Christmas Party venue in Manchester

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Christmas parties at IWM North

Celebrate the festive season at one of Manchester's most distinctive event venues. Overlooking Salford Quays, IWM North offers a striking architectural setting for Christmas parties, combining dramatic contemporary design with unforgettable event experiences.

Whether you're planning a festive reception or a stylish seated dinner, our dedicated events team will help bring your celebration to life. Exceptional food and drink, flexible event spaces and a truly unique atmosphere come together to create a Christmas party your guests won't forget.

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Choose your celebration

This year's Palazzo-inspired Christmas parties bring a touch of Venetian elegance to IWM North. Guests are welcomed with a festive Bellini and immersed in a relaxed celebration enhanced by atmospheric lighting, Venetian-inspired digital backdrops and masquerade details that can be embraced as much or as little as you choose.

Choose between a classic seated gala dinner or an informal reception with festive bowl food, then tailor the experience to suit your guests. With food, entertainment and event support all included, everything is in place for a memorable festive celebration.

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Spaces made for celebrating

As one of Manchester’s go-to Christmas party venues, our award-winning building offers a variety of spaces to suit every style of festive celebration.

The Main Exhibition Space provides a dramatic backdrop for larger Christmas parties, with room for dining, dancing and entertainment beneath iconic exhibits. For smaller celebrations, the WaterShard offers a contemporary setting with flexible layouts, while the Harrier Jump Jet Space delivers a truly memorable experience surrounded by aviation history.

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Festive feasting

Exceptional food and drink are at the heart of every Christmas celebration at IWM North. Curated by the expert Restaurant Associates team, our festive menus are designed to suit the style of your event, whether you're hosting a seated gala dinner or a relaxed bowl food reception.

Seasonal ingredients, thoughtful hospitality and carefully curated drinks packages come together to create a memorable dining experience. Pair your celebration with a Christmas Bellini on arrival, festive favourites and a choice of drinks upgrades to make the occasion your own.

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Elevate your event

Make your Christmas celebration your own with a range of enhancements designed to complement the Palazzo experience. Upgrade your event with curated drinks packages, including premium wines, prosecco, Champagne and beers, or choose an all-inclusive package for a seamless celebration.

The Palazzo provides the perfect canvas for personal touches, giving you the freedom to put your own spin on the Venetian-inspired theme. Our team will work with you to create an event that reflects your style and vision.

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In the lead up to the event, communications were frequent and clear - the staff were happy to accommodate any and all requests we made. On the day, staff also flexed some of the food and timings to support additional needs that were previously unknown.

The venue was clean and quiet, set up exactly as requested and the staff checked in at set intervals, to ensure we had what we needed. Overall the venue was great, the staff were superb and being able to explore the museum was a great added bonus!

Team Building , December 2025
The event went really well. The space was good for the working parts of the meeting and the team helped with extension cords when needed which was really appreciated! The social element also went really well. We had a lot of comments about the food and drinks and that it was lovely and the session achieved what we hoped it would. Thanks so much for your support with this. I'll certainly be recommending you for event spaces with the teams I work with.

Team Away Day , September 2025
Fantastic set up for our staff engagement event. It looked like a wedding. Particularly fabulous food. Will definitely book again.

Team Away Day , February 2026
IWMN team worked with us to make the event a success and provided good advice so everything ran smoothly. I would recommend using them for an event.

Conference , January 2026
The venue and events team made our conference shine. Nothing was too much trouble and all our needs were catered for.

Conference , October 2025
I hugely enjoyed working with the team at the Imperial War Museum North. We couldn’t have chosen a more unique and memorable events venue. The striking architecture set the tone but it was the digital wallpaper that truly delivered the wow factor. Immersive and powerful, it brought our event to life in the most extraordinary way. A standout venue in every sense.

Conference and Reception , July 2025

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