The countdown to Christmas in Harrogate is officially underway, with Harrogate BID flicking the Festive switch. Christmas lights around the town centre are now starting to dazzle for the first time, with more streets benefitting from this year’s eye-catching display of more than 100,000 LED lightbulbs. And this Sunday, the BID’s Father Christmas Experience –…
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BID is helping Harrogate get in to the Halloween spirit this half term with a number of special events, including a live outside broadcast by Your Harrogate this morning (Friday 10am- noon). A spookily-dressed, Halloween-themed photobooth has ‘popped up’ in a vacant unit in Victoria Shopping Centre, where there will be a number of backdrops for people…
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Harrogate town centre retailers are being invited to enter this year’s Christmas Shop Window competition. For the second year running, Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) has partnered with The Rotary Club of Harrogate, to organise and judge the annual festive contest. Aimed at promoting town centre shops and pushing the ‘shop local’ message in the…
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Welcome to our October Newsletter This month has been an incredibly busy one for the BID team as we put the finishing touches to our Halloween and Christmas campaigns. And in addition to what we are delivering in and around Harrogate town centre this festive season, we are delighted to be partnering with Harrogate Borough Council and…
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Harrogate BID has taken the wrapping off one of its major festive activities – The Harrogate Father Christmas Experience 2021! Last year, social distancing rules brought about by the Covid pandemic denied children the opportunity to visit Santa in his Grotto, but this year he’s back and will be taking up residence in the town’s…
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Harrogate town centre is set to offer lots of festive cheer after Harrogate Borough Council announced today that a number of exciting events and attractions will be available for people to enjoy this Christmas. A Ferris wheel, Victorian carousel, helter skelter and performance area are all set to keep people – young and old –…
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A celebratory art installation will throw light – and sound – on Harrogate’s fascinating spa history. 1571 The Water That Made Us is being created in one of the spa town’s most historic locations by renowned sound and light artists, Dan Fox, and James Bawn and produced by Harrogate International Festivals. The temporary artwork celebrating…
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Welcome to our September Newsletter With summer now behind us and the clocks going back in a matter of weeks, our focus is now fixed on all things Christmas. And at our next BID Club meeting, we will be joined by representatives of Market Place Europe and Visit Harrogate, who will tell us about this year’s…
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The Rotary Club of Harrogate working with Harrogate BID will be organising and judging the Christmas shop window competition for 2021. No donation is required and those who are first to complete the fiorm will quality to compete. We can judge up to 50 windows in the time available. The following criteria must apply: Illumination:…
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A pop-up ping-pong parlour in Harrogate town centre has been officially opened today (September 21) by a number of sporting celebrities. Former Republic of Ireland international and Leeds United Manager, David O’Leary, Leeds Rhinos RFC & Leeds Tykes RUFC director, Gary Hetherington, Leeds Tykes Captain Jake Brady, and England Table Tennis Head Performance Coach, Matt…
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