Parks, leisure and the arts Manchester Day: Let the Games Begin!

St Ann's Square

Hip hop wrestling ring 

Join us in our hip hop wrestling ring for wrestling, a spot of opera and a dash of drag.

Watch performers fly through the city on a forest of poles in the daring dance-circus production Wild, presented by Motionhouse.

Plus, local food and drink traders.   

  • Powered by Hip Hop - 12 – 12.30pm 
    Break dancing   
  • Top Rope Wrestling Academy  - 12.30 – 12.50pm 
    Live wrestling demonstrations  
  • Queen Bay  - 12.50 – 1pm 
    Drag queen sing along  
  • Flat Pack Music - 13.05 – 1.25pm  
    Opera with a twist  
  • Kemoy Walker and KYSO Collective - 2.10 – 2.40pm 
    Young people’s dance and rap collective  
  • Top Rope Wrestling Academy  - 2.40 -2.55pm 
    Live wrestling demonstrations 
  • Hennie Lopez - 2.55 – 3.10pm 
    Manchester rapper  
  • Flat Pack Music - 3.10 – 3.25pm 
    Opera with a twist 
  • Top Rope Wrestling Academy - 3.25 – 3.40pm 
    Live wrestling demonstrations 
  • Queen Bay - 3.40 – 3.55pm 
    Drag queen sing along 
  • Flat Pack Music - 3.55 – 4.10pm  
    Opera with a twist 
  • Top Rope Wrestling Academy - 4.55 – 5.25pm 
    Live wrestling demonstrations 
  • Flat Pack Music - 5.30 – 5.45pm 
    Opera with a twist 
  • Top Rope Wrestling Academy - 5.45 – 6pm 
    Live wrestling demonstrations 

Street theatre 

  • The Adjudicators -  12pm, 3pm, 5.30pm  
  • Teach Rex -  12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm  
  • Sports Guides -  12.30pm, 2.25pm, 5pm 
  • Wild -  1.25pm, 4.10pm