Newcastle’s Christmas Market Set for Spectacular Festive Launch

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Newcastle is gearing up as the official Christmas market launch is soon to be here, with organisers saying the official opening with be more of a spectacle than previous years, with Easington Colliery brass band and Newcastle cathedral choir all performing at the event.

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00:00It's all scenes ahead here in Newcastle City Centre where we are just days away from the

00:04Newcastle Christmas Markets and Christmas Village opening.

00:08We caught up with anyone to find out what's in store for the official launch.

00:13We're building, we are building, yeah it's Christmas market time and so ever since the

00:19lights went on last week it's just been a hive of activity in the city centre building

00:23to get ready for Saturday which is the grand opening of Newcastle's Christmas Market and

00:27Christmas Village for 2025.

00:29Yeah we want to make a big splash this year.

00:32We want people to know the market has arrived and we want to have a big celebration so we're

00:36going to have a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony and we're also going to have performances

00:40from Easington Colliery Band and then the Cathedral Choir from St. Nicholas Cathedral are going

00:46to be performing some carols for us after the leader of the council cuts the red ribbon.

00:51I think it just speaks to what we're trying to achieve with the market, you know we're

00:54trying to do something that really celebrates the city, really feels immersive, really feels

00:59reflective of the city and what's going on in it.

01:01So when you look at that, Easington Colliery Band obviously in the news heavily this year,

01:07Newcastle Cathedral are the cathedral for the city and their choir are going to be performing

01:12here.

01:13And I suppose show off and highlight the best of what's going on in the city and that's

01:18the same with the traders.

01:20We've got I think 84% of the traders are from within 20 miles of the city.

01:25So we really want to make it really local, really unique and totally different to anything you'll

01:30find anywhere else.

01:31So we're kicking things off on Saturday for the launch of the markets from about 10 to

01:3510.

01:36Easington Colliery Band are going to be the first act and you know hopefully they're

01:39going to be quite noisy so hard to miss.

01:42Then at 10 o'clock we're going to open the markets with the ribbon cutting and then after

01:45that we'll have the Cathedral Choir who are going to sing us some songs.

01:49And then we're going to offer people a tour of the markets so they can see what's going

01:51on, what's new and what they can look out for.

01:55It's giving people a reason to visit you know I think it's really easy to sort of sit back

02:00and expect people are just going to find their way but it's a really competitive market and

02:04if we don't put on something excellent there will be lots of other places that people can

02:08go so we sort of revel in that we're trying to push it every year and give people more

02:12reasons to sort of come in and then whilst they're here enjoy everything else that's going

02:16on around and visit the businesses that surround the market and increase the time they're

02:21spending the city.

02:23As well as the Christmas markets, NE1 team up with Newcastle City Council every year for

02:27New Year's Eve celebrations on the Quayside but for 2025 the city is up in the ante with

02:33a brand new event, Howe Mané.

02:37It's going to be changed this year, it's all changed.

02:39Whilst we're still doing the 6 o'clock free fireworks for families we're introducing a new

02:44event now from 8.30 on the Quayside which will be ticketed.

02:47It's called Howe Mané so it's a little bit Geordie and it's a little bit of a nod to

02:51Edinburgh's famous celebrations.

02:53We're going to be throwing a massive party down there that's going to end with fireworks.

02:57What's up there?

03:02What do you think?

03:04What do you think?

03:05Who's going to be doing?

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