience the rush of free-fall in the safety of an enormous purpose-built venue.
Paintball: Manchester Paintball Arena, just off the M60, has loads of scenarios and rooms to choose from, and best of all it’s indoors, so no mud or rain while you wait for that clean shot.
Drinking
Whitworth Street: Lock 91, under the railway arches, has a great terrace and a Jack Daniels pool table room. Past the site of the legendary Hacienda (sacrilegiously turned into flats) is Wynwood Lanes (the old Dog Bowl), which goes for a Miami vibe and is a good shout for bowling and drinking in one hit early in the evening, with Gorilla a few doors up by Oxford Road station.
Oxford Road: go where the students go, because they can drink a skinful and have a knack for finding deals. Start at Big Hands, a pre and post-gig hangout with a great summer terrace, then Kro Bar opposite the Academy, one of Manchester’s most established drinking spots. The Deaf Institute is a live music venue with bars on three floors, the Thirsty Scholar under the archway is charmingly grotty with covered outdoor seating, and The Salisbury is a traditional pub with a decent jukebox. Unpretentious Grand Central is the one for rock music.
Deansgate and St. Peter’s Street: The Paramount is an enormous Wetherspoon’s, handy pre-club. On St. Peter’s Street, BrewDog has a massive range of strong own-brand beers, and Revolucion de Cuba has a strict door but a cheesy live Latino vibe that gets absolutely rammed at weekends. Across the road, Manchester 235 has three floors of roulette, poker and blackjack. Heading north on Deansgate, the Sawyer’s Arms is a heritage pub with big screens, the hidden Liquor Store plays Manchester music and serves until 3am, and by the Cathedral the Old Wellington is one of the city’s most ancient pubs.
The Printworks is ‘an urban entertainment venue’, which to you and me means a shopping mall for eating and drinking: more Nando’s than Next, more O’Neill’s than TK Maxx (thank god).
Chinatown and Portland Street: the K2 Karaoke Bar and Nightclub is a futuristic neon nightspot great for groups of out-of-towners. The Circus Tavern on Portland Street is the smallest pub in Manchester and one of the friendliest, possibly because you’ll end up on someone’s knee. Big groups will struggle to squeeze in, but it’s worth a go for a bit of drinking history.
Northern Quarter: start at Port Street Beer House for a huge selection of beers and ales over two floors. The Whisky Jar has a fantastic range of whiskies and gins with a dance floor downstairs, and Dusk Til Pawn hides a cosy drinking den behind a pawn shop front, where the staff are happy to whip up something off-menu.
Nightlife
Manchester is the stomping ground of some of the finest comedians this country has produced. The Frog and Bucket in the Northern Quarter is reasonably priced, relaxed and friendly. Bigger groups should check what’s on at the O2 Apollo, The Lowry, Manchester Arena and Manchester Academy.
For clubbing, The Printworks still has Walkabout and the Bierkeller if you want a bit of cheese. Elsewhere, 5th Avenue on Princess Street is all foam parties, sticky floors and mainstream indie-pop, and in the Northern Quarter Mint Lounge is home to the long-running Funkademia night.
Where to eat
Beyond Rusholme, Chorlton and Levenshulme are great for food before a short cab or tram ride into the centre. Chinatown has pretty much every cuisine in Asia covered, and The Printworks has the chain restaurants if you need to line the stomach quickly.
Getting around
The tram network is well connected and the centre is walkable. Oxford Road station and Deansgate-Castlefield put you on Whitworth Street, Piccadilly is the gateway to the Northern Quarter, and Shudehill is the stop for The Printworks.
Tips
Dress up and go early for the smarter spots: Revolucion de Cuba runs a strict door policy, and rowdy stag groups won’t get far late on. Split up big groups for tiny pubs like the Circus Tavern, and save the busy, cheesy venues of The Printworks for when you want to find the hen parties.
Things to do on a Manchester stag do
The activities you can book in a Manchester stag package with us right now, most popular first. Each one has my guide to what’s involved.
- Comedy 20 packages
- Casino 11 packages
- Paintball 11 packages
- Bubble Football 10 packages
- Go Karting 9 packages
- Quad Biking 7 packages
- Beer, Whisky and Gin Tasting 6 packages
- Clay Pigeon Shooting 5 packages
- Greyhound Racing 3 packages
- Pub Crawl 2 packages
Frequently asked questions
Is there a dress code on a Manchester stag do?
For the smarter spots, yes. Dress up and go early, because Revolucion de Cuba runs a strict door and rowdy stag groups won’t get far late on. Split big groups for tiny pubs like the Circus Tavern, the smallest pub in Manchester.
Where should a stag group drink in Manchester?
Start in the Northern Quarter for quirky bars, live bands and craft beer, or Deansgate and Spinningfields if the lads fancy something smarter. The Printworks is the most stag-friendly, mainstream option and your best bet for bumping into hen parties.
How do you get around Manchester on a stag do?
Walk and use the trams. The centre is compact, Piccadilly station is the gateway to the Northern Quarter, Oxford Road and Deansgate-Castlefield put you on Whitworth Street, and Shudehill is the stop for The Printworks.
