Join Drake Circus for its Christmas lights switch-on

Join the Drake Circus team and their festive helpers as they prepare to make the centre sparkle with the Christmas lights switch-on at 5pm on Thursday 17th November.

Celebrations will start from 3.30pm, with plenty of festive tunes from the Christmas Brazen Brass Band to get visitors in the Christmas spirit, and performances from Santa’s acrobatic elves who will be on hand to help with the countdown.

Visitors should also look out for the return of the Festive Polar Bear, who’ll be wandering through the mall enchanting children with his soft but sometimes grizzly behaviour.  

The centre’s Old Town Street entrance will also be transformed into a Winter Wonderland on the day with a snow flurry at 4pm for 10 minutes.

Festive late-night Thursdays are also returning with stores open until 8pm, and more than 30 retailers will open even later until 9pm in the lead up to Christmas. As well as late night shopping, visitors can enjoy discounted parking at The Barcode for £2.50 if arriving after 5pm.  

Plan your festive day out at Drake Circus and The Barcode and find a full list of stores and restaurants, by visiting: https://www.drakecircus.com/christmas.