Date & Time

8th Dec 2024 - 10:30am — 12:30pm

Venue

Royal Exchange Parade & Retail District

Santa Sunday: 8th December

Manchester City Centre BID, in partnership with Manchester City Council and Manchester Christmas Markets, is adding extra magical sparkle to the Manchester Christmas Parade on Sunday 8th December.

𝟭𝟬.𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺-𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆

Early bird parade-goers are invited to a grotto in the Royal Exchange Arcade. Those wearing a Santa Hat or full Santa suit (🎅) will get a free hot chocolate voucher to spend at the Christmas Markets. All to the tune of the Royal Exchange’s Christmas Choir.

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 ‘𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀’
Those lining the parade route will be greeted by cheeky BID elves acting as Santa’s ‘Hype Men’ to start party with goodies and giveaways.

 

Manchester Christmas Parade: Sunday 8th December
1pm, Manchester Cathedral start and finish

08:00 – 17:00

Victoria Street (Deansgate to Cathedral Approach)​
Market Street (Cross Street to Exchange Street)​
St Mary’s Gate (Exchange Street to Deansgate)​
Cateaton Street (Deansgate to Exchange Square)​

11:00 – 15:00

Victoria Bridge Street (Chapel Street to Deansgate)​
Deansgate (Victoria Street to John Dalton)​
John Dalton (Southgate to Clarence Street)​
Cross Street (John Dalton to Corporation Street)

Manchester City Council event:

Manchester’s free Christmas Parade, the best of its kind in the UK, will once again bring joy to thousands of spectators, young and old.

This year’s event will be bigger and better than ever with over 400 participants: be amazed by Mistletoe dancing mice, horse-riding elves on stilts, an oversized polar bear, Christmas robins, robot drummers, a toe-tapping hip hop elf, airborne puppetry, and so much more.

The highlights of this year’s parade will include Manchester’s very own Elf Express – a spectacular train with carriages full of elves – and the return of the enchanting Snow Queen.