Amazing Accrington Christmas Lights Switch On 2022

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SWI TCH ON 2022 THURSDAY 24th NOV 4PM ONWARDS

LIVE STAGE Take That experience

LIVE Gavin Young

LIVE Neil Diamond Experience

Christmas character trail around the market, both indoor & outdoor

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Accrington Stanley Community Trust Santa Penalty Shoot Out!

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Accrington Stanley Women FC players

Funfair & Fireworks

Live School Choir

LIVE PANTO

Accrington Pipe Band

Fire Dancers

Accrington Stanley FC players

LIVE STAGE * CHRISTMAS MARKET * FUNFAIR & FIREWORKS

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The Christmas Light Switch On is the best event of the year and I can’t wait to see the town centre packed again, with family and friends having fun and enjoying all the fantastic activities on the square and in the mar ket hall. We want everyone attending to embrace #Sho pLocal – we have so many wonderful local businesses here in Accrington and this is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate them. Have a great time! #ShopLocal

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#AmazingAccrington are putting on the Light Switch On once again for the borough in 2022 and we can’t wait for Thursday 24th November!

Marlene Haworth, Deputy Leader of Hyndburn Council

CELEBRATING 2022 IN HYNDBURN #AmazingAccrington

Accrington Food Festival The 2022 Accrington Food Festival returned in style with a number of fantastic attrac tions including international, regional and local food markets, 1940s singers, a full-size Spitfire plane static display, a sensational war re-enactment and a kitchen demo area featuring TV star Molly Robbins and some amazing local businesses.

2021 Accrington Christmas Light Switch On Over 12,000 headed to Accrington town centre to enjoy a fantastic, family friendly start to Christmas! Highlights included a collective school choir, live music, fascinat ing displays from the LED drummers, a free bucking reindeer in Accrington Market and late night shopping at Hyndburn’s sensa tional independents.

Sara Britcliffe, MP Hyndburn and Haslingden

Cllr Miles Parkinson OBE, Leader of Hyndburn Borough Council

There is going to be a fantastic evening of entertainment including live music, fire eaters, a fair ground, a magnificent firework display, interactive entertainment, meet and greet with char acters from Jack and the Beanstalk, a character trail around the town including The Grinch, WillyWonka and Jack and the Beanstalk, plus much more! All the shops will be open in Accrington Market, while the outside market and inside market has also sold out for pop-up stalls, which will be headlined by the fantastic Finch Bakery.

#ShopLocal Remember to #ShopLocal this Christmas! Here in Hyndburn we have a wonderful range of high streets, local and independent retailers, offering both great value and choice. Head to Ac crington, Great Harwood, Os waldtwistle, Clayton le Moors and Rishton this Christmas and prepare to be amazed.

We had over 12,000 people attending the Light Switch On in 2021, but this year we want to make it bigger and better than ever before. Let’s make this Christmas a very special one!

Soapbox Challenge The extremely popular #AmazingAccrington Soapbox Challenge returned on Saturday 27th August 2022, with over 15,000 people from around the North West enjoying the spectacle… and the weather! With pit lanes and a large screen added to this year’s event, we enjoyed a fantastic day which also included The CODE Show in Ac crington Market, a local coding roadshow celebrating how 1980’s Britain embraced the home computer.

Sara and Miles

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R M A I N S P O N S O R S . . .

INDOOR & OUTDOOR STALLS, PLUS FOOD OUTLETS OPEN

Christmas Market (until 8pm)

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SWI TCH ON 2022 THURSDAY 24th NOV 4PM ONWARDS

Finch Bakery Pop-Up The pop-up stalls will be headlined by Finch Bakery, the extremely successful Great Harwood-based business, who have also recently hosted a pop-up stall in Harvey Nichols in Liverpool.

LIVE STAGE Schedule *

LIVE from 4:00pm Your local host from BBC Radio Lancashire STEPHEN LOWE

GAVIN YOUNG

4:00 - 4:30pm & 5:00 - 5:30pm Free Character Meet&Greet Trail

Stephen Lowe – Host

Gavin Young – Live Music 4:00pm – 4:25pm

G I ANT SNOW GLOBE

Collective School Choir 4:30pm – 4:55pm

Christmas character trail around the market, both indoor & outdoor

Neil Diamond Experience 5:00pm – 5:20pm

NEW 3D Virtual Experience in the Market Hall

Take That Experience wi th a d i f ference

NEIL DIAMOND EXPERIENCE

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ASFC Players & ASFC Women with football giveaways Property Shop King’s Christmas card winners announced 5:25pm – 5:35pm

Live World Cup action Portugal v Ghana (4pm) on market balcony

Jack & the Beanstalk Panto on stage 5:35pm – 5:50pm

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Desi Nach - Fire eaters dance act on stage 5:55pm – 6:15pm

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LIVE Panto on stage 5:35pm

Neil Diamond Experience 6:15pm – 6:25pm Accrington Pipe Band 6:30pm – 6:40pm Take That Experience 6:50pm - 7:30pm

FIRE EATERS DANCE ACT

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Firework countdown † 7:40pm

LIVE FIREWORKS & FAIRGROUND RIDES ON BROADWAY

Countdown to light switch on with sponsors and dignitaries on stage 7:35pm

Accrington Stanley Community Trust Santa Penalty Shoot Out!

COLLECTIVE SCHOOL CHOIR

Fireworks display † 7:40pm

* Timings and acts subject to availability and change on the night. See website and social media for updates. E&OE. † Weather permitting

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“We are so proud to be involved in such a big community event. We’ve worked on some fantas琀c events with Amazing Accrington and we are delighted to keep suppor琀ng our local community.” Gareth Lindsay, Managing Director Proud sponsors of Amazing Accrington’s Christmas Light Switch On

Proud to support AmazingAccrington’s Christmas SwitchOn “Christmas is such a special time of the year and we are ecstatic to be involved in such a wonderful event for our local area which will bring families together and showcase howmuch we care about our community.”

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Based in Accrington, our community is extremely important to us and the Light Switch On is one of those events which brings everyone together for a fun-filled and exciting evening like no other.

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Some of the great shops & services open

INDEPENDENT #SHOP LOCAL

Pantomime shows: Sat 3rd Dec - 2pm Sun 4th Dec - 2pm Fri 9th Dec - 6pm Sat 10th Dec - 2pm and 6pm Sun 11th Dec - 2pm

Tickets: Adults - £13 Children - £11 Family of 4 - £44 www.civicartscentre.co.uk 01254 398319