Douglas City Council has announced that its Christmas City Lights event will take place on Saturday 21 November, with free entertainment across the city centre from 11:00 to 17:30.
The council listed an outdoor cinema in the cultural area, a Snow Garden in Castle Street and an ice sculpture in Strand Street. Father Christmas will receive visitors at his Grotto inside the Strand Shopping Centre.
Elsewhere, a photo booth will be set up in Marina Road, and there will be live performances and a Wood n’ Craft workshop at Douglas City Library. A “Winter Wonderland” will run on North Quay and at the St Matthew’s Church hall. The lights will be switched on at 17:30.
Douglas City Centre Manager Oliver Cheshire said this year’s all-day format on the Saturday would give people “even more opportunities to enjoy the city centre”.
The council listed these later events:
- Thursday 26 November, 19:00: Christmas fireworks display, marking the start of late-night shopping
- Saturday 5 December, 10:00 to 15:00: The Great Loki Treasure Hunt
- Thursday 10 December, 17:30 to 19:30: live Christmas Nativity
- Saturday 19 December, 09:30 to 17:00: Christmas Show Extravaganza
An augmented reality experience and the Best Dressed Christmas Window competition also begin on 21 November.
From 26 November until Christmas Eve, the council said, parking will be free at the Shaw’s Brow and Bottleneck car parks on Saturdays and from 17:00 to 22:00 on Thursdays. Free parking will also be available on the Promenade walkway from 19 November to 13 January 2027. On the evening of the fireworks, the free spaces move to the Bottleneck and Chester Street car parks.
Updates will be posted on the Douglas City Centre Management Facebook page.
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