RNCM Food & Drink

Audience Information

Before you arrive, please take a minute to read our Booking FAQs, which provide everything you need to know about booking and attending a performance in one of our venues.

Once you’re here, our Café and Bar will be open. Like most places, we’ve gone cashless, so please order and pay at our till points using card, Apple Pay or Google Pay only.

If you’re attending one of our mid-week performances during term time*, hot food is served 12 noon until 7pm.

At the weekend and out of term, the Café and Bar will open two hours before a performance starts serving our Pizza Menu, alongside a range of sandwiches, cakes and snacks.

Please click the link to view our Café Bar Menu. For all other enquiries, please phone 0161 907 5353 or email [email protected].

International Brass Band Festival

The Café will be open serving a range of drinks, sandwiches and snacks and hot food from 12 noon each day.

The bar will be open during the festival selling a wide range of drinks including many non-alcoholic options.

View the Weekend Festival Menu

The bar will be open during the festival:

  • Friday 12 noon till 11pm
  • Sat 5pm till 11pm
  • Sun 12 noon till 11pm

*Term Dates

Autumn Term 22 September – 14 December 2025
Reading Week 03 November – 07 November 2025
Spring Term 05 January – 29 March 2026
Mid-Year Recess 09 February – 13 February 2026
Summer Term 20 April – 05 July 2026