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Shop local and play local this Christmas

Prepare for a fabulously festive Bayside and a sizzling summer of outdoor events.

Council has lined up a COVID safe season of music, light, colour and food and extended support for our local businesses as we ease our way out of lockdown.

We promise a Bayside Christmas to remember, despite the cancellation of our annual carols due to COVID-19 restrictions, and we have a packed schedule, including celebrating Bayside’s wonderful foodie spots and utilising our beautiful parks, foreshore and other open spaces.

At the end of November, decorations will be installed across our activity centres and in early December, the Black Rock clocktower will be lit up as we officially launch Christmas in Bayside.

There will be live music and entertainment across Bayside’s shopping centres and roving Santa’s for the kids.

Sandringham foreshore and Landcox Park, Brighton will be lit up and the Billilla Chamber Orchestra will be in concert on 5 December at the iconic mansion.

On top of all that, Sandringham Village’s beautiful sunflower display will be in full bloom through December and watch out for our fun-filled I Spy Santa game.

Before all of that, excite your tastebuds with the Taste of Bayside across our major activity centres from 11 to 25 November.  Customised light projections celebrating the heritage and culture of Bayside, will literally shine a light on our incredible eateries and bars.

Bayside Youth Services and Boombox Events will hold The Art of Picnicking across the municipality encouraging young people to picnic with their friends and peers with a host of prizes up for grabs.

And for the littlies in our lives there’ll be a magical Cat Rabbit Bear Hunt from the end of October into January. Using poster information and QR codes, head off on a search for the artist’s whimsical bears.

Bayside Mayor Cr Laurence Evans OAM said “Baysiders on the streets enjoying the events and shopping locally will be a welcome boost to our businesses”.

“And to further support them Council has extended the outdoor dining spacelets program while extensive consultation on their long-term future is carried out,” Cr Evans said.

“Through the pandemic, Council has supported approximately 471 businesses through a substantial waiver of fees and charges to help them through these difficult times”.

Consultation on the future of the spacelets program will be held from mid November to mid December 2021.

Our popular Shops on Show competition will return for a sixth year, giving traders an extra reason to spruce up their windows and shoppers a chance to vote for their favourite Christmas window display.

As we safely emerge from lockdown, we can prepare to have a whole heap of festive fun and enjoy Christmas in Bayside.