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Activity | Time | Location |
Pantomime – Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Midday
3pm 6pm |
Villa Park |
Cadbury World Santa show + Cinderella Pantomime |
10am-4pm | Cadbury World |
Frozen Sing-Along |
1.30pm | The Midland Arts Centre |
Luminate Winter Light Festival |
4.30 to 8pm | Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
Raymond Briggs’s The Bear |
11am and 2pm | The Midland Arts Centre |
Nativity! The Musical |
2pm +7pm | The Rep, next to the Library of Birmingham |
Christmas Carol Singalong |
2.30pm | Symphony Hall |
Julia Donaldson’s Tales from Acorn Woods at Christmas |
10am and 1pm | The Midland Arts Centre |
Polar Express Train Ride | 8.05pm | Moor Street Station |
Birmingham Winter Wonderland |
11am and 5pm | Birmingham NEC |
Jack and the Magic Beanstalk |
12.00 +3pm | The Rep, next to the Library of Birmingham |
Ice Skate Birmingham |
45 minute slots 10am to 10pm | Centenary Square |
Brum’s Penguin Parade | all day | First penguin in trail is located in Selfridges |
Christmas Window Trail | all day | Jewellery Quarter |
Santa and Friends at Selfridges |
2pm-5pm | Selfridges |