This year’s Keynsham Winter Festival takes place on Saturday 29th November.
Taking part in last year’s festival
The celebrations will start the evening before with the official switching-on of the Christmas tree lights at St John’s Church at 6pm when there will also be community carol singing, children’s crafts and other festive activities.
The festival, which is organised by Keynsham Town Council, starts on Saturday at noon.
This year, the Main Stage is situated slightly further along the High Street, outside the old Post Office. There will be performances from local groups, choirs and schools, and a community sing-a-long at 5.30pm.
Along the High Street there will be street performers, food vendors and market stalls, while shops and restaurants will be showing off their festive window displays.
The Baptist Church in the High Street will provide one of the many indoor market stall spaces at the festival and there will be a performance from Keynsham Brass Band from 12.30pm to 2pm.
At Victoria Methodist Church there will be market stalls as well as refreshments and music from Key Voices Choir at 3pm.
There will be a fun fair at Market Walk while at the library there will be free face painting and Punch & Judy shows, and more stalls in The Space above.
At Temple Court there will be musical entertainment throughout the day. Temple Street will be lined with stalls and the community piano will be in place for people to play.
Keynsham Leisure Centre will have festive craft activity stalls while in Riverside Square there will be entertainment and more market stalls, as well as the chance for youngsters to meet Father Christmas.
The MakeSpace venue opposite the main leisure centre entrance will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland where Frozen Princesses characters will be greeting visitors from 1.15pm to 5.45pm.
At the TimeOut youth centre there will be crafts hand-made by young people for sale.
Once again, Dial-a-Ride will be running a free shuttle service from Hurn Lane and the Ellsbridge bus stop on Bath Road to Ashton Way.
The festival runs until 6pm. A free official programme with full details is available from the library, town council offices, various High Street shops or can be downloaded here.
