Further details have been released ahead of the city’s Christmas fair.
Brighton’s Winter Fayre is due to take place in St Peter’s Square over three four-day weekends from December 5 until December 22.
Business owners Anne-Marie Chebib from Select Security, Becky Stevens from Hybred Events and Lisa Norman from Lout Promotions, who put the fair together, have promised Brighton “the winter extravaganza it truly deserves”.
More features of the festive event have been announced, including craft workshops, an “immersive Christmas grotto experience” and events for children.
Fair-goers can experience "Christmas with the Clauses" where they will get to meet Mr and Mrs Claus, hear stories from them and receive a “special gift”.
A range of activities for children will be taking place, including “Tomfoolery Christmas Parties”, Bollywood dance classes and Swiftogedden, an evening of Taylor Swift music.
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Craft-lovers can learn how to make their own slipware mugs with The Great Pottery Showdown star Cadi Froehlich and Winter Solstice paper collages and practise thread-based crafts such as crochet and embroidery.
A “cycle train” will run between the city’s Christmas events, organised by Brighton and Hove City Council. It will include “a fun, guided group ride with music, encouraging safe and festive travel between key community locations, and promoting cycling as a sustainable travel option”.
The fair will be an official fundraising collection point for the Santa Bus, organised by Brighton and Hove Buses in partnership with The Argus, which supports 12 charities.
The event is in collaboration with Orange Beach Bars, a Brighton bar-supplying business, which will be featuring local suppliers and brands including beer from Harvey’s Brewery in Lewes, ale from Long Man Brewery in Litlington, craft brews from Brighton’s own UnBarred Brewery and mulled cider from Trenchmore Farm in Horsham.
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This year the Burning The Clocks parade will take to the streets on December 21 to mark the shortest day of the year. Thousands of people will turn out with paper and willow lanterns.
The organisers of the fair said: “We will be encouraging people to come down before and after the parade for a hot drink and festive merriment and we will have donation information on site throughout the event.”
A number of events have already been announced including A Very Merry Bezzmas on December 6 with the Happy Mondays’ maraca-shaking musician and Barrioke with former EastEnders star Shaun Williamson on December 15.
The dates of the fair are:
- Thursday, December 5, to Sunday, December 8.
- Thursday, December 12, to Sunday, December 15.
- Thursday, December 19, to Sunday, December 22.
It will run each day from 10am until 11pm. Entry to the fair is free, although some events require tickets which are available for purchase on brightonwinter.org.
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