Festive 80’s Disco night with live DJ in the Rink from 7 pm – 10 pm

Jazz bands and street entertainers will provide the festive cheer as shoppers enjoy Christmas shopping in St Giles Street on Saturday, 2nd December. Acts will include Musical Ruth, Elton Wrong, the Bad Santas, a juggling unicyclist and stilt-walking ice queens. Montague Jeffery and Vintage Guruwill also be staging live music performances. The BID has successfully applied for a road closure order on this date so shoppers will be able to walk freely down the street and cafes and restaurants will be able to trade outside on the pavements, creating a welcoming community feel to the day. Come along between 11am and 4.30pm and get all the Christmas feels as we kickstart the festive season in style.

BAD MANNERS ARE THE BEST IN BRITISH SKA KNOWN FOR THEIR CRAZY ANTICS AND 2 TONE TRACKS. OUTRAGEOUS AND ENIGMATIC, THEY REMAIN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES BEST LOVED LIVE ACTS. AFTER A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER PLAYING FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD THEY RETURN TO THE CLUB SCENE FOR THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST PUNK LEGEND MAX SPLODGE. TICKETS WILL CERTAINLY FLY OUT FOR THIS SHOW!! DON’T MISS OUT ! “DEFINITELY A “MUST SEE” GIG FOR ANYONE’S TO DO LIST. SEE YOU DOWN THE FRONT!” – LOUDER THAN WAR! FRONTED BY BUSTER BLOODVESSEL (AKA DOUGLAS TRENDLE) THE BAND FORMED IN LONDON DURING 1976 WHILST ALL MEMBERS WERE STILL IN SCHOOL TOGETHER. BY 1980 THE BAND WERE SIGNED TO MAGNET RECORDS AND WERE REGULAR GUESTS ON THE SATURDAY MORNING KIDS TELLY PROGRAMME TISWAS. THEIR HIT SINGLES INCLUDE LIP UP FATTY, SPECIAL BREW, NE NE NA NA NA NA NU NU, CAN CAN, WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE, JUST A FEELING AND THEIR COVER OF MY GIRL LOLLIPOP. BETWEEN 1980 AND 1983 THEY SPENT 111 WEEKS IN THE UK SINGLES CHART, THEY HAVE PRODUCED NINE STUDIO ALBUMS AND SKANKED THEIR WAY INTO THE WORLD’S HEARTS. THEY INITIALLY DISBANDED IN 1987 BUT...