WATCH: University celebrates Manchester Day 2016

21 Jun 2016

How we helped our city entertain and inspire 70,000 revellers

The University played a major part in this year’s amazing Manchester Day.

Manchester Day, created in 2010 and now one of the North West’s flagship events of the summer, celebrates the creativity and diversity of our city.

The University joined more than 2,500 performers and artists from local communities to bring Manchester city centre to life in a fantastic display of colour, sound and movement. An audience of more than 70,000 were wowed by the incredible day of amazing structures, vibrant costumes and pulsating music and dance.

Our contribution included two floats created by Manchester Museum – one featuring a model of Stan, our famous T-rex, and another of the giant spider crab:

A Faculty of Life Sciences team also presented The Brain Box, #mcrbrainbox, an exciting science extravaganza in the Town Hall.

Members of the public discovered the wonders of the brain through a huge array of activities, from creating a giant ‘neuron’ live on stage to trying out a real brain surgeon’s drill on an egg to experiencing how stroke can affect your vision.

Professor Andreas Prokop explains how The Brain Box inspired Manchester in this film: