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LO CA L A R E A<br />
Lichfield’s festive fun<br />
LICHFIELD’S BEACON PARK IS SET TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A FESTIVE PARADISE AS<br />
WINTER WONDERLAND COMES TO THE CITY FROM <strong>DECEMBER</strong> 14 TO JANUARY 4<br />
Grab your skates, wrap up warm and get ready for<br />
a whole heap of festive fun this month as Lichfield’s<br />
Beacon Park welcomes the first Lichfield Winter<br />
Wonderland, a three-week extravaganza of events and<br />
party nights for the whole family to enjoy.<br />
Lichfield Winter Wonderland is the brainchild of<br />
Stefan Siekierski and Nicola Clark, who run Cathedral<br />
Crepes in the city and are the driving force behind<br />
the popular Café International and Lichfield Comedy<br />
Festival, which saw people flocking in their droves to<br />
Beacon Park over the summer.<br />
The star of the Winter Wonderland show will be<br />
the 300 sqm artificial ice rink, which boasts enough<br />
space for 100 skaters and will be open every day until<br />
9.30pm. Fair rides, live music and DJs will keep visitors<br />
entertained while they take in everything the Christmas<br />
market has to offer.<br />
This month, the Café International concept gets a<br />
festive twist as street food traders bring everything from<br />
beer and bratwurst to mulled wine and stollen to the<br />
park every day - with the exception of Christmas Day<br />
itself. Craft stalls will also sell handmade festive goodies<br />
galore.<br />
There will be plenty of indoor seating in three spacious<br />
heated marquees, including the VIP marquee with<br />
bar, dance floor and starlit roof, which will host various<br />
events throughout the duration of Winter Wonderland.<br />
A takeover by Lichfield Comedy Festival, will see an<br />
eclectic line-up of acts including Jon Wagstaffe, Mickey<br />
Sharma, Ingrid Dahle, Paul Revill, The Kagools,<br />
Andrew Bird and Howard Read take to the stage on<br />
December 17 and 18.<br />
There will also be a Ladies’ Night with bottomless<br />
prosecco, casino nights, a cocktail club night and<br />
German-themed beer and bratwurst nights, as well<br />
as family discos where the who family can party the<br />
evening away. All event nights include skating time on<br />
the ice rink, and there will be street food aplenty to<br />
ensure guests can really make the most of their night<br />
out.<br />
During the day, the festivities continue with a<br />
Christmas cinema showing some of the best festive<br />
family films including Elf, Arthur Christmas, Frozen<br />
and The polar Express. Guests are invited to dress up<br />
as characters from the films, and there<br />
will also be a visit from Santa himself at<br />
the end of the film.<br />
Lichfield Winter Wonderland opens<br />
to the public at 5pm on December 14,<br />
and will be open daily from 11am from<br />
December 15 to January 4, with the<br />
exception of Christmas Day.<br />
For more details or to book a Winter<br />
Wonderland event, visit www.<br />
lichfieldwinterwonderland.co.uk<br />
or find Lichfield Winter Wonderland on<br />
Facebook.<br />
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