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Over 9,000 visitors brought to Caerphilly Town Centre for the Caerphilly Winter Food and Craft Fair and the River of Light Lantern Parade

Posted on : 08 Dec 2023

This year’s Caerphilly Winter Food and Craft Fair, and the River of Light Lantern Parade took place last Saturday the 2nd of December.

The town centre welcomed an outstanding 9,326 visitors, making it the busiest day since the Saturday of the Little Cheese Festival that was held back in September. There were 5,855 more visitors than the previous Saturday which had 3,471.

At the fair was the largest amount of food, drink and craft stalls that have been at any CCBC Winter event, with over 150 in attendance. There was also several street performances, live music, and Santa even arrived!

All the high street shops in the town engaged in the fun, with small and local businesses benefitting from the day's activities.

Hear what the traders and local businesses had to say about the event:

Gareth Vassey-Jones of LongPlay Coffee said, “I didn’t get chance to see much of the Fair because we were so busy! Really pleased with the event.”

Sian Keen from Hilarys Florist commented “The River of Lantern Parade was a wonderful sight and Caerphilly Winter Food and Craft Fair is a fantastic event for Caerphilly.”

Alun and Ruth Hancock of Bwthyn said, “What a fun day! The parade was fantastic, and we were so busy! We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.”

Calvin Evans from Aviary said, “It was a very good day, and we were super busy!”

New Foundations also commented “The event was really good, and it was great to see all the town involved.”

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