Parks, leisure and the arts Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin!

New Cathedral Street

School Sports Day 

You don’t need to be a top-tier athlete to take part in our School Sports Day, with:

  • roaming referees
  • tantrum-throwing tennis players
  • and the world’s only mobile football stadium providing the entertainment.

Pop-up performances 

Watch and listen to local vocals from Manchester musicians throughout the day. 

Street theatre performances

  • Anyone for Tennis - 12pm, 1.20pm, 5pm   
    Comedy show featuring tantrum throwing tennis players
     
  • Sports Day - 12pm, 2pm, 4.25pm  
    Mr Stretch and Mr Armstrong are here to get you fit!  
     
  • Football Crazy - 12.40pm 
    The world’s only mobile football stadium
     
  • Many Hands - 3.30pm 
    Craft activity and mini parade
     
  • Ruck n Roll - 4.20pm, 5.30pm
    Mobile mini pitch, comedy commentator and beanbag rugby ball

Music performances  

Listen out for sounds from:

  • Local Vocals - 12pm to 12.20pm
    Choir of Manchester residents
     
  • Panfire Steel Pans - 12.30pm to 12.45pm
    Steel pan melodies
     
  • Bridgewater Singers - 1pm to 1.30pm
    Singers from the Bridgewater Hall
     
  • Saddleworth Women’s Morris and Clog - 1.30pm to 1.50pm
    Traditional music and dance
     
  • West End Musical - 2.45pm to 3.05pm
    Songs from the shows
     
  • Batala - 5.00pm to 5.25pm
    Samba, reggae and carnival beats
     
  • Panfire Steel Pans - 3.45pm to 4pm
    Steel pan melodies