There may not be a big Christmas Lights switch on event taking place in Manchester this year, but the good news is the festive lights displays themselves WILL return this November. A series of Christmas lights displays are being put up across the city centre to bring some sparkle to the shopping streets.
Also returning to give us all a festive boost will be the big light-up Santa figure who will sit atop a big glittering present to peer out across Manchester. And there will be the return of some special light sculputres across the city too to get a festive selfie or two on your trip into town.
Manchester Council confirmed last month that there would NOT be a return for the Christmas Lights Switch On event that had been customary in the city before the Covid-19 pandemic. They blamed a lack of a "suitable or safe" location to host the annual event that would traditionally be attended by thousands.
