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Bristol’s festive celebrations are comin’ to town
Redcliffe & Temple BID, Bristol City Centre BID and Broadmead BID have joined forces for 2022 to bring the festive spirit to all corners of the city.
14/11/2022
Bristol will feel more festive than ever this year with the unveiling of new sparkly Christmas lights and a Love Bristol Gift Card campaign designed to invite shoppers to the city to support local business this winter.
Redcliffe & Temple BID, Bristol City Centre BID and Broadmead BID have joined forces for 2022 to bring the festive spirit to all corners of the city.
Bristol City Centre BID will transform Corn Street into Bristol’s answer to Carnaby Street with a love themed light installation adorning the historic street. With eight love lyrics to be spotted (and selfied under!), the city’s residents and visitors are sure to be feeling the love (Bristol) this Christmas. The Love Bristol disco balls return bringing sparkle to the streets outside the Clayton Hotel, Mother’s Ruin, Mr Wolf’s, Four Wise Monkeys and the Queen Shilling. You can expect to see the city twinkling once the lights turn on from 14 November.
The city centre is also lit up after dark with Christmas light installations on King Street and the Old City, Park Street and Queens Road. Park Street is once again lit with stunning festoon lighting, which was launched in 2021, and this has been extended into Queens Road this year.
In Broadmead, over-street Christmas lights have this year been joined by new canopies on Merchant Street North and South alongside sparkly tree lights on Union Street and The Horsefair, illuminated from 4 November. You can also find Broadmead’s highly successful Sunday market returning for a Christmassy edition, Festive Sundays Broadmead, operated by Better Events. On 20 November, 4, 11 and 18 December, the local, ethical market will showcase the best Christmas gifts, including wreaths, handmade crafts and decorations from Bristol and beyond.
Just in time for Christmas stocking fillers, the BIDs have also launched a new edition of the Love Bristol Gift Card: the Love Bristol Night Out Gift Card, shining a light on the businesses that make the Bristol night-time economy so diverse and exciting. With hotels, theatres, restaurants, clubs and bars throughout the city centre featured, the Night Out Gift Card is sure to make the perfect present for the city’s night owls this Christmas.
Brought to life in a campaign by the BIDs, a series of digital and print creatives have launched, demonstrating how the Love Bristol Gift Card means the best of Bristol is in the palm of your hand this Christmas – all ready to be gifted to loved ones.
The lighting schemes across the city centre utilise LED lighting fixtures and components which are incredibly energy efficient and have a longer lifespan than other traditional lighting features.
Steve Bluff, Head of Redcliffe & Temple BID
The Love Bristol Gift Card is a fabulous way to say thank you and treat your employees and clients this Christmas, and now with our new Love Bristol Night Out Gift Card there is even more ways to help keep spend local while having fun. Our gift card is accepted in over 130 shops, bars, cafes theatres and hotels throughout the city centre and is sure to make a perfect present.