Manchester: New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Manchester Cathedral

Kristy Stott, Theatre Editor

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New Year's Eve Fireworks

Manchester Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter
31 December 2019-1 January 2020

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Manchester welcomes in the new year with the all the whizzbangery you’d expect from the annual fireworks display. For this year though, Manchester’s New Year’s Eve fireworks have been moved from their traditional home at Albert Square, to Manchester Cathedral at the other end of Deansgate.

Warning, there will be no alcohol for sale and it’s very much not a BYOB event.

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