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Sept 2021
Dates and locations for new Harrogate Christmas market revealed
The new Harrogate Christmas market is to be held on various streets in the town centre across 10 days in December.
New organisers Market Place Europe will stage its version of the seasonal market from Friday, December 3 until Sunday, December 12.
Stalls will be located on Cambridge Street, Market Place, Station Square and Cambridge Crescent.
Harrogate Borough Council revealed the details in a statement today, which also said that due to coronavirus, there will be around 50 traders with stalls spaced wider than usual.
The council is working with Market Place Europe, Harrogate BID and North Yorkshire County Council on the new event, which will take the place of the one traditionally held on Montpellier Hill.
The organisers plan to have a larger number of stalls next year, subject to an improved public health situation.
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However, the Harrogate Christmas Fayre, as the new event is known, still needs to wait to get an approved event management plan.
According to today's statement, the new event will feature "a number of local traders" as well as those from across Europe. Arts and crafts as well as food and drink will all be on offer.
Cllr Richard Cooper, leader of Harrogate Borough Council, said:
Nick Rhodes, chief executive of Market Place Europe, said:
Cllr Don Mackenzie, North Yorkshire County Council’s executive member for access and member for Harrogate Saltergate, said:
What happened to Harrogate Christmas Market?
Harrogate Borough Council refused a licence for the former Harrogate Christmas Market due to concerns about coronavirus, overcrowding and terrorism.
After three weeks of wrangling with the council, co-organiser Brian Dunsby admitted defeat in his battle to hold the event on Montpellier Hill.
It later emerged the council had been engaged in talks with Manchester-based organisers Market Place Europe since March and has now ramped up those discussions about staging an alternative Christmas market in December.
Brian Dunsby, who co-founded the original Harrogate Christmas Market with former mayor John Fox, said:
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