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we’ll send another $500 cash to one small business chosen by the winner. Winners will be selected weekly through the holiday season (November 23 to December 28). We’ll also have plenty of giveaways this season through our social media channels, so stay tuned! And by the way, if you’re local to the area, you don’t have to step outside your door to shop in Sidney. Enjoy free commercial delivery from downtown businesses straight to your door, right through to Christmas.
FESTIVE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS Music and entertainment are always part of the holiday celebrations in Sidney, and this year, we’re pleased to carry on that tradition with everyone’s safety our top priority. The Festive Brass ensemble—also favourites at The Butchart Gardens during the holidays—will serenade shoppers downtown every Friday and Saturday from November 27 to December 19. Habitat for Humanity is bringing its Gingerbread Showcase to various locations throughout the town, and you’ll be able to tour all the sights via horse drawn carriage on Saturdays and Sundays from November 28 and December 20. Star Cinema plans to host free holiday fi lms for the community every Saturday from November 21 to December 19. At The Mary Winspear, you can catch a variety of concerts, plus enjoy more favourite holiday fl icks at their Drive-In Movie Theatre, all with safe physical distancing measures in place. Christmas may look a litt le different this year, but you can expect the same warm, small town welcome Sidney is famous for. We can’t wait to see you! For more information, visit sidneybia.ca/christmas
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his year, unusual times called for an extra-creative approach to our usual holiday celebrations, and we decided to roll out our holiday cheer a litt le early to give everyone time to enjoy the safe activities, fabulous shopping, and festive displays that are always the hallmarks of Christmas in Sidney. Starting November 14th, local merchants and Town staff will transform the entire town with even more sparkle than usual. Here’s a look at what we have in store for you:
PAINT THE TOWN BRILLIANT To ensure Sidney is as bright and beautiful as possible this year, the Sidney BIA has organized a professional contractor to install Christmas lights on business storefronts up and down Beacon Avenue, in addition to a dazzling display of holiday themed features around town by local merchants and Town staff. We’re also calling on our Sidney merchants to put their creative ingenuity on full display in their shop windows,
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and we’re offering prize incentives for the best arrangements of lights and sparkle! The Sidney Lighted Window Tour contest includes awards for the most enchanting window displays, with a chance to win one of three prizes! The public can explore the storefronts and vote for their favourite! Winners will be announced on December 23rd.
COMING TO SIDNEY TO SHOP? You have a chance to win prizes, too, when you shop at your favourite Sidney merchants. Sidney’s Holiday Cheer Sweepstakesoffers a chance to win one of six $500 shopping sprees to the Sidney businesses of your choice, plus
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season, with physical distancing and COVID protocols in place for safe enjoyment. Enjoy favourites like Bachman & Bachman, Luca Fogale, and country music star George Canyon, with intimate performances for audiences of just 50 people per show. Visit the Winspear’s Box Office at marywinspear.ca for tickets and exact details. Movie lovers will want to visit the Star Cinema on Saturdays, for free holiday favourite fl icks from November 21 to December 19. You can also experience the big screen outdoors at The Mary Winspear, where the parking lot will be transformed into a drive-in-movie theatre complete with theatre popcorn and candy available for pre-purchase and delivered straight to your vehicle before the cameras roll. We’re also pleased to welcome the Habitat for Humanity Gingerbread Showcase to Sidney this year! You’ll find elaborate gingerbread displays at various locations around town—stay tuned to
our website for exact locations, soon to be announced! For more details about all our Christmas activities, visit our events page at sidneybia.ca/christmas. We may not be able to spend the holidays surrounded by friends and family this year—at least not in the way we’re used to. But here in Sidney, we hope our community spirit can fi ll a litt le of that need to gather your loved ones around you. SidneyBIA.ca
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SPEAKING OF PRIZES… Sidney’s boutique shopping offers a delightful alternative to busy malls and congested parking lots. Here, you can park for free and stroll your way through your Christmas shopping list; stopping for coffee, lunch or a glass of wine at one of our many cafes and restaurants, who all have strict pandemic protocols in place. You also have a chance to win prizes, every time you visit our participating local merchants. Sidney’s Holiday Cheer Sweepstakesoffers a chance to win one of six $500 shopping sprees to the businesses of your choice, plus we’ll send another $500 cash to one small business chosen by the winner. Winners will be selected weekly through the holiday season (November 23 to December 28). We’ll also have plenty of giveaways this season through our social media channels, so stay tuned! And by the way, if you’re local to the area, you don’t have to step outside your door to shop in Sidney. Enjoy free commercial delivery from downtown businesses straight to your door, right through to Christmas.
OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE! We may not have sleigh rides, but we do have horse drawn carriages! Nestle under blankets and tour the town the old fashioned way, accompanied by the musical clip-clop of horse hooves and the fresh sea air on your face. Could there be a more charming way to get acquainted with the picturepostcard scenery Sidney is famous for? Carriage tours operate on Saturdays and Sundays from November 28 to December 20.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? It wouldn’t be Christmas without music and entertainment, which have always been so central to holiday celebrations in Sidney. With everyone’s safety top of mind, we’ve organized several ways for you to enjoy family-friendly entertainment throughout the season. There’s something particularly uplift ing about the sound of Christmas carols trumpeting amongst holiday shoppers in the bright, syncopated tones of brass instruments. From November 27 to December 19, the Festive Brass ensemble will fi ll the streets with musical cheer, playing all your favourite melodies outdoors, where it’s safe to enjoy. The Mary Winspear Centre has also planned an exciting calendar of musical events throughout the
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