Search eastleigh.gov.uk MyEastleigh Residents Business Council Home Latest news Making Eastleigh festive with lights switch-on - Saturday 20 November Making Eastleigh Festive with lights switch-on Christmas countdown starts on Saturday 20 November 16 November 2021 Tags: Economy Eastleigh town centre will light up this weekend with the grand switch-on of the town centre’s Christmas lights. The Mayor, Councillor Cynthia Garton, will be joined by Santa himself to light the festive illuminations this Saturday 20 November at 6pm from the bandstand in the Leigh Road Recreation Ground. This will be followed by a spectacular laser light display. Although there's no parade this year, there will still be plenty to keep visitors entertained throughout the day from 11am, with a Christmas market and community market, a selection of children's and family rides provided by Stephen's Funfair, live music, food and drink. On Saturday Happy's Circus will have a selection of their artists performing circus skills and promoting their Spirit of Christmas Show which they are bringing to the Leigh Road Recreation Ground from 3 December and will be performing the show two or three times a day until 2 January (including 20 November) - see www.happyscircus.co.uk for more details. Unfortunately Santa's Grotto at the Point has now sold out unless you've pre-booked. The Grotto is new for this year and even if you haven't managed to get a time slot with Santa you can still come along to join in the festive atmosphere with drinks and food served from the kiosk throughout the day. Under the banner 'Together We Make Eastleigh Festive' the Council is promoting high street shops right across the Borough in the run-up Christmas to support our retail and hospitality businesses impacted by the pandemic. We'll be publishing details of other Christmas events in our town and village centres as we count down to the big day. Contact details Eastleigh Borough Council, Eastleigh House, Upper Market Street, Eastleigh, SO50 9YN Telephone: 023 8068 8000 Support links Jobs Newsletter Privacy Cookies Accessibility Feedback Contact Built by Etch © Copyright 2021 Eastleigh Borough Council This site uses cookies to store information on your computer Some of these cookies are necessary to make the site work. We’d also like to use optional cookies to help improve your experience on the site. You can manage your optional cookie preferences below. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. Your preferences can be changed at any time. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Cookies (Opens in a new window) Accept recommended settings Necessary Cookies Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences. Analytical Cookies Analytical cookies are used to collect and report information on how our website is used. This helps us to improve the website based on the needs and behaviour of our visitors. Analytical Cookies On Off Marketing Cookies We use third party cookies (AddThis) to allow users to easily share content on social media and to direct you to part of our site we believe are relevant to you Marketing Cookies On Off Confirm your choices