Manchester Day: On Holiday is coming to the city centre streets this weekend for a jam-packed day full of surprises and celebrations.
Everyone is invited to join in the day of fun this Saturday July 29 where there will be a whole host of activities including a helter skelter, street artists, a craft market and much more!
The city centre will be the focus point of all the fun from 12-6pm before the party moves up to Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter for a brand new, night time showcase.
We spoke to Councillor Pat Karney, the chair of Manchester Day to find out more about this year's celebrations.
Everyone is invited to join in the day of fun this Saturday July 29 where there will be a whole host of activities including a helter skelter, street artists, a craft market and much more!
The city centre will be the focus point of all the fun from 12-6pm before the party moves up to Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter for a brand new, night time showcase.
We spoke to Councillor Pat Karney, the chair of Manchester Day to find out more about this year's celebrations.
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00:00 "Manchester has never seen anything like this. You will be absolutely amazed and surprised
00:07 at the enjoyment and experience you will have. You don't want to miss this one."
00:15 Manchester Day on Holiday is coming to the city centre streets this weekend for a jam-packed
00:20 day full of surprises and celebrations.
00:23 Everyone is invited to join in the day of fun this Saturday 29th July, where there will
00:28 be a whole host of activities including a helter-skelter, street artists, a craft market
00:34 and much more.
00:35 The city centre will be the focus point of all the fun from 12 till 6pm before the party
00:41 moves up to Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter for a brand new night-time showcase.
00:47 We spoke to Councillor Pat Carney, the Chair of Manchester Day, to find out more about
00:52 this year's celebrations.
00:53 "As you know, we've stepped back from doing a parade this year for a variety of reasons,
00:58 not least because Albert Square is out of use. And this one though presents, it looks
01:05 to me like seven Manchester Days. We've got six zones you can choose from and it's mainly
01:11 focused on families and kids in Manchester because they always come out and support us
01:16 on Manchester Day. I don't think Manchester has seen anything like it really and that's
01:20 why I'm so excited about it. And we do it all the time to allow Mancunians to celebrate
01:28 their identity, celebrate their city and also give all the kids great memories of growing
01:33 up in Manchester. I love making sure we have loads of events for families and kids. And
01:39 also, on a serious note, the area I represent, literally kids don't go on holidays. I mean
01:44 they're struggling week to week and the idea of holidays is unrealistic. Up in St Collier's,
01:49 I mean kids don't go on holiday there. They really don't. I'm not saying no kid goes on
01:56 holiday but generally kids don't go on holiday there. So it's nice to see them come into
02:01 City Centre, particularly for the families and youngsters who don't have lots of choices
02:06 over summer. I think they'll just have a great time. I can't wait. I won't be able to sleep
02:11 tomorrow night because it's like Christmas for me. It is the new Manchester Day but I
02:15 can tell you exclusively the Manchester Day parade will be back. That's not gone. The
02:22 Manchester Day parade will be back. We thought like, oh let's try and get an overarching
02:27 event for Manchester. And you know Manchester Day just popped into our heads and it's been
02:35 really successful in connecting all corners of the city and just the variety of groups
02:42 and talent in Manchester. It's really taken us by complete surprise over the years. So
02:49 it's great. And I don't think any other city, I thought all the other cities would be in
02:53 on it, having their day as well. So I think we're still alone that we've got a celebration
02:59 of Manchester identity.
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