City is City is Game On for Manchester Day 2015

Have a free day out with your family and friends at the ever popular Manchester Day, celebrating everything great about the city, on Sunday 14th June.

The theme – Game On! – celebrates the idea that games have influenced and shaped modern Manchester. This could be a celebration of the city’s sporting prowess; the creation of the world’s first computer; a nod to the city’s computer game industry and the next generation of coders; or even the Wythenshawe Games’  boxing granny (on the Nintendo Wii)!

Expect imaginations run riot.

Manchester Day also welcomes Pixel – a sentient, highly advanced robotic explorer mascot who arrived in the city the day of last year’s event. Falling instantly for Manchester, Pixel has spent the last year researching amazing facts about the city; their new adopted home. 

Follow @PixelMcrDay where the cheeky android will tweet a bounty of incredible factoids each day – and you can be part of the conversation #manchesterday

Manchester Day – commissioned by the city council for Manchester people and produced by outdoor art experts Walk the Plank – is the product of months of work and effort by some of the region’s best artists, working with more than 80 community groups, charities and volunteer organisations.

Much more than a parade, on Manchester Day the city’s streets buzz with tens of thousands of people making for a lively and  family friendly day out. 

Congregating in the city’s streets and its premier squares, audiences gather in excited anticipation of a 1500 person strong, one mile long parade with a dazzling array of giant characters, vibrant costumes, music and unexpected, out-of-the-ordinary and just-how-did-they-make-that  artwork. 

Months of work by some of the region’s most talented artists, working with up to 80 community groups, charities and volunteer groups, create a colourful feel good parade celebrating the city and its infectious, can do culture.

Now in its sixth year, over the years Manchester Day has celebrated the city’s status as the world’s first industrial city; the birthplace of computer, atomic theory and graphene as well as the city’s countless sporting achievements and its world renowned musical heritage. 

www.manchesterday.co.uk

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