The City of Surrey says it is happy to announce that the ‘Bright Nights’ event — by the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund — is coming back to Surrey after more than 27 years.
Mayor Brenda Locke says the event will be featured as part of the second annual ‘Noel Holiday Light Festival’ at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds between November 28 and December 28 this year.
The festival will feature three million lights along an accessible path around the pond at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre.
Additionally, organizers will attract guests with a 50-foot Ferris wheel and an expanded Christmas market at the new location.
The tradition began in the mid-1980s when Surrey residents Bob Wingfield and Marg Barrett created an elaborate Christmas light display at their Newton home with support f