30th October 2025
🎉 Comic Con This Weekend!
BGCP Comic Con, supported by Hamilton Our Town, returns to the Regent Centre this weekend — the first in a series of exciting events taking us through the festive season.
Last year’s Comic Con was one of our busiest events of 2024, and we’re expecting another brilliant turnout this year!
✨ Festive Events
Our festive season kicks off on Saturday 22nd November with the Hamilton Town Centre Light Switch-On on Quarry Street.
🕙 From 10:00am — a full day of entertainment, market stalls and festive fun
💡 5:30pm — official light switch-on by our Hamilton Hero Award winner!
🎅 Santa and a brilliant line-up of live performers throughout the day
Outside of Pride, this is expected to be our busiest event of the year (weather permitting).
If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch!
🎄 Coming Up Next
📅 Saturday 6th December – Hamilton Christmas Cracker, Regent Centre
Festive performances and Santa visits
📅 Saturday 13th December – Community Panto: Pinocchio, Regent Centre
Family fun in a transformed vacant unit
📅 Saturday 20th December – Indoor Christmas Market, Regent Centre
Great gifts, local traders and festive cheer
As always, stalls are free for town centre businesses (standard outdoor rate: £60).
📸 Photography & Socials Scheme
Are you being featured through our growing social media?
Over 170 local businesses are already part of our free professional photography and proactive social promotion scheme — helping town centre traders reach thousands of local customers.
Our platforms continue to grow:
💬 Facebook is expected to reach 15,000 followers soon
👀 Over 500,000 views in October alone
If you’d like to join or find out more, just drop us a line at info@hamiltonbid.org
🚗 Road Closure – Saturday 22nd November
To facilitate the Light Switch-On, Quarry Street will be closed to vehicles from 06:00 to 19:00.
Delivery access can be arranged until 10:00am with prior notice — please contact us to coordinate.
🎭 Our Community Panto Returns!
We’re delighted to bring back our much-loved Community Panto, which this year is Pinocchio!
🎟️ Tickets: £5.25 + booking fee
📍 Venue: Vacant unit, Regent Centre
📅 Saturday 13th December
All proceeds go to our charity, Hamilton Business in the Community, supporting a new community project in 2026.
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