// Carnaby Street’s Christmas light installation will combine 14 themes from previous displays
// The installations will light up Carnaby Street, Foubert’s Place, Ganton Street, and Newburgh Street
Carnaby Street has unveiled its Christmas light installation for 2022, which will light up the streets on November 3.
This year’s installation, called ‘Carnaby Celebrates’. celebrates 25 years of the Carnaby Christmas Lights with a medley of all the best illuminations it has had over the years, combining 14 themes to make one show.
Taking over Carnaby Street, Foubert’s Place, Ganton Street and Newburgh Street, the installation includes neon lyrics from Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, glittering Rolling Stones tongues, huge robins, a giant snowman, palm trees, underwater scenes and a dazzling globe surrounded by floating planets.
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Following last year, Carnaby has once again chosen to partner with refugee charity Choose Love and the charity’s pop-up shop, located at 15-17 Foubert’s Place will return, selling limited edition products and refugee gifting packages, like mobile phone credit and emergency blankets.
There’ll also be a stream of celebrity guests popping in to serve shoppers
On November 3 a big celebration will kick off from 5 pm to 9pm, with over 100 stores, bars and restaurants taking part.
Shaftesbury Director Simon Quayle said: “We are delighted to bring back the best of Carnaby’s Christmas past and to again create an exciting visual display for visitors. Earlier this year we celebrated 25 years since Shaftesbury first invested in Carnaby, and this is a great way to honour this by showing a selection of decorations over the period.
“Hopefully visitors will spot one of their own favourites from previous years. Shaftesbury is proud to be working with Choose Love once again as our charity partner, and we are looking forward to highlighting all the amazing work that they do.”
Choose Love founder Josie Naughton said: “We are so happy to be back with our Carnaby family once again this year! As always, at the Choose Love shop we’ll have lots of lovely Christmas gifts with heart, starting at just £10, and plenty of celebrity friends popping in to help out!”
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