If you’re up for a whole weekend of Christmas cheer, why not stay a night or two in the Adelaide Hills to really soak up the atmosphere! Dapple-grey rocking horse Nimble first made an appearance at the ‘Magic Cave’ in 1914 and featured in the very first Pageant in 1933. The 2019 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant will fill Adelaide with festive cheer on Saturday 9 November, attracting more than 320,000 people to the city for what is now the largest public parade in the southern hemisphere. Play & Go Adelaide, 2019 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant, Saturday 9 November 2019 | 9:30am until approx 11.30am, Great news! When she's not busy weaving beautiful words together, she's singing a line or two from her favourite song. [iii]. From the week after the Pageant until Christmas Eve, well over 3,000 costume pieces are washed, ironed and placed in plastic bags for storage ready for the next year. The National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant is a magical, free community event, full of fantasy, floats, colourful characters, bands, dancers, Nipper and Nimble and of course Father Christmas. Unfortunately the Christkindlmarkt has been cancelled for 2020. It takes 15 trucks to transport costumes, shapes, heads, bikes and props to Pulteney Grammar School, the starting point, the day before the Pageant. Three new floats have been revealed for the pageant this year. the Nimble float at the 1965 John Martin's Christmas Pageant. For many locals and their families, the festive season wouldn’t be the same without these special occasions – especially one that’s been bringing smiles to faces young and old for 87 years in 2019. 10am to 4pm daily including public holidays, Official Regional Tourism Organisation for the Adelaide Hills, Melba's Chocolates & Confectionery, Woodside, Adelaide Hills Visitor Information Centre Website. @luckydumplingmarket is returning this, {Review} Having volunteers go early means you can take the kids in a bit later so there is less waiting time for them. Pick a spot in the shade if it looks like being a hot morning. The excitement, joy and colour of the pageant has been shared by generations of Australians for 87 years, with more than 320,000 happy faces lining the streets each year for the largest Christmas parade in the Southern Hemisphere, and the biggest event in the Adelaide calendar. What's on for Adelaide Families & Kids Copyright © 2020. Skye is passionate about sharing stories from all walks of life. Well…often by 6am the ‘front row’ along the blue line is already reserved. The 2019 Pageant, the first under new naming rights partner National Pharmacies, will continue the tradition of delivering Father Christmas to South Australia, signifying the start of the Christmas season for South Australians. “It’s been a difficult year but we want to end it with celebration as we do every year, with the pageant leading into Christmas.”.

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