Festive Friday Truro’s Lights Switch-on

Entertainment from 5pm hosted by Johnny Cowling with the switch-on at 7pm. A Truro BID event sponsored by Coodes Solicitors.

Truro’s Christmas Lights will be switched-on for the Christmas season on Friday 22nd November, when Truro BID brings Festive Friday to the city for the fourth year.

Johnny Cowling and Lucy Start will be back hosting the event which takes place on the stage in Boscawen Street. In the run up to the Christmas Lights being switched-on there will be entertainment on the stage from 5pm organised by the Hall for Cornwall.

At 7pm the lights will be switched-on by Johnny Cowling, Lucy Start and Truro BID, along with special guests including cast members from Hall for Cornwall’s Christmas Show Jack and the Beanstalk, and the event sponsor, Coodes Solicitors.

Following the big switch-on there will be live music in Boscawen St until 8.15pm.

As well as the Lights Switch-on, the Truro Christmas Market hosted by Truro Farmers Market starts on Lemon Quay. Open from 9am until 9pm on Festive Friday, the Truro Christmas Market showcases local food, drink, arts and crafts from traders across Cornwall in Festive wooden cabins.

For Festive Friday the city’s main shopping streets will be traffic-free all day. There will be two large viewing screens displaying the live on-stage entertainment. The accessible viewing area will be outside Hall for Cornwall so to the right if you are facing the stage.

With lots going on, there will be security staff to help you and our local police will be present too. The Truro Park & Ride will be operating a later service on Festive Friday, with the last service leaving the city at 9.30pm.

Festive Friday is being brought to the city by Truro BID, in partnership with the Hall for Cornwall who have arranged the entertainment and Truro City Council who have kindly provided and put up the stage. The event is being sponsored by Coodes Solicitors.

Truro’s City Centre Christmas Lights are funded and installed by Truro Businesses Improvement District (BID) each year, thanks to the BID levy contributions from around 375 Truro Businesses.