Santa's arrival parade returns to Belfast city centre this weekend

CastleCourt's annual Santa's Arrival Parade returns this weekend, on Saturday 15th November, with an afternoon of festive fun.

Enjoy face painting, the Beat Carnival & our very own Pete Snodden will host a Cool FM Roadshow, along with lots of colourful characters from Disney, Marvel and the North Pole.

The parade starts at 12pm at City Hall. From there, the parade will make its way down Donegall Place, finishing at CastleCourt’s Royal Avenue doors.

You can expect the cast of Waterfront Hall’s Jack & The Beanstalk, enchanting Disney princesses, team mates from the Belfast Giants; including their Mascot, superheroes including Deadpool and Wolverine and more.

Check out the Santa Parade route 👇

You can add a little magic to the festive season with a visit to see Santa Claus and his busy elves CastleCourt's Winter Wonderland grotto, located on our first floor (opposite the food court).

Downtown's Neal McClelland will be there, building the atmosphere to the Christmas Lights Switch On with a Downtown Roadshow from 3-5pm outside CastleCourt with loads of great Christmas tunes, ticket giveaways and a family pass up for grabs.

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