Manchester BID Events:
Bringing the shopping streets to life

CityCo and the Manchester BID run high-profile networking events and flagship public events to bring people into the city. We support Manchester’s major festivals and through our district forums and working groups, we help members to have their opinion heard and shape what happens here.

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Manchester BID Events

Manchester’s Business Improvement District, Manchester BID, is managed by CityCo. We run an annual programme of public events and festivals that attract people to shop, eat, drink and enjoy all our great city has to offer. Our current pillar events are:

Spring
MCR Student Night Out

Summer
Mystery Shopping Awards
The King Street Festival
One Big Summer Weekend

Autumn
MCR Student Night Out
Halloween in the City

Winter
Chinese New Year

Since the BID’s launch in 2013 we’ve also celebrated Eid, brought floral Show Gardens to the shopping streets at our summer garden festival Dig the City and hosted the super-stylish Vogue Fashion’s Night Out in Manchester.

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