Manchester Day parade has made its long-awaited return to the city center this afternoon after a three-year hiatus.
Thousands of people descended on Manchester for the epic day of music, dance and expression. This year’s parade, which kicked off at Deansgate at 1pm, was aimed at Manchester youth and will be heavily based on ideas about Mancun’s identity.
After exiting at the junction with Liverpool Road, it meandered up to the top of Deansgate, before turning onto St Mary’s Gate (where Marks and Spencer is located). It then turned right onto Cross Street, past the Royal Exchange Theater and King Street, before turning right onto John Dalton Street and then down Deansgate again where it ended at around 2.30pm.
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The huge 3.4-meter Amal puppet joined the parade around 1:30 p.m. Other floats included a Queen Bee gondola, the Pepper Moth and one entitled The Power of the Future.
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning production designer Dan Potra is the creative director of this year’s show and his previous work includes the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, three Commonwealth Games and the production design of the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
We covered Manchester Day live. You can follow how it developed in the next block.