Manchester Day 2024

Manchester Day Parade, people dressed in colourful suits

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Manchester Day will return on 27th July with even more fun-filled free activities for all the family.

Between 12noon and 6pm on Saturday 27 July, the city centre will turn into Manchester’s biggest-ever playground this summer when Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin! rolls into town.

Inspired by an international summer of sport, join them for a day of free family-friendly fun. They're taking pop-up performances, astounding acrobatics and have-a-go activities to the streets.

Here's what to expect for 2024:

- Take part in a Hip Hop wrestling ring for breakdancing, wrestling, a spot of opera and a dash of drag.

- Hook a duck and challenge your mates to a round of darts at the vintage fairground.

- Immerse yourself in larger-than-life console games in Manchester Day's actual reality arcade.

- Enjoy the freshest beats from DJs across the city. And take a whistle stop tour around the world with the Global Grooves procession.

- Award winning dance company Motionhouse will be perfoming their hit show 'Wild'. Watch them fly through the city on a forest of poles in a daring production.

- No Fit State Circus will be defying the laws of gravity. Watch them bend, flex and build a towering series of bamboo sculptures. It's a stunning feat of human strength, trust and harmony with nature.

- Mimbre acrobatic theatre will perform ‘Look Mum, No Hands!’. It's a family-friendly, inclusive tale of friendship, growing up and what it means to explore each other’s boundaries.

- Enjoy music and performance from some of Manchester’s finest groups including:

* The Bridgewater Hall Choir
* A Filipino fashion show
* Irish, Bhangra and Lithuanian Dancers

- Be transported to Copacabana beach by the sounds of Jubacana. They combine percussion, guitars and a whole lot of sequins to create a big sound and an even bigger show.

There will also be sporting events taking place across the day including:

- Taekwondo classes.

- Get your blood pumping at the 60m, pop up athletic track supplied by GLL.

- A tennis mini rally and a basketball shoot out.

And you could even get a medal!

Visit Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin! for more information.