Manchester's Christmas Markets are set to open in less than three weeks. The annual event will take over the city centre for six weeks from Friday, November 8 to Sunday, December 22. This year, the markets will include seven weekends of festive fun for visitors and Christmas shoppers instead of the usual six, due to the way dates fall.
The 2024 markets will see 240 wooden ski chalet market stalls across nine different locations throughout the city centre. This year, Winter Gardens at Piccadilly has been expanded (Image: Darren Robinson) New for this year is an expanded Winter Gardens at Piccadilly, with more space and stalls to enjoy along with two marquees fit for the festive season, each decorated with fairy lights, to provide more under-cover space for Christmas shoppers to get cosy if the weather turns cold. Also new this year at the Winter Gardens is an expanded seasonal offer from next-door neighbours Piccadilly Street Food Market, with stalls there also staying open until 9pm each night, serving up flavours from around the world.
With the Winter Gardens at Piccadilly at the heart of this year's Christmas Markets, the markets will also see the transformation of Market Street, Cathedral Gardens, Exchange Street, New Cathedral Street, St Ann's Square, Exchange Square, The Corn Exchange, and King Street into Manchester's very own Christmas wonderland. Food and drink stalls will be open from 11am to 9pm each day (Image: Supplied) Craft stalls and stalls selling seasonal goo.
