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Festive Lights Switch-On kicks off
Atlantic Sun
|December 04, 2025
More than 90 000 people attended the annual Festive Lights Switch-On (FLSO) in Cape Town on Sunday, November 30.
Some of them arrived at 6am to set up their camping chairs and umbrellas to have front row seats at the City of Cape Town's free open-air concert on the Grand Parade, which started at 4pm.
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis flipped the switch from the stage set up in front of the City Hall, illuminating Adderley Street with a series of festive light motifs at 9pm.
This year's 56th anniversary of the family-friendly Capetonian tradition is themed 'United in Hope'.
This story is from the December 04, 2025 edition of Atlantic Sun.
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