Christmas Lights Switch-On · North West
Manchester Christmas Lights Switch-On 2025: Date, Time & What's On
This is the 2025 event, now past. The 2026 date has not been published yet.
Christmas lights switch-on dates, times and locations across the UK, taken from council, Business Improvement District and organiser announcements. Every value shows its source and the date we last checked it.
Key facts
- Date
- Saturday 29 November 2025
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Switch-on time
- 6pm
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Event starts
- 4.30pm
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Where
- Printworks, Pumpyard, 27 Withy Grove, Manchester
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Free or ticketed
- Free
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Performers
- Will Mellor, Mr Wilson's Second Liners, DJ Jack Clark
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 - Fireworks
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Road closures
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Parking
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
“the biggest switch-on event in Manchester city centre” — themanc.com
Where: Printworks, Pumpyard
27 Withy Grove, Manchester
Getting there and getting home
- Nearest station
- Manchester Piccadilly · place record
- Road closures
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
- Parking
- Not yet announced — checked 2 Sep 2026
Last year: 2024
No 2024 record on file.
Nearby Christmas lights switch-ons
- LiverpoolThu 13 Nov50 km
- SheffieldFri 5 Dec5pm52 km
- StaffordSat 22 Nov5pm75 km
- NottinghamFri 21 Nov6.30pm93 km
- LichfieldSun 23 Nov5pm93 km
Sources
- https://themanc.com/sponsored/printworks-christmas-lights-switch-on-event/ (organiser) — checked 2 Sep 2026
- manchester.gov.uk (council)
Source: themanc.com· checked 2 Sep 2026 · Last updated 2 Sep 2026