The Festival of Christmas will feature a trail of festivities in locations around the city centre on Wednesday 20 November.
The city centre will be spilling with festive spirit as it also marks the beginning of late-night shopping in the city.
Enjoy everything from fire dancing shows to Spark! the marching, illuminated drummers, and everything in between, including:
- Festive ice sculpting
- LED hula hooping
- Christmas comedy show
- Aerial dancer
- Storytelling with Santa
- Bouncing elves
- Larger than live lampposts
- Christmas Time Travellers
- Life-size snow globe
- Polar bears Pip and Inka
The performances and entertainment will be spread across some of the city centre’s hot spots like Broadgate and Millennium Place. Make sure to enjoy them all!
It’s completely free to enjoy! The Festival of Christmas and is suitable for all ages.
Trail timings and performance locations:
Broadgate
Spark! The parading drummers with kaleidoscopic lighting
Performing at 5pm, 6:30pm and 7:45pm
Cathedral Ruins
Christmas Show - Festive comedy show, mesmerising aerialist and story time with Santa
Performing at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm
Millennium Place
Fire and Ice show - Fire dancing, LED hooping, live festive ice sculpting show and stunning pyrotechnics
Performing at 4pm, 6pm and 8pm
Upper Precinct
Festive Elves - Look out for either the bouncing elves or the mischievous elves
They will be travelling in pairs from 4.15pm - 5.30pm, 5.45pm - 7pm and 7.15pm - 8.30pm
Precinct Cross
Living Lampposts – A marvellous display of light and colour
Performing at 4pm, 6pm and 7:45pm
Time Machines – Victorian time traveller characters with many stories to tell
Performing at 5pm, 7pm and 8:30pm
Speakers Corner
Snow Globe - A magical snow globe full of unique special effects
Performing at 4pm, 4.45pm, 5.30pm, 6.15pm, 7pm and 7.45pm
Hertford Passage
Polar Bears - Meet Inka or Polar Pip, our adorable polar bear characters
Performing at 4.30pm, 5.15pm, 6pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm and 8.15pm
Download and print a map of the performance locations.
Take a ride on Santa's Sleigh at Coventry Transport Museum
Wander through a magical winter wonderland, take a ride on the vintage sleigh, and meet Santa before collecting your Christmas gift!
On Wednesday 20 November, the Sleigh experience will be available for walk-ins from 4pm - 8pm. Baxter's Barista will also remain open until 8pm, providing hot drinks and tasty snacks whilst you enjoy the Fire and Ice Show at Millennium Place.
The Festival of Christmas is an outdoor event, but temporary public toilets will be available in the following locations during the event:
- Broadgate
- Cathedral Ruins
- Millennium Place
Accessible toilets will be available at the above three locations.
Central Library's public toilets will also be open until 7pm, along with their Changing Places facility until 9pm.