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THE Henleaze Christmas Festival is all set to make a welcome return with all its popular attractions including entertainment, children's rides, stalls, Father Christmas and a charity prize draw – albeit with some Covid restrictions in place.
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Many local businesses in Henleaze will be remaining open during the festival on Wednesday 1st December providing shopping opportunities as well as providing something to eat or drink. The stalls will also have a wide range of goods on sale from Christmas wreaths, hand made chocolates, artwork and pet accessories plus plenty of things to stock up your festive larder.
Father Christmas this year will not be in a Grotto but will be walking around the festival site ready to meet and greet young and old – perhaps ready to press a festive treat into small hands. The ever-popular children's rides will once more be in Cardigan Road.
The Charity Prize Draw has a first prize of a Christmas Hamper with numerous other prizes donated by local businesses. This year the charities benefitting are: Bristol Child Contact Centre, Cerebral Palsy Plus, Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service, and Little Hero.
Entertainment is all outside this year in the Arena in Waterford Road. Bradbury Hall is not in use because of Covid restrictions although it will be open (including toilet facilities) for people to sit down and take a break. Henleaze Infants make their first appearance and open the Festival, followed by Redmaids’ High School Bell Ringing and Choir.
There are first appearances for singer Lizzie Yabsley, NotaBene a cappella ensemble, and the Bristol Concert Wind Band. And, there are welcome returns for the Storm Force Ten shanty singers, and the Salvation Army Band. St Peter's Church is staging a Christmas Craft show and has Carol Singing. The Festival programme, which is being distributed around local households, will have full details of times of events on the day.
The fun of the fair, though, will inevitably be tinged with the need for those Covid restrictions in line with guidance from Bristol City Council. Traders will be expected to show evidence of a Covid pass and take precautions to keep within social distancing and health safety guidelines.
The council guidance calls for all attending the festival – traders and visitors – to have had a negative PCR or lateral flow test result within 24 hours. Although wearing masks is not obligatory, everyone is asked to consider wearing one.
There will be Covid stations sited around the festival with hand gel dispensers and spare masks available. Many of the stalls are also likely to have hand gel.
Festival Co-ordinator Austen Ferrante said: “We are delighted to bring the festival back and we want everyone to have a good time. But it is also important that they stay safe. So it is sensible to have some precautions in place.”
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