Christmas in Manchester is
wonderful. There's the chaos of Christmas shopping
and the festive fun of Christmas parties and events - and
then the tranquility of Christmas Day and
Boxing Day when you can walk (and drive) around
without drowning in shoppers. But of course that
soon ends when the New Year sales kick in!! This site
covers all the best things to do during you Manchester
Christmas. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN
MANCHESTER 2010
Christmas in
Manchester is a magical time and made more so by the great Christmas lights.
In 2009 the lighting ceremony is on Thursday November 12
in Albert Square. Key 103 have lined up X Factor winner
Alexandra Burke to bring glamour and sparkle as she
performs at the ceremony. The annual Switch-On is
a free event and starts the countdown to Christmas.
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THINGS TO DO AT CHRISTMAS IN
MANCHESTER
CHRISTMAS
ENTERTAINMENT IN MANCHESTER
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Spinningfields Christmas Ice Rink
12th November 2009 - 3rd January 2010
The Christmas ice rink returns to Spinningfields
(Hardman Boulevard, off Deansgate) for a second year,
providing a fun, festive treat in a magical setting –
the perfect location for a family outing or office
christmas party in Manchester.
>> White Christmas Playhouse
5th December 2009 - 19th December 2009, The Lowry,
Manchester
If you’re dreaming of a White Christmas, why not join
thisfun-filled family art workshop where you’ll make
delightful decorations and creative Christmas cards.
>>
Five
Gold Rings
19th December, The Lowry, Manchester
Kick start your Christmas season with a good old sing
song of festive carols and songs. A fun workshop and
performance for all the family followed by a private
reception of mulled wine and mince pies.
>> Christmas Carols and Children's
Nativity 24th December 2009,
Manchester Cathedral
CHRISTMAS PARTIES IN MANCHESTER
2010
There are always
plenty of great christmas parties in Manchester. In fact
we think that Manchester is one of the best places to
party in the UK at Christmas - great bars, hotels, clubs
and of course people!
Let us know if you are running a christmas party we
should know about.
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The
Puppini Sisters’ Christmas Special
15th December 2009, The Lowry, Manchester
Back in Manchester for Christmas, the Sisters perform re-workings of wartime classics,
imaginative arrangements of camp pop songs some
specially re-worked Christmas classics.
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White Christmas
27th November 2009 - 9th January 2010, The Lowry,
Manchester
The spectacular stage musical of the classic 1954 movie
White Christmas starring Bing Crosby makes its North
West debut at The Lowry for the holiday period 2009.
>> The
Snow White Masquerade Ball
12th December 2009, The Lowry, Manchester
Part musical and part masked ball, join the 18th century
‘dreamers’ for an evening of song, dance, puppetry,
poetry, film and dramatic vignettes.
>>
Bink
and the Hairy Fairy - Christmas Pantomime
27th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010, The Lowry,
Manchester
With lots of opportunities to hiss and boo and sing
along, this fabulous family musical from the creators of
The Witch’s Bogey is the perfect fun-filled treat for
children this Christmas in Manchester!
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Beauty & The Beast
10th November 2009 - 14th November 2009, Opera House,
Manchester
One of the most popular and enchantingly romantic
stories ever told comes to Manchester in Disney’s
multi-award winning musical Beauty & the Beast. A
spectacularly staged musical.
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Aladdin - Christmas Panto
5th December 2009 - 3rd January 2010, Manchester Opera
House.
Aladdin, the most mystical pantomime of all, flies in on
a magic carpet to the Opera House. Includeing the
ultimate Christmas pantomime dame - Widow Twankey!
>> Scrooge The Musical Starring Tommy Steele
9th November 2009 - 12th November 2009
Don't miss Ebenezer, the ghosts of Christmas past,
present and future, and a whole host of timeless
Dickensian characters as the magical, award-winning
international smash-hit musical Scrooge comes to
Manchester!
>> A Star for Christmas in Manchester
Saturday 12 December 2009, Manchester Cathedral, 11am
Get festive in Manchester and hear the Fron Male Voice
Choir sing for Age Concern and Help the Aged. The
world-famous choir will perform at Manchester Cathedral
as part of our A Star for Christmas event.
BOOK A MANCHESTER HOTEL AT CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS
Manchester is a great
place to be at Christmas - and we have an amazing
selection of hotels at all price ranges.
We
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regularly offer the best hotel deals in Manchester.
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all the great things to do at Christmas in Manchester.
Visit our friends at Getting Personal for all your Christmas stocking filler presents - great
Christmas gift ideas for kids, teenagers and mums and dads! They also have
an excellent range of personalised calendars and many idea for Christmas
presents.
CHRISTMAS 2010 MARKETS IN MANCHESTER
MORE CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN MANCHESTER
>> Albert Square Christmas Market 18th November 2009 - 21st December 2009
Manchester's most famous German Christmas Market is located in Albert
Square, filled with Beer halls, hot cider, Gluhwein and bratwurst
sausages - as well as hand crafted Christmas decorations, Christmas
trees and unusual gifts from across Europe.
>> Brazennose Street Christmas
Market 18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009 The World Market on Brazennose Street
offers beaded handbags, Indian jewellery and handmade leather books,
knitwear, jumpers, felt goods, home-wear, and fairly traded and leather
goods for Christmas.
>> St Ann's Square Christmas Market 18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009
The return of the original German Christmas Market from Frankfurt, where
Manchester tasted its very first Glühwein! Stalls offer Bratwürst,
Christmas gifts, decorative pottery, glassware, jewellery, and Christmas
crafts.
>> Exchange Street Christmas Market
18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009
Manchester's Exchange Street Christmas Market has a select number of
craft traders from the North West selling a mix of handcrafted
jewellery, designer handbags, original photography, prints and quirky
clocks that will make excellent Christmas presents.
>> Exchange
Square
Christmas Market
18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009
In the heart of Manchester's shopping district, Exchange
Square hosts more wooden chalets offering a more
traditional Olde English-style culinary blow-out, with a
hog roast, mulled wine bar, and English bubbly, as well
as a range of local beers.
>> The Triangle Christmas Market
18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009 - Friday
Saturday and Sundays.
A traditional market, these traders set up their stall
each day and having no Christmas house to call home,
have to brave the Manchester elements.
>> New Cathedral Street Christmas Market
18th November 2009 to 21st December 2009
Full of potential Christmas presents such as
leather-bound books and boxes, jewellery, African
crafts, Moroccan artefacts, money boxes, designer glass
blown ornaments. And of course a Gluhwein house serving
hot German food.
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