Christmas Lights Switch On
When: 20th November 2022
Location: George Square
The ballot for tickets in now open.
Glasgow’s annual Christmas Lights Switch On in George Square will take place on Sunday 20th November 2022!
See spectacular Christmas lights illuminate the sky as Glasgow heralds in the start of the festive season. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and this is your chance to be at the heart of the city’s Christmas celebrations on Sunday 20 November 2022.
Tickets for this much-loved festive tradition are incredibly popular. Make sure you are in with a chance of attending this year’s must see event on Sunday 20 November 2022 by applying below. Maximum of 6 tickets per household. Ballot closes on Sunday 16 October at 11.59pm. Good luck.
People moan every year no matter what way the tickets are allocated, there is just no pleasing some people. I was lucky enough to get tickets this year, first time in 3 years of trying and my daughter and friends are really excited to be going.
I have been unsuccessful for another year. When I opened my email this evening I was gutted. Can you tell me if there are people who can no longer attend and give the tickets back how you decide who can get them. Or is there any site you know of that they may be posted on?
Thank you
There is no official website to get Christmas light “resells”. Glasgow city council / “Glasgow Loves Christmas” is who distributes the tickets, they have not made it clear what would happen to returned tickets.
Can someone tell me what time the lights switch on is at?
Exact times for 2014 Christmas lights switch on have not been released yet. In past years, activities in George Square have started around 6pm with the switch on and fireworks happening around 7.30pm.
When do you hear if you were sucessful for the Christmas lights?
All email have now been dispatched.
I think all tickets for xmas lights should go to all primary schools as xmas is for them not all kids get to see the lights.
I wouldn’t bother going to Glasgow for the big light switch on its a farce with a ballot for tickets and the same people get them!! Families should head to paisley for a great day out I went with with daughter last year and she had a great time a Brill family day out !
Emm.. if you have tickets for the Glasgow Christmas lights switch on, you should definitely go and use them – Don’t waste your tickets!
We would agree though for a great day out head along to the Paisley Christmas lights switch on, for a full day of entertainment!
Hi every year I apply for Xmas lights and every year iam unsuccessfully. Iam disabled. And don’t get out much so I look forward to it but I keep geting. Let down it seems ballot is unfair as people that had them before are geting them again year after year it’s a disgrace something needs to be done to make it more fair
oh just got an email telling me YET again I never got any tickets for this years lights it’s not right that our people who don’t stay in Glasgow can get them ever single year they don’t pay there council tax but these people still get them there’s something not right some where.
Could you answer my query please does a child under 2 years of age need a ticket to get into Christmas light switch on. I was lucky enough to get tickets :):):):)
In previous year the policy has been – all adults, children and babies must have a ticket to gain access to George Square.
TWe don’t have the official ticket conditions for this years event. You can contact the organisers direct on 0141 287 8985, or email them at events@glasgowlife.org.uk
Hi I’ve been checking my e-mails every day and I still haven’t received a response on whether I’ve been successful enough this year. Can you please advise if all communications on successful or unsuccessful requests are out. Date today 21-10.
Thanks
Yes all emails should be sent out by now. Make sure you check your spam folder.
The event is run by Glasgow Life / Glasgow City Council and they have advised If you haven’t received an email saying you are successful or not contact them on events@glasgowlife.org.uk
i feel they should go back to the way it used to be, you queue up for the tickets.
The online ballot is a joke. Never thought i would say this, as a family we are boycotting the whole Glasgow event and going through to Edinburgh.( The Shame)
how do you find out if you got tickets?
You should have received an email with details of whether or not you have been successful. Check your spam folder if there is nothing in your inbox.
I don’t have anything in my inbox or spam?!
The event is run by Glasgow Life / Glasgow City Council and they have advised If you haven’t received an email saying you are successful or not contact them on events@glasgowlife.org.uk
ever year I put in for them & each year I still get nothing I still not heard if I’ve got any for this year I know someone who doesn’t even pay there council tax & each year they get them to me that’s a joke.
Myself and 6 friends applied for tickets and not one of us got them.
Surely addresses that got tickets last year should be taken out of ballot to allow other households a chance to get tickets.
I’m sure there will be the money-grabbers selling tickets on ebay & Gumtree shortly. These people should be ashamed of themselves.
Hi Lynsey. We at Our Glasgow don’t have anything to do with organization of this event. That’s done by Glasgow City Council and their events team.
We have so far heard from many folk who have not been happy with process. You can voice your concerns about the Christmas lights tickets here. http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/Pages/Customer-Comments-Complaints.aspx
having balotted for tickets yet again, my fingers are crossed. have been coming to see the lights since my dad took me and now as a grandmother I would like to take my grandchildren.hundreds attended many years ago and nobody got injured or permanently lost so why the big deal now on crowd safety control?
I’m sure Glasgow city council legally cannot have an open door policy for this event. If anything goes wrong due to overcrowding it would be blamed on them.
Many years ago this event would not have been ticketed, but then again there was lots of things that we done years ago, that are simply not done today. The overwhelming demand for Christmas lights tickets shows that George Square could be filled many times more than safe levels.
i think it is a disgrace that Glasgow City Council do not advertise the fact that the tickets will be balloted for. i am a resident of Galsgow and didn’t know that you had to put your name in the ballot before 30th September, i was so looking forward to taking my grandchildren to see the lights being switched on and now i cannot.
it is a disgrace.
Was wondering if I could take my dog to the event.
Definitely not, there’s a fireworks display so not best place for dogs.
Utterly gutted that I wont be bringing my 2 kids to an event that was when I was younger was open.
Hi didn’t get my allocation of Xmas lights tickets as I’m a resident in merchant city and have been since 1997 my grandchildren are MASSIVELY disappointed lplease someone rectify this .
Thanks
William Johnston
Glasgow city council is a joke !!! No tickets for certain family’s again !!!!! Hand chosen !!!
I was lucky enough to get tickets this year having been unsuccessful last year and feel it’ll be only fair for it to be another familys turn next year….don’t think it’s right to say having been several years in a row that the system is unjust….think of the people like me who would’ve loved to have gone previously, I notice the system’s only at fault when you miss out…
Have come with a party of people for a number of years for the glasgow lights, costing a great deal of money in travel and accommodation. Don’t live in area, and I only have a limited internet access through college. Applying by telephone was the only way feasable for tickets. Paid for a weeks stay in Glasgow, and will not be at the switch on as unable to apply for tickets. Wonder if we will bother next year.
Jackie
How do u apply for these and it would be good to let the wean see them for the first time….
Not good Glasgow City Council! What is the point of being on a mailing list if you are not e-mailed about the ballot. For the last 2 years I remembered about it too late so joined the mailing list hoping to be kept in touch. I just visited the site to discover I’m 2 weeks too late to even ENTER the ballot.
bah humbug!!
This is the 3rd year we have missed out – my daughter was 9 months and my son 3 when we last got tickets. It’s ridiculous the way the tickets are handled for this event. Also, I know a few people who dont have kids and instead of requesting just 2 for themselves, they request the maximum amount “just because they can and they are free” and have disposed of the leftover tickets (a family of 4 could have got them and had a wonderful family day out!! What does a ballot solve? Get it sorted………………
YET AGAIN!!!!!! my family and i have missed out it just isn,t fair the only way we get tickets is STANDING in a que for HOURS !!!! it should be first come as the lady below says it isn,t our faults lazy ones won,t stand for tickets they obv don,t want them that much . we look forward to the switch on all year and now we won,t be going we are really dissapointed AGAIN .
I am raging every year me and my daughter have went and stood in the rain for hours
for tickets and im getting told this year i have been unlucky for the entry i think its a disgrace the way the tickets are getting given out its no ma fault people are 2 lazy to get out there beds and go and stand in ques the tickets are probably been given to people that like everything gave to them in there hands or the ones with money My son and gran kids cant wait till the switch on and this year after all the years ive been a need to tell them they cant go its supposed to light kids faces up but this year my son and gran kids faces wont be getting lit up
I was lucky enough to get tickets this year, thankfully, but have missed out on tickets previously. I am not someone who likes everything given to me…..and i am certainly not someone with money.
I don’t know if the ballot is a fair way of doing it, or if indeed it is better to have people queuing for the tickets, what I do know is, that no matter what way they do it, there will always be a finite amount of tickets, and there will always be people let down at the end of the day.
I applied for the tickets and explained to my young daughter, that maybe we could go see the lights coming on, but we had to wait and see if we were lucky enough as there are so many people wanting to go. I feel it’s better for my daughter to understand that we are not guaranteed things in life.
As for all those saying you are boycotting the event….why would you do that if you have tickets…..??? looking forward to going to the Square and it being empty as all these people boycotting it……makes me laugh!!!