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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
SWITCH ON
17th November, 5pm-7.30pm
Start the countdown to Christmas
at the annual fun-packed Christmas
Lights Switch On at St Marks Shopping
Centre, Lincoln High Street, and
Waterside Shopping Centre.
ST MARKS SHOPPING
CENTRE LIGHTS
Live entertainment will kick off at St
Marks Shopping Centre at 5pm with
music, children’s entertainment, a
snow cannon, cast from Jack and the
Beanstalk at Lincoln Drill Hall, and a
snow globe selfie station. The switch
on of the new lights will take place at
6.15pm.
CITY SQUARE
City Square will be a festive
wonderland too providing a new space
to enjoy the switch on near the High
Street with less of the crowds. Children’s
rides, singing princesses, and food and
drink stalls will entertain from 5pm. A big
screen will show a live feed of the High
Street stage for the switch on at 6.45pm
HIGH STREET LIGHTS
Lincoln High Street will be full of
festivities for the switch on of the main
city centre lights with entertainment from
5.30pm. BBC Lincolnshire’s Melvyn
Prior will be compering with choirs,
the Salvation Army Band, and the cast
from Aladdin providing entertainment.
The Mayor and Civic Party will process
from the Guildhall to join Lincoln City FC
managers Danny and Nicky Cowley, sing
Andy Abraham, and Gogglebox’s Sandi
Bogle to switch on the lights at 6.45pm.
WATERSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE
Following the launch of the centre’s new
Santa’s Grotto, the switch on will take
place at 7.15pm.
Get some early Christmas shopping and get in to the
festive spirit this year at The Natural World Centre’s
annual Christmas Market.
Over 25 stalls are in attendance this year bringing a wide
range of quality Lincolnshire made products supported by
the Country Crafts Association; an organisation dedicated to
providing high quality local crafted items. From woodwork
to intricate jewellery, find great gift ideas for all the family!
Take the opportunity to wrap up warm and explore the rest
of the Natural World Centre, including the Little Darters
children’s play area, and Whisby Nature Park.
A festive day of fun for the whole family.
THOR’S
TIPI BAR
14th November
to 31st December,
A CRACKIN’
CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION
11th November,
10am-4pm
A winter wonderland
in the heart of Lincoln
city centre, complete
with roaring fires, cosy furs and twinkling lights.
THOR’S tipi bar - playing on Lincolnshire’s Viking heritage
- will be a novel experience for Christmas shoppers
and revellers alike in Lincoln over the festive period.
Two linked canvas tipis will form the bar, which will be
festooned with lighting and decked out with wooden
tables and benches, cosy furs and an open fire pit.
Serving local draft ales, mulled wine, and hot cider, the
fully licensed bar will have something to warm everyone’s
cockles.
And a hot chocolate station will allow kids, big and small,
to choose a topping for their homemade chocolate treat.
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Winter 2017