Magical festive lantern parade will light up Devon town

Lorna Hughes

10 November 2024 at 11:00 am·2-min read

A previous Exmouth Winter Festival lantern parade. The 2024 event will take place on Saturday, November 30 — -Credit: (Image: Emily Appleton Event Photography)

Exmouth Winter Festival is returning with a magical lantern parade to light up the town and start the countdown to Christmas. Organisers say it will be a "joyful celebration of light" - this year themed around "polar magic".

The Strand will have entertainment from walkabout performers and choirs before the lantern parade - all culminating in the switching on of the lights on the town square Christmas tree.

The lantern parade will start from Holy Trinity Church, proceeding through the town centre to the Strand, featuring hand made lanterns and led by the sounds of the Little Big Horns. Exmouth's mayor will then switch on the lights.

There will be entertainment from local choirs East Devon Rock Choir and La La Choirs, as well as youngsters from Talent Box, Exmouth Youth Theatre and Centre Stage. Walkabout entertainment will come from Flokki the polar bear, Blizzard the penguin, and the Thawed stilt walkers.

Exmouth Town Council says gazebos will have craft activities and some bright ideas about how to have a more sustainable Christmas. It is also encouraging people to look around the shops and think about buying their Christmas gifts local businesses.

Exmouth Winter Festival will take place on Saturday, November 30.

Exmouth Winter Festival 2024 - full entertainment programme

3pm: East Devon Rock Choir

3.50pm: Talent Box

4.20pm: Centre Stage

5pm: La La Choirs

5.40pm: Lantern parade arrives

6.10pm: Exmouth Youth Theatre

6.45pm: The Little Big Horns

7pm: Christmas tree lights switch on

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Exmouth Winter Festival 2024 - full entertainment programme

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