EventCity has announced that it will host one of the UK’s largest indoor festive experiences this winter.

The fully flexible 28,000sq.m event space, located in the heart of Manchester’s TraffordCity, will stage Winter Funland – a winter-themed festival which hopes to attract 90,000 families.

The new contract with Geronimo will see the new-look festive attraction take residency at the venue for an entire month over Christmas*.

Simon Jones, Sales & Marketing Director at EventCity, said of the new business win: “We are delighted to be welcoming Geronimo and their Winter Funland attraction to EventCity for the first time this year. Our new relationship with one of the UK’s leading family festival organisers sees our partnership being able to offer more to visitors than ever before. The team at Geronimo has some brilliant ideas that I am sure will surprise and delight families this visiting us this year.”

Simon Goldman, Winter Funland organiser, said: “We want to deliver an unforgettable Christmas experience from start to finish for families and ensure that they leave EventCity feeling truly festive with lots of memories to treasure. The venue is perfectly sized to host this event and what’s more families can enjoy everything under one roof with over 2,000 free car parking spaces and easy access to all the intu Trafford Centre has to offer.”

The event will play host to family favourite fairground rides including waltzers and Helter Skelters, plus, new to the event, an 800sq.m. undercover ice rink. A 1,200-seat auditorium will be showcasing amazing talent including CBeebies’ Andy Day and his Odd Sox Band as well as Cirque de Hilarious.

*7th December to 1st January