Q8026540
winter holiday event in Birmingham, England
Birmingham · United Kingdom
⚠️ This festival is recorded as discontinued.
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Founded
- 1997
📍 Where?
- Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- United Kingdom
- How precise?
- coordinate of the venue
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Status
- discontinued
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
Winterval was a season of public events in Birmingham, England, organised by Birmingham City Council in each of two consecutive winters: first from 20 November to 31 December 1997, and then again from mid-October 1998 to mid-January 1999. The intention was to encourage people into the newly rejuvenated city centre, with secular and religious events marking religious and other occasions, including Christmas, during the relevant period. The name "Winterval" has since become used in the UK as shorthand for what are misrepresented as attempts to "rebrand" Christmas so as not to exclude non-Christians.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article „Winterval“ (en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.