And to all who came down and chose to shop locally to help celebrate and support Streatham.
See you all again next year!
Check out the photos!
Kickstarting the festive season in Streatham, our popular Christmas Lights Switch On and festive market took place on Small Business Saturday, December 3rd. Throughout the day families enjoyed the magical experience created by our Elf Car which allows children to video call Santa and post letters via the magical postbox.
Since 2013, InStreatham BID, on behalf of almost 500 businesses along the High Road, has brought Christmas lights, trees and cheer. We’ve brought even more brightness in 2021 and 22 – Streatham’s biggest gift of all, literally a giant gift box.
Check out the photos on the day.
Celebrate Christmas in Streatham. Eat, Drink. Shop. Play.
The Christmas countdown has begun and we’ve prepared another packed festive programme to create a wealth of additional reasons to visit Streatham over the Christmas period.
December, we hope, will be a busy time for our businesses with Christmas shopping so hopefully we will see an increase in footfall this month. We’ve taken care of the magic – Streatham streets have been adorned with Christmas lights, three sparkling real Christmas trees and the return of our lights display in the central shopping district to add a touch of magic to the atmosphere.
Kickstarting the festive season in Streatham, our popular Christmas Lights Switch On and market takes place this Small Business Saturday, December 3rd! The market will begin at 11am with a selection of unique retailers and delicious food plus fantastic performances from a variety of talented local talents including Christmas carols from Woodmansterne school, a dance performance by Whizz Dance, fun Boxing demo by local gym Fitness Republik and live Christmas songs by ‘Funk & Tingz’.
Throughout the day families can enjoy the magical experience created by our Elf Car which allows children to video call Santa and post letters via the magical postbox.
We’ve published and distributed copies of our Christmas magazine to residents, our guide to all the exciting things happening in our much-loved area, from wonderful gift ideas from our retail offerings plus the best festive dining spots.
This is also supported by editorials and advertisements in South west and east london publications.
We are very excited to bring back the present lights display for a second year, as part of our bumper programme of festive fun.
Starting today, the festive trail invites families to locate 16 hidden snow globes around Streatham shop windows, in order to win a prize. Similar to our previous trails, families walk all along the high road from Streatham Hill all the way through to the Common, the whole family will love getting involved in the trail and will discover some interesting facts about Streatham along the way.
These free family friendly festive experiences are aimed at enticing visitors and encouraging everyone to support, shop, gift and celebrate local. The festive trail helps increase footfall and movement around the high road, encouraging the public to visit more local businesses.
Previous trails have increased footfall and sales with an estimated 150 families discovering shops and cafes they wouldn’t usually visit. We are confident that these projects will support local businesses by attracting lots of excited visitors, something which continues to be a top priority for us.
Details of all Christmas events can be found here
The Streatham Business Community is proud to bring you the Xmas Trees, Festive lighting and Xmas events each year – all contributing to make Streatham a better place to live, work and visit.
Our Christmas in Streatham 2021 campaign is now in full swing, brightening up the High Road throughout December and into New Year, following our successful display outside the Odeon, to help give families and friends the opportunity to come together safely and make new festive memories. The campaign has been very well received by the general public, and we hope it has helped create a festive buzz and encourage people to explore Streatham.
Lights on Streatham!
We held our annual festive lights switch on event on December 4th. A massive thank you to everyone that came out to either take a stall, volunteer or just enjoy the day. The public came out on-mass to support the market and cheer on the local talents.
Here are some more photos from our Streatham Lights-On event earlier this month!
The #Streatham Business Community is so proud to bring you the Xmas Trees, Festive lighting & festive events each year – all contributing to make Streatham a better place to live, work and visit. pic.twitter.com/Fl6Z9kxAA4
— Streatham BID (@instreatham) December 16, 2021
More fantastic photos from our Streatham Lights-On event last Saturday!
The #Streatham Business Community is proud to bring you the Xmas Trees, Festive lighting and Xmas events each year – all contributing to make Streatham a better place to live, work and visit. pic.twitter.com/tq0IqI4z1Y
— Streatham BID (@instreatham) December 13, 2021
Thanks to everyone who came along to our fantastic Streatham Lights On event on Saturday!?
Special thanks to our market traders, local businesses who helped with the event, our performers, to @BellRibeiroAddy & @MayorLBLambeth & to our wonderful #Streatham community!? pic.twitter.com/k2r67jG7Rh
— Streatham BID (@instreatham) December 8, 2021
Streatham Christmas magazine
We hope you have seen a copy of our glossy Streatham Book of Christmas magazine, which was distributed to over 15,000 homes in Streatham’s catchment area. Many of our businesses were featured in the one stop shop for all seasonal inspiration with 12 pages packed full of gift guides for all the family, delectable festive treats and family time.
As well as our Christmas magazine, we also advertised in The South Londoner and Primary Times to promote our high street stores and local activities to a wider London audience over the festive season, backed by a coordinated social media campaign.
We are confident that these projects will support local businesses by attracting lots of excited visitors, something which continues to be a top priority for us.
Are you looking for something to entertain the children this Christmas? Why not take part in our free family trail?
To take part in the trail, pick up a map from participating stores and find the Christmas characters in the shop windows to win a sweet prize at the end!
Trail available from 1st to 31st December 2021 during opening hours. Collect your trail sheet from the participating stores below.
On Saturday 4th December from 3-5pm, InStreatham and Brixton Chamber Orchestra invite you to embark on a music trail along Streatham High Street to discover some local high street gems, with BCO musicians hiding within!
Thirteen venues are taking part and each location will play host to a different orchestral instrument before they take to the streets and come together for a final performance at the Christmas Lights Switch-on. If you find 10 or more, you’ll win a special prize, courtesy of InStreatham. All ages are welcome and it’s free to take part!
We start at 3pm, with the final performance at 5.30pm in Streatham Green, with all locations between Streatham Hill and Streatham Station. For more information follow @instreatham and @brixchamber on Instagram and twitter.
When you find each musician you should take a picture or short film with them and tag @instreatham on twitter or instagram. Bring along your 10 snaps to the info stall at the market and collect your prize.
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