Taking place on the Grand Parade and along Adderley Street in Cape Town, the City of Cape Town’s largest open-air free entertainment event, the annual Festive Lights Switch-On, which celebrates the official turning on of the Festive Lights in Adderley Street, will take place on Sunday, 27 November 2022.
The theme for this year’s extravaganza celebrates Capetonians’ resilience, and how, as a united force, challenges can be overcome. ‘Cape Town – City of Hope’ encapsulates that feeling of expectation, promise and irrepressible energy that is wrapped up in all the people who call the city home.
The entertainment programme will kick off at 16:00 on Sunday, 27 November, with the official switch-on moment expected at around 20:30 in the evening. The evening will wrap up at 22:00, with a spectacular choreographed video mapping lights display across City Hall, always something that sparks wonder and awe for those lucky enough to be there.
The Festive Lights Switch-On also heralds the start of South Africa’s summer, a perfect time to get out and get things done, too. Therefore, supporting some of the City’s key strategic pillars, this year’s Festive Lights event will also run parallel awareness campaigns around the spring-cleaning and clean energy missions, which underpin how residents can live smart – all year round.
In fact, for the first time, the Festive Lights Switch-On event in 2022, will be powered by c, thanks to the green credits banked by the City by way of the Darling Wind Farm, with whom the City has a partnership.
