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Manchester Day 2010–2025

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  • Parades & Carnivals
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  • Salford & Manchester
  • England

Client

Manchester City Council

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Our much-loved celebration of all things Mancunian has excited and delighted packed crowds of all ages.

Manchester Day brings together the city’s fabulous communities for a day-long festival of arts and outdoor performances across the city, with the magnificent parade as the centrepiece.

Manchester City Council has commissioned us to produce the annual Manchester Day Parade with the people of the city for more than a decade, and more recently the day has transformed into a vibrant city-centre wide festival.

It’s a glorious celebration of everything great and unique about Manchester – and it’s the perfect example of how we place sustainability at the heart of our work. Every aspect of the parade uses recycled, upcycled or recyclable materials, and is pushed, pulled, pedalled or powered by electricity.

Here are just a few of our previous Manchester Day celebrations…

A group of children dressed up and smiling into the camera

Manchester Day 2010, Mark Waugh

Manchester Day 2022

Our first post-pandemic parade saw Manchester Day connecting communities once more – with special guest Little Amal leading the way.

Learn more about our special guest

Manchester Day 2019

Some 40 community groups took part in Manchester Day’s 10th anniversary celebrations, each creating their own spectacular response to the birthday theme.

Admire floats and costumes from across the world

Manchester Day 2018

Communities from across Manchester came together to celebrate themselves and each other with street art, dance, performances – and, of course, the big parade.

See more from this vibrant day

Manchester Day on Holiday

Tens of thousands joined us as we transformed Manchester into a sandy beach, a larger-than-life zoo, a disco dancefloor and a party in the park.

Discover more about this joyful day

Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin!

Celebrating an international summer of sport, Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin! brought together 423 performers and community members, captivating more than 50,000 spectators with 90 dynamic performances across the city.

Manchester Day Live in 25

Live in 2025 saw the return of Manchester's famous parade as well as a fun filled festival across its city centre streets, celebrating a sensational summer of music.

"The whole of Manchester was a sea of smiling faces and sheer joy as over fifty thousand people came together to celebrate our special city. It was all about the Manchester magic. The sort of magic that unites people and pulls crowds together in appreciation of the sheer joy and vibrancy of our richly diverse city. It was just magical seeing the faces of all the children and tiny tots completely wowed by the parade and all the fabulous street entertainment.” 

Councillor Pat Karney, Chair of Manchester Day, 2025

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