King's Lynn Christmas Lights Switch-On 2024
Schedule
Sun Nov 24 2024 at 12:00 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, PE30 1, United Kingdom | King's Lynn, EN
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There will be family activities in town during the day, entertainment on stage in the Tuesday Market Place in the afternoon and the lights will be turned on at 5pm.From midday Discover King’s Lynn and the Vancouver Quarter start the festive fun with children’s lantern making inside The Place in New Conduit Street between midday and 4pm. Between 12-1pm the lantern making session will be a quiet one for children who are sensitive to noise or a lot of people. The quiet sessions must be booked in advance.
Visit discoverkingslynn.com/events/christmas-light-switch-on/ for more details and to book. Sessions from 1pm onwards do not need to be prebooked, families can just drop in.
There will be street entertainment around town from 2pm, including the East Angles Brass Band and Glitter Belles.
From 2pm there’s live music on the borough council stage in the Tuesday Market Place. Popular upbeat songs will be performed by Soul Sisters, St Martha’s School Choir will perform Christmas Carols, followed by music from headliners Vex.
Meet Cinderella, ahead of this year's pantomime at the Corn Exchange. Cinderella will be available for photos from 3:30pm at the venue.
Simon Rowe from Radio West Norfolk will be playing Christmas hits in between the live music on stage in the Tuesday Market Place and after the Christmas lights switch-on there will be more festive classics from Vex.
A lantern parade will meander through town from 4:20pm, anyone with tambourines, triangles or other percussion instruments are invited to join the parade, that finishes in the Tuesday Market Place in time to see the lights switched on by the Mayor of King's Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Paul Bland, with help from Cinderella.
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Where is it happening?
Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, PE30 1, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
