The evening part of the Melton Mowbray light switch on tomorrow has been cancelled due to forecasted heavy winds.
Melton Borough Council has confirmed the news alongside Melton BID and The Town Estate.
Due to high winds forecast from Storm Darragh over the weekend, Melton Borough Council, Melton BID and Melton Mowbray Town Estate have made the tough decision to alter some of the Christmas events planned this weekend to ensure the safety of the public.
The Melton BID’s Christmas Market will still be taking place on Friday 6 December with reduced opening hours of 10am-2pm, allowing the Town Estate operatives time to remove all the stalls before the high winds are due. This means regrettably, that the light switch on event planned for later in the evening will not go ahead.
Over the weekend the market will continue, however it will be relocated to the Stockyard so it can take place safely undercover. The car boot event that was due to take place at the Stockyard on Sunday 8 December has been postponed to allow for this change.
Lee Freer, Chairman of Melton BID, said “Our Christmas Market is such a key event of the year, and we are most grateful to The Stockyard for being able to host the traders on Saturday and Sunday at this late stage. With such poor weather forecast it’s important that our traders can make the best of the weekend undercover. The Friday market continues as planned with a slightly earlier finish, with thanks to the hard work of the Town Estate. An added bonus is that the Fat Stock Show is being held at the Stockyard on Saturday and the Christmas Market will only add to the vibrancy of the day.”
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