What’s On: December.

The countdown is on and Christmas songs are in full rotation. See out the year with an action packed event schedule, festive food and drink, the UK’s best Christmas markets and a range of activities to celebrate the season this December.

Events

December brings an eclectic schedule of knees ups as well as the grand opening of Ambers, a brand new, highly anticipated nightclub just a stones throw from Spirit.

Faster Horses [All Night Long] – Hidden, Manchester

Channel One Sound System – 45th Anniversary Tour – Manchester

RAMONA RADIO RAVE x Hit & Run XMAS SPESH: Chimpo b2b Strategy

$hotta Rave: Tom Boogizm All Nite Long

NYE

Dance into 2025 sound tracked by these stellar line ups at your favourite venues.

NYE at Amber’s

DBA NYE

DEFECTED & GLITTERBOX – New Year’s Eve

Hidden NYE: Conducta, Chloe Robinson, Ghoulish, Holly Lester + more

Teletech NYD 2025 @ Hidden

Food and Drink

Manchester Christmas Markets are back and have been voted the best in the UK. These are some of the highlights you can find this year:

Porky Pigs (Home of the Yorkshire Pudding Wrap), Exchange Square

The Mill Exchange (Variety of mulled wines), Exchange Square

La Bavette (Steak, Frites and Raclette cheese), New Cathedral Street

BangGa BangGa (Korean corn dogs), Piccadilly Gardens

The markets have more variety and are bigger than ever this year. Check out this map to help you navigate and find amenities.

Activities this December

If the markets weren’t enough, there are a whole host of other activities to explore this festive season.

Tinsel Town at The Trafford Centre

Featuring:

• Christmas Light Trail
• Festive Fairground
• Ice Skating
• Gandeys Snowstorm Firebird ice circus
• Big Wheel
• Jurassic World Exhibition
• Christmas Brass Band

The Manchester Cheese Crawl

The Twilight Trail at Mayfield Park

A reminder the building will be closed from Saturday 20 December 2024 – Monday 6 January 2025. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas from the Spirit Studios team!