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General Information

Event Dates:
Infest Weekend is over 4 days in August 2025.
Warm-Up Thursday 14th (Rebellion, Manchester).
Main event (2 days) Friday 15th and Saturday 16th (Manchester Academy).
Closing Party Sunday 17th (Retro Bar, Manchester).

Trading Date:
Trading is all day Saturday 16th August 2025.
(ie trading is Saturday ONLY for 2025)

Venue Access

All stock & equipment is left entirely at your own risk.
Trading is on Saturday ONLY, from 13:00hrs to 23:00hrs.
You can access the venue from 12:00noon on Saturday to prepare for opening at 13:00hrs.
You must load out after trading closes on Saturday night. There is no access on Sunday daytime.
The venue is closed and locked at 0300hrs Sunday morning. Please exit before this time.
We recommend that you WATCH THIS VIDEO fly-through of the venue.

Passes

All passes are collection-only from the festival Box Office from Friday 18:00hrs. We don’t post passes out in advance.
Trade passes are valid on Friday for with “customer-only” access to the event. Feel free to watch the bands but no trading is permitted on Friday (Friday trading is for sponsors and official merchandise only).
Show your pass to any members of staff (security, stewards or bar staff) if you need help. If in doubt, go to the box office and ask.

Equipment & Location

There are various power outlets around the venue but please bring extension leads as sockets must be shared with other traders.
Bring your own stall lighting.
You must ensure all electrical equipment is Portable Appliance Tested (PAT) and labelled for inspection.
Ambient lighting can be adjusted by negotiation with other traders and the venue manager.
If you have a fixed frame, please tell us the height when you book so that we can check it will fit.
You must tell us before 1st August if you want to borrow a trestle table (0.75m x 1.75m approx).
Wall space is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, from time of payment being received.
Tell us if you have a specific layout requirement such as 4sqm @ 2×2 rather than 1×4.
The venue will provide background music subject to availability of equipment. Please do not bring your own PA or music unless agreed – thanks.

Travel & Accommodation

Please refer to OUR LOGISTICS PAGE.

Booking

As a special introductory offer for our new venue at Manchester Academy, pitch space will be free of charge. You need only buy tickets which we will upgrade to trade passes free of charge once we have accepted your booking.
Please purchase a weekend ticket and contact Chris to arrange upgrade to a trade pass.
Pitch size shall be agreed and confirmed in advance. Tell us what space you need, and we will find a suitable location.
Please email CHRIS to reserve your pitch!

What is Infest?

Infest is a live music event that wants to support the alternative and goth-industrial adjacent music scene. In addition to the live music on our stages and the DJs in our club rooms, we are actively trying to support the lifestyle with market traders and a shopping opportunity for our ticket holders.

We pride ourselves on being a safe place for attendees to express themselves without judgement, in friendly surroundings. We are an accessible event and try to be as considerate as possible to our customers with physical and neurodiverse needs.

The Infest market is only available to event ticket holders.

Read a little about our history and why we exist here:

About Us.

Infest charity work.

The history of Infest.

Example Traders

These are examples of previous traders, in previous years’ venues. They are not representative of the pitches at the upcoming event. The intention is to give you an indication of traders and products offered, however we are open minded if your products are relevant to our customers’ interests.