O que acontece em Manchester, Reino Unido, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Football season, Warehouse Project season

• Festival

  Chinese New Year

  14–15 FevAno-Novo LunarLotado

  The dragon parade weaves from Oxford Road through the city to Chinatown on the nearest Sunday, with a weekend of food stalls, lanterns and performances around it. One of the UK's largest Lunar New Year festivals. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai), Warehouse Project season (15 Set – 5 Jan (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Chinese New Year, Football season

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Chinese New Year (14–15 Fev), Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai)

Movimentado — Football season, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai)

Lotação máxima — Manchester Marathon, Football season

• Festival

  Manchester Marathon

  5–25 Abr · normalmenteEvento esportivoFechamentosLotado

  Around thirty thousand runners on a Sunday in April, on a flat loop out through Trafford and back. The tram line to Old Trafford and the roads either side of it close for the morning. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai)

Lotação máxima — Great Manchester Run, Football season

• Festival

  Great Manchester Run

  10–31 Mai · normalmenteEvento esportivoFechamentosLotado

  Britain's biggest ten-kilometre road race, run through the centre and Salford on a Sunday in May with a half marathon on the same morning. Deansgate and the inner ring shut from dawn. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Whit Friday band contests

  15 Mai – 20 Jun · normalmenteFestival de música

  Brass bands play their way round the Saddleworth and Tameside villages in one evening, contest to contest, until well past midnight. It is free, chaotic and entirely local. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai)

Lotação máxima — Parklife, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

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  Parklife

  20–21 JunFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  A weekend in Heaton Park in June and the biggest thing in the city's calendar for anyone under thirty. The trams north are a crush in both directions and central rooms go early. Fonte ↗

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  Manchester International Festival

  25 Jun – 20 Jul · normalmenteFestival de artesReserve cedo

  Three weeks of newly commissioned work staged across the city, held every second year in odd-numbered ones (MIF25 was the last, next in 2027) and run out of the Aviva Studios building on the old Granada site. Central beds go with the programme. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Whit Friday band contests (15 Mai – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Manchester International Festival (25 Jun – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Football season, Manchester Pride

• Temporada

  Football season

  15 Ago – 25 MaiLotado

  From August to late May there is a home fixture at Old Trafford or the Etihad most weekends, and the city's hotel prices and trains follow the fixture list. Check it before you fix a date. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Manchester Pride

  20 Ago – 1 Set · normalmenteLotado

  The August bank holiday weekend, with the Gay Village fenced and ticketed and a free parade through the centre. It is the busiest weekend of the year in town. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Football season, Manchester Pride

• Abertura

  Warehouse Project season

  15 Set – 5 Jan · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  The club season runs from late September to New Year in a warehouse that changes address every few years. For a lot of visitors it is the reason to come in November rather than June. Fonte ↗

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  Food and Drink Festival

  20 Set – 10 Out · normalmenteFestival gastronômicoLotado

  Ten days of markets and pop-ups around Cathedral Gardens and the Northern Quarter at the turn of September into October, which is when the city's restaurants put themselves on the street. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai), Manchester Pride (20 Ago – 1 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Football season, Warehouse Project season

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai), Warehouse Project season (15 Set – 5 Jan (normalmente)), Food and Drink Festival (20 Set – 10 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Football season, Warehouse Project season

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  7 Nov – 22 Dez · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  Stalls spread across Albert Square, Piccadilly Gardens and half a dozen smaller sites from early November. They close before Christmas Eve, not after it, which catches people out. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai), Warehouse Project season (15 Set – 5 Jan (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Football season, Warehouse Project season

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: Football season (15 Ago – 25 Mai), Warehouse Project season (15 Set – 5 Jan (normalmente)), Christmas markets (7 Nov – 22 Dez (normalmente))