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 (BID) is a consortium of 400+ businesses in the retail district managed by CityCo. We run an annual programme of public events and festivals in the heart of Manchester that attract people to shop, eat, drink and enjoy all our great city has to offer.

2018 Events

Chinese New Year
MCR Student Social (Spring Term)
Mystery Shopping Awards
The King Street Festival
Bee in the City Weekender
MCR Student Social (Autumn Term)
Halloween in the City

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

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