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Free Christmas event with the Tree of Light switch-on and festive music from The Salvation Army Band, hosted by BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Jon Smith.
Kings Square in Gloucester is where the city's Christmas lights go on this year, on Saturday 14 November. It's a free event, and the switch-on itself happens at 5:45pm, with music and entertainment running from 4pm until 6:30pm.
BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Jon Smith is hosting the whole thing, and the Salvation Army Band will be performing. The switch-on is the centrepiece of the evening, with festive music filling the hour on either side, so there's plenty to hear before and after the lights actually come on.
It's a free programme of Christmas music and entertainment brought to the city centre, with the switch-on as the main event and performances running through the afternoon and early evening. If you're coming for the lights, you've got a good window to arrive early and stay on afterwards.
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To recap the timings: things get going at 4pm, the lights switch on at 5:45pm, and the entertainment carries on until 6:30pm. It's all at Kings Square, and it's free.
