Look at these ugly pugs! Crumple-faced pooches get into their finest fancy dress for the adorable PugFest get-together
- The event was held at MediaCity, in Salford, Greater Manchester and saw pugs don their best fancy dress
- A VIP area fore very important pugs where owners sipped on prosecco while their dogs tucked into treats
- PugFest was set up by Martin Clowes as a tribute to Poppy - a late rescue dog owned by his son, Rob
Thousands of short-snouted pooches descended on MediaCity today to take part in the annual PugFest event.
The TV and film-themed event, in Salford, Greater Manchester, saw pets don their best fancy dress for the afternoon.
It featured a red carpet and even a VIP area fore very important pugs where owners sipped on prosecco while their dogs tucked into treats.
Pug dogs arrive at PugFest Manchester - a festival celebrating pugs and pug cross dogs
The event, in Salford, had many pets in attendance donning their best fancy dress costumes
featured a red carpet and even a VIP area fore very important pugs where owners sipped on prosecco while their dogs tucked into treats
Pug dogs Kobi (left) and Lily eye up the camera in their Hawaiian hula dancer costumes
Some 2,000 people were expected to attend PugFest with dog-less pooch fans also invited to enjoy the food and entertainment on offer.
Visitors were also invited to enter their pets into the Grand Pug Show to show off their hounds' abilities on an assault course.
PugFest was set up by Martin Clowes as a tribute to Poppy - a late rescue dog which was owned by his son, Rob.
Poppy had a fanbase of nearly 18,000 on her Twitter page @Poppy_puggy and the event supports local and national dog charities.
Rob Clowes told the Manchester Evening News: 'The event also features a kissing booth - where pug lovers can go and see a pug for a pug kiss or for other pugs to have a kiss too.
'People are also responsible for picking up dog poo as well – we have stations and bins for all that.'
The event has been held in several cities across the UK in the past and supports local and national dog charities
Some 2,000 people attended the Pugfest with dogless pooch fans also invited to enjoy the food and entertainment on offer
Owners were responsible for picking up their own dog's mess for which bins were provided
The event also featured a kissing booth - where pug lovers could go for a doggy kiss
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