Sidmouth Christmas Lights Switch On & Late Night Shopping
Sidmouth’s annual Christmas Lights Switch On is Saturday 21 November in the Market Place and Sidmouth Town Council is once again providing the festive display along the streets. The event is combined with one of Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce’s Late Night Shopping Events so the thousands of people in town will be able to shop later after the light switch on.
To help get you in the Christmas mood, Sid Valley Radio is kindly providing music and entertainment from 2pm. Then from around 4.30pm, locally based Jazz and Blues band, Blue Honey will be cheering crowds and shoppers along with a selection of songs and music.
The eagerly anticipated Annual ‘Golden Ticket’ draw will take place at 5.15pm which is a chance for local area Primary School children, who will have received a ticket at school, to win a huge £100 Toy Voucher generously donated by Gliddon’s Toy Shop of Church Street. This year, thanks to Sidmouth Chamber of Commence, three other tickets will also be drawn. A Silver ticket cash prize of £50 and two Bronze ticket prizes of £25.
Then at 5.30pm it will be the grand switch on of the Christmas Lights. The Town lighting is once again designed and engineered by Torbay Display who are also contracted to supply a lighting scheme to Fields of Sidmouth. This year, the Christmas Lights will be switched on by one of Sidmouth’s volunteer groups.
The Chair of Sidmouth Town Council, Councillor Hilary Nelson commented “I am delighted to be recognising some of the hard work of our hundreds of volunteers from the town who will be switching on our lights this year. I am also so pleased that Chamber of Commerce continue to support the Council by encouraging additional Late Night Shopping alongside the switching on of the Christmas Lights which allows our businesses to take advantage of the crowds”
Sidmouth’s Christmas light display and switch on is provided by Sidmouth Town Council, kindly supported by Sidmouth Chamber of Commerce. Thanks also go to Kings Garden Centre who have again generously provided the Town’s Christmas Tree. Saturday 21 November Christmas Light switch on is shaping up to be a sparkling tonic to those darker evenings and great start to the Christmas festivities in Sidmouth.