Thursford Christmas Spectacular postponed until 2021

It's one of the biggest visitor attractions in the East every winter but this year there will be no Thursford Christmas Spectacular. Organisers say uncertainty about when live performances can restart indoors means they've had to cancel the show for the first time in its history.

The Thursford Christmas Spectacular has entertained more than 6 million visitors since opening its first Christmas Eve performance in 1977. And with a cast of 360 dancers, singers, musicians, variety acts and production staff it has become one of Europe’s biggest seasonal shows.

Show founder John Cushing said the decision to cancel the show had been a 'heart-breaking' one

People who have bought tickets for the 2020 production will be contacted by mid-August offering the option of an automatic seat transfer to a new date in 2021 or to arrange refund.

There will still be some festive celebration at  Thursford this year though. A new walk-through experience involving one of the UK’s biggest kinetic light displays will open in November Thursford’s Enchanted Journey of Light will run from 19 November 2020 until 3 January 2021.