Family favourites switch on Belfast's Christmas season
Belfast
24 November 2009
Fun for all the family is guaranteed at the start of Belfast’s Christmas celebrations.
Children’s favourites Bob the Builder and Fifi Forget-Me-Not will be special guests at the switching on of the city’s Christmas lights on Tuesday 24th November, joining Lord Mayor Naomi Long to kick off the festive season in celebratory style.
The city's Christmas tree – a 45-foot tall Norway spruce from Hillsborough Forest Park – was moved into position outside the City Hall on Tuesday 10th November.
Bob the Builder and his friends, Wendy and Spud, will be performing hits from their ‘Never Mind the Breeze Blocks’ album, in a high-energy show with audience participation.
Helping them keep the tots and their parents entertained will be fellow TV favourites, Fifi and Bumble, with their own high-energy sing-along performance, guaranteed to get everyone singing and dancing in the city centre streets.
Special guest compere for the evening will be another television favourite, Kirsten O’Brien, currently to be seen on ‘The One Show’ and BBC2’s ‘Gimme A Break’ and the former presenter of CBBC’s hugely successful art programme, ‘Smart’.
Opening proceedings will be the acclaimed Belfast Community Gospel Choir, singing a selection of seasonal favourite tunes, followed by a visit from the cast of the Waterfront’s pantomime, ‘Cinderella’.
Other highlights of Belfast City Council’s Christmas programme include:
- the hugely popular Continental Christmas Market, in the grounds of City Hall, from Tuesday 17th November to Saturday 19th December, with dozens of food and craft stalls from all over Europe and beyond, and it’s own Santa’s Grotto
- the 60-metre ‘Belfast Wheel’, which will continue to operate daily, except Christmas Day, in Donegall Square East;
- the Waterfront’s pantomime, ‘Cinderella, which runs from Thursday 26th November to Saturday 9th January;
- Christmas tours of Belfast Castle throughout the month of December;
- Santa’s Grotto at Northern Ireland’s triple award-winning tourist attraction, Belfast Zoo, over weekends in December
- the Christmas Fair and Market at St. George’s Market, on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December;
Dozens of other events also are taking place at libraries, community centres and other venues, big and small, across the city over the festive period.
Full details of all events over the Christmas period are in the new edition of ‘City Matters’, being delivered to every household in the Belfast City Council area this week, or from the Belfast Welcome Centre, on 9024 6609, or by visiting www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events.
Telephone:+44 (0)28 9024 6609
Website: www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Address: Belfast City Council, Adelaide Exchange 24-26 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Antrim, BT2 8GD
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