Manchester Day 2025 - Saturday 26 July
Important road closure and parking restriction information
Inspired by a sensational summer of music across the city, Manchester Day will be bringing pop-up performances, astounding acrobatics and banging beats to the streets of Manchester for a day of free family-friendly fun.
So that the event can go ahead safely, we will need to implement some temporary road closures, listed below.
The following roads will be closed on Saturday 26 July:
6am to 10pm
- Deansgate (Victoria Street to John Dalton Street)
- St Ann Street (Deansgate to Cross Street)
- Cross Street (Corporation Street to New Market Street)
- St Mary's Gate (Exchange Street to Deansgate)
- Market Street (Cross Street to Exchange Street)
- Exchange Street (St Mary's Gate to St Ann's Square)
- Cateaton Street (Deansgate to Exchange Square)
- Victoria Street (Deansgate to Cathedral Approach)
- Fennel Street (Corporation Street to Cathedral Street)
- Cathedral Street (Fennel Street to Exchange Square)
10am to 2pm
- Deansgate (John Dalton Street to St John Street)
- Peter Street (St James Street to Deansgate)
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Central Street (Southmill Street to Mount Street)
All accessible bays, bus lanes and taxi ranks within the closed areas will be suspended.
Parking suspensions
9pm on Friday 25 July to 9pm on Saturday 26 July:
- Deansgate (Victoria Street to St John Street)
- Peter Street (St James Street to Deansgate)
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Central Street (Southmill Street to Mount Street)
- Southmill Street (Windmill Street to Jackson’s Row)
- Museum Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- George Street (Princess Street to Dickinson Street)
- Victoria Street (Deansgate to Cathedral Approach)
- St Ann Street (Deansgate to Cross Street)
- Cross Street (Corporation Street to New Market Street)
- Cateaton Street (Deansgate to Exchange Square)
- Market Street (Cross Street to St Mary's Gate)
- St Mary's Gate (Market Street to Deansgate)
- John Dalton Street (Cross Street to Deansgate)
- King Street (Cross Street to Spring Gardens)
- St James's Square (King Street to South King Street)
- St Mary's Street (Southgate to Deansgate)
- Cathedral Street (Fennel Street to Exchange Square)
- Fennel Street (Corporation Street to Cathedral Street)
- Southgate (King Street West to St Mary's Street)
Suspensions will include all loading bays and accessible parking bays.
On the day, full traffic-diversion signage will be in place across all areas affected by road closures, and we will do our best to minimise their duration.
If you have any concerns or want to find out more before Manchester Day 2025, please contact the Events Unit on cex-events@manchester.gov.uk.
If you have any problems on the day, please contact the Event Management Team on 07817 014 867 or 07748 651 465.
Manchester City Council apologises for any inconvenience this event may cause.
For further information, please visit manchester.gov.uk/manchesterday