A HEREFORDSHIRE town has made plans for its Christmas lights switch ready for the festive period.

Bromyard will be holding its annual event on November 19, with a list of entertainment in the pipeline.

The award-winning Bromyard Light Brigade is promising some exciting new displays and some old favourites.

From 11am to 4pm there will be a Christmas fair at the Falcon Mews held by St Michael’s Hospice.

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A Christmas organ will play in the Market Square between 11am and 3pm.

Santa’s parade will start from the leisure centre to Santa’s Grotto with his helpers and drummers, from 12.30pm.

The grotto will be open until 5pm at Falcon Mews. Tickets should be bought in advance to avoid disappointment.

There will be plenty and stalls and live music for the street market from 1pm to 6pm.

Bromyard FM will hold its Christmas live show with interviews, news, school choir, Bromyard Wind Band, choral society, and Vicky Shortland with carols round the tree.

Lantern construction and lights assembly at Conquest Theatre from 3.30pm.

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There will also be a lantern parade starting at the theatre and making their way through the town to arrive at the street market in Pump Street at 5pm. This will be followed by the civic parade at 5.15pm.

Then the Christmas lights will be switched on by Sylvia Richards, widow of the late Clive Richards, at 5.30pm.

This will be followed by more live music until 7pm with special guest performers

‘Poverty Corner’.

A free programme will be available from the Tourist Information Centre, shops, hotels, and cafes around the town from early November and of course on the day.