This year's West End Christmas Week - our area's ninth consecutive Christmas Week - starts on 21st November - and this year it is titled 'West End Xmas Factor'! We have already held two meetings of the informal group of residents, local businesses, councillors and other volunteers who help put Christmas Week together and Christmas Week is already taking great shape!
The next meeting of the Christmas Week group will take place on Thursday 24th September at 2.30pm at the Tartan Coffee House, 53 Perth Road, and all interested are welcome to attend.
The week will launch on Saturday 21st November with a community fayre in the new facilities at Dundee West Church (this extensive refurbishment is nearing completion), and on Tuesday 24th November, the Annual Children's and Family Concert will take place, followed by the Christmas Lights Switch On and Fireworks Display at Seabraes. This year, the Tuesday evening events will include - for the first time - a carnival kindly provided by Horne's Carnivals.
On Saturday 28th November, the week will complete with the Christmas Fayre at Blackness Primary School, complete with a showcase of the services of the many and diverse local businesses in the West End, taking place in the area around the fayre - around Pennycook Lane and Perth Road.
There will be lots of other activity during the week - for example, don't miss the West End element of Winter Light Night on Friday 27th November - taking place in the Cultural Quarter.
More updates to follow as we get close to Christmas Week but do please take a look at the Christmas Week website - www.seabraesfireworks.co.uk - a work in progress, but looking great! Our many thanks go to Rob Carstairs for his work on the website (and with so much else with Christmas Week!)