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Since 2010, the ''Wigan Diggers Festival'' has taken place on the second Saturday of September. The festival brings together a significant number of [[socialist]] organisations and sympathetic musicians to celebrate the life, ideas and influence of the Wigan-born, [[Gerrard Winstanley]], founder of the [[Diggers]] (True Levellers) Movement.[{{Cite web |date=28 March 2012 |title=Gerrard Winstanley & The Diggers |url=https://wigandiggersfestival.org/about/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |website=wigandiggersfestival.org}}] Recent{{when|date=September 2022}} headliners have included significant Wigan bands ''The Railway Children'' and ''Merry Hell''. |
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Since 2010, the ''Wigan Diggers Festival'' has taken place on the second Saturday of September. The festival brings together a significant number of [[socialist]] organisations and sympathetic musicians to celebrate the life, ideas and influence of the Wigan-born, [[Gerrard Winstanley]], founder of the [[Diggers]] (True Levellers) Movement.[{{Cite web |date=28 March 2012 |title=Gerrard Winstanley & The Diggers |url=https://wigandiggersfestival.org/about/ |access-date=8 January 2019 |website=wigandiggersfestival.org}}] Recent{{when|date=September 2022}} headliners have included significant Wigan bands ''The Railway Children'' and ''Merry Hell''. |
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Wigan hosts an annual [[beer festival]] ran by [[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]][{{cite web |title=Wigan CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival – Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 March 2026 |url=https://beerfestival.wigancamra.org.uk/}}], which as of its 2026 event had been running annually for 38 years, and had over a selection of over 100 real ales, traditional ciders, flavoured ciders, perries, craft beer, and gin[{{cite web |title=2026 Real Ales List - Programme Tasting Notes|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSKDKLlBnB1nVncYi_6Nksx-KOZex_dhlV4AEgOP6zXhSPIrRSUklHkbMKxbn6sXg/pubhtml?gid=1260599163&single=true |website=Google Docs}}][{{cite web |title=2026 Craft/Keg Beers List - Programme Tasting Notes|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSKDKLlBnB1nVncYi_6Nksx-KOZex_dhlV4AEgOP6zXhSPIrRSUklHkbMKxbn6sXg/pubhtml?gid=1004243284&single=true |website=Google Docs}}][{{cite web |title=2026 Ciders List - WBF 2026 Programme |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKu5npph_XAqv1MLFUqb8itzTArcb7UKE76Srl317_Cua06_6es8ngHtWvVuratA/pubhtml |website=Google Docs}}][{{cite web |title=2026 Gins List - Programme Tasting Notes 2026 |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSKDKLlBnB1nVncYi_6Nksx-KOZex_dhlV4AEgOP6zXhSPIrRSUklHkbMKxbn6sXg/pubhtml?gid=1551778923&single=true |website=Google Docs}}]. |
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Wigan is home to the annual [[World Pie Eating Championship]], which is usually held at Harry's Bar on Wallgate. The competition has been held since 1992 and, in 2006, a [[vegetarian]] option was added. [{{Cite news |date=23 November 2006 |title=Pie-eating championship goes slimline |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/Story/0,,1955147,00.html |access-date=3 November 2008}}] Wiganers are sometimes referred to as "pie-eaters"; the name is said to date from the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 General Strike]] when Wigan coal miners were starved back to work before their counterparts in surrounding towns and so were forced to metaphorically eat "[[humble pie]]". [{{Citation |last=Robert Bottomley |title='Pie eaters' urged to get fit |date=27 September 2008 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/s/1017898_pie_eaters_urged_to_get_fit |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=2 July 2009}}] A local dish is the Pie Barm, also known as a Wigan Kebab, [{{Cite web |title=Pie Barm |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/pie-barm |access-date=5 November 2020 |website=tasteatlas |language=en}}] consisting of a buttered [[barm cake]] sandwiching a [[meat and potato pie]] inside. [{{Cite web |last=David Barnett |date=9 March 2017 |title=What is a pie barm? In Wigan, it's a way of life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/09/pie-barm-twitter-wigan-kebab |website=The Guardian}}] Wigan is also the home town of the local confectionary [[Uncle Joe's Mint Balls]]. |
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Wigan is also home to the annual [[World Pie Eating Championship]], which is usually held at Harry's Bar on Wallgate. The competition has been held since 1992 and, in 2006, a [[vegetarian]] option was added. [{{Cite news |date=23 November 2006 |title=Pie-eating championship goes slimline |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/Story/0,,1955147,00.html |access-date=3 November 2008}}] Wiganers are sometimes referred to as "pie-eaters"; the name is said to date from the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 General Strike]] when Wigan coal miners were starved back to work before their counterparts in surrounding towns and so were forced to metaphorically eat "[[humble pie]]". [{{Citation |last=Robert Bottomley |title='Pie eaters' urged to get fit |date=27 September 2008 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/s/1017898_pie_eaters_urged_to_get_fit |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=2 July 2009}}] A local dish is the Pie Barm, also known as a Wigan Kebab, [{{Cite web |title=Pie Barm |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/pie-barm |access-date=5 November 2020 |website=tasteatlas |language=en}}] consisting of a buttered [[barm cake]] sandwiching a [[meat and potato pie]] inside. [{{Cite web |last=David Barnett |date=9 March 2017 |title=What is a pie barm? In Wigan, it's a way of life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/09/pie-barm-twitter-wigan-kebab |website=The Guardian}}] Wigan is also the home town of the local confectionary [[Uncle Joe's Mint Balls]]. |
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In the television series ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'', the title characters live at the fictional 62 West Wallaby Street in Wigan.[{{Cite web |date=16 November 2005 |title=A cracking town, Gromit |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=66&ArticleID=1255444 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192538/http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/A-cracking-town-Gromit.1255444.jp |archive-date=20 October 2007 |access-date=11 August 2018 |publisher=[[Wigan Today]]}}] |
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In the television series ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'', the title characters live at the fictional 62 West Wallaby Street in Wigan.[{{Cite web |date=16 November 2005 |title=A cracking town, Gromit |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=66&ArticleID=1255444 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192538/http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/A-cracking-town-Gromit.1255444.jp |archive-date=20 October 2007 |access-date=11 August 2018 |publisher=[[Wigan Today]]}}] |
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