Shrewsbury’s annual Christmas lights switch-on and Carols in the Square are the latest events to fall victim to the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown restrictions.
Shrewsbury Town Council holds a lights switch-on event packed with family entertainment every November and the annual Carols in the Square concert in December, but the Council has announced that the two events have been cancelled.
Helen Ball, town clerk for the Town Council, said: “Coronavirus has resulted in many events being cancelled this year and Government guidelines for the latest lockdown means that any type of event or gathering has to be cancelled.
“We are disappointed that we have had to cancel our two main Christmas events, which have become a great festive tradition, but we have to take into account the health of our residents and current legislation.
“As people will have already noticed, Christmas lights are being installed around the town, so we will have some festive cheer now that the dark nights are with us. We’re just not having the big events to launch the Christmas lights this year as we usually do.
“We know that the residents of Shrewsbury enjoy all the events in the run-up to Christmas, but this year is different. We’re looking forward to our festive events in 2021, with new light displays for the town centre.”
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