CHRISTMAS
Make history this Christmas
with Barnsley Museums
Get your family festivities off to a holly, jolly start with the help of Barnsley Museums and their calendar of spectacular seasonal activities.
Whether you’re looking for
places to see Santa, prefer hands-on activities for a crafty Christmas, or just want to enjoy some quality time with your loved ones, Barnsley Museums have something for everyone this festive season.
Barnsley Bright Nights Christmas Light Switch On
From Wednesday 28th
November to Saturday 1st December a four-day festive extravaganza will arrive in the town centre and officially kick start Barnsley’s countdown to Christmas. Barnsley will sparkle with
bright colours and imaginative installations will light up the town centre and a specially commissioned show-stopping projection will transform Barnsley Town Hall into a digital masterpiece. The traditional Christmas
fireworks display will also take place along with plenty of family entertainment, including a range
of festive food and drink stalls, carol singers and funfair rides, transporting Barnsley to the magical land of Christmas. Don’t miss Christmas at
the Town Hall on Saturday 1st December too, it’s going to a fun, festive event! For more details visit Love
Barnsley Town Centre Facebook.
A traditional tale at Cannon Hall
Steeped in Georgian
splendour, the glorious setting of Cannon Hall is even more magical at Christmastime as the aristocratic former residence of the Spencer-Stanhope family is richly decorated in all its traditional glory. This year, the wood-panelled
ballroom will be transformed into a scene not too dissimilar from a Jane Austen novel as it hosts the opulent Regency Ball on Saturday 17th November from 7pm. Alternatively spend an evening in the festive ballroom making your very own Christmas wreath using natural materials. From one period pastime to
another, take a journey back to a very Victorian Christmas with the retelling of the iconic festive tale, A Christmas Carol, on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November. Back by popular demand,
storyteller Chris Cade will don his nightgown and cap once again to play the role of old miser, Ebeneezer Scrooge, as Cannon Hall celebrates 175 years since the classic Dickens story was first published. Join Scrooge in the ballroom as he journeys through his Christmases gone-by with Jacob Marley and the ghosts of his redemption to find that missing festive spirit. But don’t be a bah humbug –
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for audience participation in this event for all the family. Tickets cost £4.50 for adults and £2.50 for children with performances between 11am and 3.15pm. And before he makes his
way to all the homes across the world, Father Christmas will be stopping by his most favourite house in South Yorkshire as he makes a special appearance at Cannon Hall on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th December. Children can meet St Nick between 11am and 3pm for £9.95 per child and receive an early gift for under the tree.
Christmas Carol with Chris Cade Photography courtesy of York Museums Trust
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