Our popular Christmas Lights Switch On event is back and will run alongside our new Christmas Market.
Featuring walkabout entertainment, activities, artisan gifts, crafts, festive products, seasonal food and drink, fairground rides and live entertainment.
The event will also feature a stage show starting at 4.30pm and hosted by Becky Measures with the lights due to be switched on at 5.30pm.
After the success of having the stage located at the town hall in 2025 we will be holding this there again. This gives us the opportunity to have more entertainment and traders in the town centre.
Live entertainment throughout the event, will include local musicians, choirs, dance groups, community performances and seasonal entertainers.
The Grinch will also be travelling from Who-ville to join the celebrations. He will meet fans at intervals in New Square from 1pm before helping to switch on the lights.
Please find below timings for entertainment in the town centre:
New Square
The Grinch (in front of Grace Chapel) - 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
Phoenix Concert Band (at the rear of the Market Hall) - 1.30pm to 1.50pm, 3pm to 3.20pm and 4pm to 4.20pm
Market Place – corner near Natwest
Chesterfield Studios - 1.05pm to 1.30pm and 2.20pm to 2.45pm
Walkabout entertainment around the market area
Hip Hop Father Christmas - 12.30pm to 1pm, 2pm to 2.30pm and 3.30pm to 4pm
Joy Riding Reindeer - 1pm to 1.30pm, 2.30pm to 3pm and 4pm to 3.40pm
National Elf Service - 1.30pm to 2pm, 2.45pm to 3.15pm and 5.30pm to 6pm
Christmas Carriage - 2.15pm to 2.45pm, 3.30pm to 4pm and 5.45pm to 6.15pm
Lumen Array - 3.30pm to 3.38pm, 4.10pm to 4.18pm and 5.50pm to 5.58pm
Circus Elves - 1.15pm to 1.45pm and 3pm to 3.30pm
