CARNABY ANNOUNCES CHRISTMAS INSTALLATION 2022 ‘CARNABY CELEBRATES'

Carnaby is world famous for its iconic Christmas installations and this year Carnaby welcomes the world with an immersive display which will be illuminated from Tuesday 8th November*.

Since 1997 Carnaby has brought joy to Christmas shoppers with inventive and magical lights. The streets have seen a variety of themes including an underwater seascape, colourful rainbows, oversized fairy lights, giant snowmen, 60s inflatables, a kaleidoscope of butterflies and collaborations with two of the world's most famous bands; the Rolling Stones and Queen.

This year Carnaby will celebrate those iconic moments from the past 25 years to create a breath-taking medley of the most coveted pieces. Throughout Carnaby, visitors will see an exciting element of historic installations incorporating 14 different themes. Features include neon lyrics from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, glittering Rolling Stones tongues, fan favourites such as oversized robins, a giant snowman, colourful palm trees from Carnaby Carnival as well as underwater scenes from the unforgettable Under The Sea.

The installation will illuminate Carnaby Street, Foubert’s Place, Ganton Street and Newburgh Street. The iconic Carnaby arches will be adorned with silver shimmer discs embellished with carnival decorations and a dazzling globe will be brought back to celebrate that ‘Carnaby Welcomes The World’.

The project is in collaboration with charity partner Choose Love, to highlight and support the urgent need to raise funds for refugees around the world. Choose Love will have a shop at 15-17 Foubert’s Place selling a collection of limited edition products, along with refugee gifting packages, with a constant stream of celebrity guests popping in to serve customers.

The lights will be illuminated from Tuesday 8th November, with a celebration that includes over 100 shops, bars and restaurants coming together for a shopping and dining party. Between 5pm and 9pm visitors can enjoy live music, in-store activations and 20% discounts. Tickets are free at www.carnaby.co.uk/christmas

Simon Quayle, Shaftesbury Director says: “We are delighted to bring back the best of Carnaby’s Christmas past and to again create an exciting visual display for visitors. Earlier this year we celebrated 25 years since Shaftesbury first invested in Carnaby, and this is a great way to honour this by showing a selection of decorations over the period.

Hopefully visitors will spot one of their own favourites from previous years. Shaftesbury is proud to be working with Choose Love once again as our charity partner, and we are looking forward to highlighting all the amazing work that they do.”

Josie Naughton, Choose Love founder says: “We are so happy to be back with our Carnaby family once again this year! As always, at the Choose Love shop we'll have lots of lovely Christmas gifts with heart, starting at just £10, and plenty of celebrity friends popping in to help out!”

Dawn O’Porter, Choose Love ambassador says: “Since we started Choose Love 7 years ago, we have loved our annual Christmas pop-ups. We get to meet so many new and old friends and everyone comes together in the most magical way to help make sure we can support refugees and displaced people throughout the winter months. And, of course, the iconic Carnaby street feels like the perfect home for us. We can't wait to be back there!”

The ‘Carnaby Celebrates’ light installation incorporates low-energy LEDs throughout the display, as well as operating on a timer system for the Christmas period to reduce energy consumption.

*The date of the Carnaby Celebrates shopping and dining party has changed due to rail and tube action.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury owns and manages a 16 acre property portfolio in the liveliest parts of London's West End. The portfolio comprises of restaurants, cafés, pubs and shops, extending to apartments and offices in the highly popular, sought-after and prosperous locations of Carnaby, Seven Dials and Chinatown, it also includes substantial ownerships in East and West Covent Garden, Soho and Fitzrovia.

We focus on the sustainable re-use of existing buildings and aim to minimise the environmental impact of our operations across the business. We are committed to engaging and working with the community in which we operate and therefore our Community Investment Programme’s aim is to support young people and our communities in Westminster and Camden. We align our activities and support with organisations which are active in the West End, including those which support the arts, community groups, schools and charities, and those which focus on local social issues and environmental challenges.

@shaftesburyplc / shaftesbury.co.uk

About Carnaby

Carnaby is in the heart of London’s West End, where over 100 retail brands of quality and distinction and over 60 independent restaurants, cafes and bars can be found across 14 streets, including the world famous Carnaby Street. Carnaby is a unique and iconic experiential shopping, dining and leisure destination.

Follow @CarnabyLondon and visit Carnaby.co.uk for full updates, news and information.

About Choose

Love The Choose Love store is the world’s first shop that sells real items for refugees and displaced communities. From baby essentials, hot meals and sleeping bags, to services like medical care, legal aid and LGBTQ+ support - everything you buy at Choose Love is delivered to the people that need it most. Over the last six years, this pioneering model has provided refugees and displaced communities across Europe, the Middle East and along the US-Mexico border with urgently-needed supplies and the tools to begin to rebuild their lives.

Choose Love does whatever it takes to provide refugees and displaced people with everything from lifesaving rescue boats to food and legal advice. We’ve supported over 250 fast-acting community organisations around the world - all powered by a vision of a world that chooses love and justice every day, for everyone.

Visit Choose.love and follow @ChooseLove for more information

About the shopping and dining party

Participating brands include: Scotch & Soda, Han Kjøbenhavn, Duck & Dry, Happy Socks, Havaianas, Pepe Jeans London, Levi’s, Cubitts, The Great Frog, Mark Powell, A.P.C, Camper, RIXO, MUJI, RS No.9 Carnaby, Aubin, IKKS Paris, Mind, NICCE, Nobody’s Child, Skin Laundry, ba&sh, Metal Morphosis, KLORIS, G-SHOCK, Mor London, Moscot, M.A.C, Mallet London, Paul Smith, Pixi, MÜHLE, Stine Goya, GANNI, Fella, Third Man Records, Vans, RÆBURN, size?, The North Face and PUMA .*

Participating restaurants and bars include: Kua ‘Aina, Disrepute, Club Mexicana, Korean Dinner Party, Island Poké, Dishoom, Señor Ceviche, INO, Le Bab, Soho Grind, Flare, Jinjuu, Marsha, Pizza Pilgrims, Crumbs & Doilies, Mother Mash, The White Horse, Farm Girl Cafe, BAO, Tapas Brindisa, Buns From Home, Nightjar, Dirty Bones, Shoryu, The Good Egg and Pure. *

*See carnaby.co.uk for full detail