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Huge new venue with Manchester’s biggest beer garden opening this summer
‘It’s more than a venue. It’s an area within itself. A new creative neighbourhood for the city’
An exciting new ‘creative neighbourhood’ on the site of a derelict factory is set to open in Manchester this summer.
The team behind Ramona and The Firehouse will take over Manchester’s largest factory and metalworks to bring Diecast, a 5,000-capacity entertainment venue creating what owners say will be ‘one of the most exciting destinations on the planet.’
It’s situated at the former Presbar Diecast works, a 250,000-sq ft space just beyond the arches which once housed the Warehouse Project, between Ducie Street and Store Street. This vast open space will not only feature Manchester’s biggest beer garden but a great selection of places to hangout, socialise, eat, drink, listen to music and party.
The original building dates back to 1870 and forms part of the fabric of the city’s rich industrial history — with the transformation will bridging the old with the new. Having been updated in 1983, the venue maintains its show-stopping industrial features, with corrugated steel, roof-block walls, large roller shutters and a concrete terrazzo throughout.
Diecast will be home to Manchester’s biggest beer garden, House of Daiquiri, Rum Town, Open Air BBQ Kitchen and following on from the acclaimed Ramona, will be a hotly anticipated new ‘NeoPan’ Pizzeria — the first of its kind in the city and just in time for summer.
Creative Director, Adelaide Winter, said: “The Factory floor and Machine Works are already being used for creative events, filmmakers, musicians and event producers to use. This is the first part of establishing DieCast as a new creative resource for the city.
“We’ve had venues before, but never a whole neighbourhood!”
Emphasising the size of the task, DieCast Director and owner Joel Wilkinson, said: “We’re taking all our learnings from Ramona and The Firehouse, but this time it’s on an industrial scale.
“It’s more than a venue. It’s an area within itself. A new creative neighbourhood for the city.”
When fully complete inside and out, DieCast will be home to Night Market, Brewing Co., Warehouse Restaurant, and a huge Festival Stage.
Due to the sheer scale of the site, the city centre location and striking industrial aesthetics, DieCast is already in use as the industrial backdrop for events, parties, shoots, and film locations.
Opening days are expected to be Friday, Saturday and Sunday to begin with, with possible Thursday opening in time, while the factory space will be available for other creative events during the week. We can’t wait to check this place out this summer!