The Concorde Conference Centre - Manchester

Event Lighting & Technical Production by New Image Lighting Ltd

The The Concorde Conference Centre in Manchester is one of the UK’s most distinctive and memorable event venues, featuring the legendary Concorde aircraft suspended above the main hangar space. Combining history, innovation, and scale, it’s a favourite location for corporate events, awards nights, conferences, and gala dinners. Its vast open-plan layout provides a perfect blank canvas for creative technical production and design.

For this particular event, New Image Lighting Ltd provided full event lighting and technical production to deliver a bespoke airport-themed awards night beneath the iconic Concorde. At the heart of the setup was an 8-metre runway-style stage, built directly under the aircraft, complete with RGB LED pixel battens running down each side to create an exciting sense of motion and energy throughout the venue. Dynamic lighting effects and a specially produced comedy staff video reel (filmed by our team and staged by the client) helped bring the theme to life — making guests feel as though they were part of a first-class flight experience.

The transformation was met with amazement from the venue team, who commented that they had never seen the space look so impressive — a humbling compliment for our crew.

The Concorde Conference Centre has also been fully recreated in our 3D event planning software, allowing every lighting position, stage layout, and visual element to be designed and tested before the event. This same process can be used to plan your next event at The Concorde Conference Centre or any other venue with total precision. See the demo video linked below to discover how New Image Lighting Ltd can bring your event to life in full 3D — before the first light is even switched on.