UPDATE: Light Up Brid! Christmas Lights Switch-On
Sunday 30 November 2025
5.30pm
King Street/Manor Street
Don’t miss this year’s special lights switch-on. See our town lit up in a whole new way, with wonderful drawings selected from all the submissions we received.
Whose drawings will be there? Come along and find out.
Everyone is welcome, so save the date and start the festive season with us!
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Light up Brid!
For this year’s Christmas lights we want you to help us celebrate what makes Bridlington special.
Send us your drawings of what you love about Bridlington and we will turn some of them into special light projections for the Christmas lights switch-on event and show them over the festive period. Help us to Light Up Brid!
Not sure where to start?
You could think about things like:
- The heritage and history of the town – the harbour, the old town, people
- The wildlife – birds, sealife, plants
- The coastline and beach
- And not forgetting Christmas of course!
If you need some drawing tips:
The Big Draw on YouTube have some videos about how to draw some Christmas animals and winter landscapes
BBC Bitesize has some ideas about how to do observational drawing of birds
You can also come along to a FREE drawing workshop at the Town Council offices on Saturday 27 September
10am-12 noon with artist Julie Oxenforth – book a place via eventbrite
1-3pm with artist Nic Draper – book a place via eventbrite
All materials will be provided.
You must book a place via eventbrite or call us on 01262 409006, email project@bridlington.gov.uk
How to submit your artwork
All artwork must be drawn on our special submission sheet, which you can download here (this is an A4 version but you can enlarge it to A3)
You can also pick up A4 and A3 sizes from the Town Council Offices.
You can send your artwork to Bridlington Town Council, 2A Marshall Avenue, Bridlington YO15 2DS.
You can post it or drop it into the office, which is open Monday to Friday 9am-2.30pm.
Or you can send a scan or a clear photograph of it to project@bridlington.gov.uk
Your artwork must reach us by 12 noon on Monday 29 September 2025
Useful information
- Please use coloured pens or pencils to draw your image – we won’t be able to use any artwork that is drawn in black and white.
- You can submit bold and simple line drawings or those with more detail.
- You must supply your name and contact details on your submission. We cannot consider any entries that do not have this information on.
- Your artwork must reach us by the deadline. Artwork received after this date will not be considered.
- There will be a selection process so we won’t be able to use every design sent to us – we are planning on sharing all of the designs submitted on Bridlington Town Council social media.
- If you are under 16 you will need to provide the details of a parent or guardian and confirm in writing that they have given permission for you to submit your artwork to us. Contact project@bridlington.gov.uk if you have any queries.
- By submitting your artwork you are giving permission to Bridlington Town Council to use it in any non-commercial event or promotional capacity. Any use of your artwork will credit you as the artist.
This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
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