Hire the Burgess Foundation for your event

Situated in one of Manchester’s oldest mills, the Burgess Foundation hosts a brilliant event space with plenty of brickwork akin to a New York comedy club. This former home of Manchester’s bustling textile industry is kitted out with modern audio-visual facilities, the licensed Burgess Bar, and, for a truly unique feel, Anthony Burgess’s own antique furniture and musical instruments.

The flexible event space can accommodate a wide range of activities, from concerts to comedy, from lectures to book launches, from meetings to workshops. You’ll enjoy working alongside our experienced and friendly venue managers who will help your event come to life. Read on for more, or go straight to our quote request form.

Facilities and audience capacity

Our audience capacity is:
• 100 seated theatre-style, or 85 with projector & screen
• 25 for cabaret / boardroom, although this can stretch to 30

With your hire comes:
• Use of our sound system
• Use of our stage lights
• Superfast wifi connectivity

Hire doesn’t include a sound engineer, but we will help with set-up and simple lighting and audio needs. Your hire fee includes the opening of the Burgess Bar, which can offer drinks receptions, tea services and bar tabs. Ask us for a quote.

Accessibility: wheelchair-accessible | no steps on entry | accessible toilet facilities on ground floor | all-gender facilities. Please ask us if you have any special requirements for your visit.

Details of our facilities can be found below. Tell us about your event requirements. Scroll down this page and fill in our quick request form. If you want to talk about your event further, please contact Ian Carrington on events@anthonyburgess.or

Here is the enquiry form.

Photographs of the event space

Doves: Cycle of Hurt, recorded at the Burgess Foundation

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