#AmazingAccrington Christmas Extravaganza 2024

FREE

EVENT

2024 Ex avaganza BROADWAY ACCRINGTON

THURSDAY 28 th NOV 4PM ONWARDS

LIVE ON STAGE

MARTIN KEMP

MAIN ACT S P O N S O R

LIVE STAGE * CHRISTMAS MARKET * FUNFAIR & FIREWORKS

SPONSORED BY

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Let’s come together to get in the festive spirit and celebrate with a spectacular evening of entertainment and family fun... at the 2024 Accrington Christmas Extravaganza! Taking place on Thursday 28th November from 4pm – 7:45pm, we are proud to present a wonderful evening of fun – with lots to see and do. There’s also the opportunity to #ShopLocal and pick up some gifts, plus plenty of opportunities for food and drink. We’ve got a brilliant line-up of performances on the main stage on Broadway this year, which will start with our host, BBC Radio Lancashire’s Stephen Lowe and myself introducing our school choir performance, with schools from all over Hyndburn who’ve been practising their Christmas songs for weeks. We’ve also been running a spoken word competition, and the winners will be invited on stage to show a video performance of their work. The evening continues with players from Accrington Stanley and Accrington Stanley Women’s teams making an appearance and having some fun, song and dance performances with songs from Frozen, Sing Space Choir, local artist Maggy Conanan, and a fabulous tribute to ABBA for everyone to sing along to. We also have really impressive fire breathers! We will end the evening with a stunning firework display which will light up the skies of Accrington, and we can guarantee snow will be falling all around us! We always have a brilliant final act on our stage show, and this year it’s the absolutely fantastic Martin Kemp, Spandau Ballet musician and actor, bringing us his Back to the Eighties party! You will not want to miss this – the crowd will love it! There are also many opportunities to #ShopLocal on the night, with a great range of Hyndburn Independents open throughout the event, offering everything from

fish & chips to a pair of new shoes. There will be community stalls in the Arndale, and a funfair on Union Street! The #AmazingAccrington events are always brilliant and we really want to see everyone in our community getting together and having some great fun for the start of the festive season. We will see you there!

Cllr Munsif Dad, Leader of Hyndburn Borough Council

www.amazingaccrington.co.uk

1082860 11.24

LIVE STAGE Schedule School choirs – lead Helen Davies St Christopher’s CE High School 4:00pm – 4:30pm Selection boxes for the school choirs 4:30pm – 4:35pm Spoken word winners announced 4:35pm – 4:45pm ASFC Players & ASFC Women with football giveaways 4:50pm – 5pm Christmas dance performance 5:05pm – 5:15pm Children’s Frozen Christmas performance show 5:20pm – 5:35pm Christmas fire breathers 5:40pm – 5:50pm Sing Space Musical Theatre Choir 5:55pm – 6:05pm LED drummers 6:10pm – 6:30pm ABBA tribute 6:35pm – 6:55pm Christmas sing-a-long with Maggy Conanan 6:55pm – 7pm Main Act (Martin Kemp) 7pm – 7:30pm Grand finale sing along 7:30pm – 7:40pm Countdown to fireworks display † 7:40pm * BROADWAY ACCRINGTON Thursday 28th November Stephen Lowe – Host 3:55pm

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

SPONSORED

* 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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ABBA

tribute act

COLLECTIVE SCHOOL CHOIR

SING SPACE MUSICAL THEATRE CHOIR

LIVE FIREWORKS & FAIRGROUND RIDES

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Martin Kemp

LIVE ON STAGE

SNOW MACHINE

MEET SANTA

LED DRUMMERS

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Firework countdown † 7:40pm

FIRE BREATHERS

EVENT ORGANISER

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Pop in store and browse our amazing Christmas displays, with everything from baubles, feathers, lights, trees and toppers to deck out your home to perfection. We also have the perfect gift for a special someone, with lots of ideas in all departments. Or just browse and enjoy our restaurants! Christmas our fabulous Shop is now open! We’ve got something for everyone at Oswaldtwistle Mills. Simply scan the QR code to join our email database mailing list, and one lucky entrant will be chosen to receive the vouchers*. Win £250 in Oswaldtwistle Mills vouchers!

*The entrant will be chosen at the end of 21st December 2024 and contacted within 48 hours.

REAL CHRISTMAS TREES

AVAILABLE FROM 28 TH NOV

FREE PARKING

OPENING HOURS: Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm | Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm

COLLIERS STREET, OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3DE | T: 01254 871025 | INFO@O-MILLS.CO.UK

We’re supporting the Amazing Accrington Christmas Extravaganza - season’s greetings to the community, and have a great night!

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Vita would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and hope the whole town enjoys the event!

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LOVE AND LIGHT! BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRSK 28 TH OF NOVEMBER - ACCRINGTON TOWN CENTRE We love getting behind community initiatives. As proud sponsors of the Accrington Christmas Festival, we’ll be lighting up the town centre. It’s our way of connecting people through our full fibre broadband and through the spirit of togetherness. See you there.

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Have a

Free Musical Entertainment & Fireworks

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FAYRE & ICE RINK Location: Towngate Saturday 7th December 10am – 4pm

Free Entertainment

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FOOD, SHOPPING & MUSIC Location: Towngate Saturday 30th November 10am – 4pm

CHRISTMAS SHOWS, MUSIC & FIREWORK EXTRAVAGANZA Location: Queen Street & Mercer Hall Main Stage Saturday 14th December 10am – 5.30pm

Free Ice Rink & Snow Globe

Join us for a fun filled family Christmas!

TOWNSHIP

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

Accrington

28 Nov 2024 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Broadway, Accrington

Altham

13 Dec 2024 6:30pm 29 Nov 2024 6:15pm

Burnley Road Worker’s Memorial

Baxenden

Junction of Southwood Drive & Manchester Road

Church

03 Dec 2024 Blessing of the Crib 5:30pm Manor Gardens, Dill Hall Lane Light Switch On 6:00pm & Bank Street Community Gardens

Clayton-le-Moors 27 Nov 2024 6:00pm

Barnes Square

Fern Gore

09 Dec 2024 6:00pm

Junction of Rimmington Avenue & Fern Gore Avenue

Great Harwood 06 Dec 2024 6:00pm

Towngate Square

Huncoat Milnshaw

02 Dec 2024 6:00pm 04 Dec 2024 5:30pm 05 Dec 2024 7:00pm 08 Dec 2024 4:00pm

Junction of Lowergate Road & Altham Lane

Dyke Nook Gardens

Oswaldtwistle

Jubilee Gardens

Rishton

High Street outside Library