Oswestry’s exciting winter festival is back for a 4th year with a great programme of events and activities to take part in or simply to come along and enjoy.

The main event day this year will be Saturday 22 February, but there will also be activities, workshops and shows in the days before – which is also half term week for local schools.

There will be a lot of events to get involved in. People will be able to sign up for drama, writing, art, craft and music workshops, free guided tours of the town, along with music in the pubs and on the streets as well as pop up activity throughout the town. There will also be an opportunity to see the culmination of our Villages Project, which has seen 5 artists work with 5 communities surrounding Oswestry with an exhibition in the library.

The main highlight of the programme will be our fantastic Lantern Parade, designed by local cultural organisation Designs in Mind. Local people can take part in lantern making workshops from mid-January onwards and this year, Festival Square and Oswestry Memorial Hall will offer a feast of music and other exciting happenings throughout Saturday afternoon.

Mayor of Oswestry, Councillor Mike Isherwood said, “It’s really great to see Love Oswestry is back, with exciting new events and some of our favourites returning. More and more of Oswestry’s talented cultural people are working together to deliver a programme which is both fun and informative. It’s great that there are lots of things for young people to do, not just on the main day but throughout half term week. But it’s also lovely to see more and more things for older people so everyone has a chance to do something new and different.”

You can find out more on the social pages on Facebook at LoveOswestry or on Instagram at loveoswestry. Details on how to book onto events will be added shortly.