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<\/a>Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Ian Brookfield, Santa and his reindeers will be joined by the Chuckle Brothers, stars of the Grand Theatre\u2019s Peter Pan panto, and Wolves FC players to lead the festivities in Queen Square from 5pm on Wednesday, November 25.<\/p>\nThe evening will climax with a fabulous fireworks show at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n
Free Radio\u2019s Big Screen will also be on site to provide entertainment, alongside children\u2019s TV characters Bing and Flop, seasonal market stalls, Christmas music and a mini-funfair.<\/p>\n
The city centre fun is followed by four more evenings of festive celebrations when Wednesfield, Bilston, Tettenhall and Bantock Park lights are also switched on by Santa and the Mayor of Wolverhampton, with lots more free family entertainment on offer.<\/p>\n
Councillor John Reynolds, Cabinet Member for City Economy, said: \u201cEach year we get more and more families coming along to enjoy the lights being switched on to mark the start of the countdown to Christmas – they really are great free evenings out.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe have again worked closely with partners, including Wolverhampton\u2019s BID, to ensure that festive shoppers and local businesses also enjoy the benefits of free parking in Wolverhampton city centre in the run-up to Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWolverhampton is a great place to shop with a diverse range of shops, attracting visitors from across the region. Our offer is improving following the launch of the BID this year, and given the vote of confidence in the city by Benson Elliot, who are investing \u00a335 million to redevelop the Mander Centre.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Free parking will be available on Fold Street car park from 3pm on the following Wednesdays: November 25, December 2, 9 and 16; and from Monday, December 21 to Wednesday, December 23.<\/p>\n \u00a0There will also be free all-day parking on Fold Street car park on each Sunday in December in the build up to Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n Councillor Reynolds added: \u201cIt\u2019s also worth remembering that, despite the huge financial challenges we face, we have kept parking costs down for local people so that we are more than competitive with other places in our region.<\/p>\n \u201cIt costs just \u00a31 for two hours on most council car parks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is also easy for people to pay on council car parks; the Civic Centre car park offers pay on exit and card payments, while all others provide the option to pay by phone using the RinGo app.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven that two-thirds of the city centre\u2019s car parks are privately-owned, we also work closely with the BID and partners to ensure that our offer is complimentary to the incentives promoted by private car park owners. Discussions are active and on-going to ensure that we come up with a great offer for local people.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the below Christmas events are free:<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday, November 25 \u2013 Wolverhampton, Queen Square \u2013 event starts 5pm, lights switch on 6.30pm<\/p>\n Thursday, November 26 \u2013 Wednesfield, High Street \u2013 event starts 4pm, lights switch on 5pm<\/p>\n Friday, November 27 \u2013 Bilston, Church Street \u2013 event starts 4pm, lights switch on 5pm<\/p>\n Saturday, November 28 \u2013 Tettenhall, Upper Green \u2013 event starts 5pm, lights switch on 6.30pm<\/p>\n Sunday, November 29 \u2013 Bantock Park, Finchfield Road \u2013 event starts 5pm, lights switch on 6.45pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five spectacular switch-ons for all the family will light up Wolverhampton for the countdown to Christmas. Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Ian Brookfield, Santa and his reindeers will be joined by the Chuckle Brothers, stars of the Grand Theatre\u2019s Peter Pan panto, and Wolves FC players to lead the festivities in Queen Square from 5pm on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}