Major Birmingham shopping centres reveal extended Christmas opening hours for festive season

Bullring and Grand Central reveal extended hours for the festive season, starting with Black Friday sales

With the festive season just around the corner, Birmingham’s Bullring and Grand Central has revealed its Black Friday, Christmas and New Year’s extended shopping hours.

Starting tomorrow on Black Friday (28th November), the Bullring and Grand Central shops will be open for an extra hour for its annual Black Friday sales.

Instead of the usual Friday 10am - 8pm opening hours, the Bullring and Grand Central shopping centres will be open until 9pm instead.

In addition to this, the Bullring will bring some festive joy, between 5 –13 December, the department store, Selfridges, will bring back its confetti spectacle.

As part of this, there will be dancing, live performances and a confetti cannon in the Atrium.

Visitors will be able to catch this festive spectacle on 6pm on weekdays and at 2pm on weekends.

The extended hours will then re-start in the lead up to Christmas Day to slot in time for any last-minute Christmas shopping.

On 18th and 19th December, the shopping centres will be open 10am - 9pm instead of the usual 10am-8pm opening hours.

Similarly, on 20th December the shopping centres will be open from 9am - 9pm.

Then, on 21st December the shopping centres will be open from 11am - 5:30pm.

For 22nd - 23rd December, the shopping centres will be open between 9am - 10pm.

Here are the rest of the seasonal hours, worth nothing that on Christmas Day, the Bullring and Grand Central will be closed:

  • 24th December (Christmas Eve): 9am - 5pm
  • 25th December (Christmas Day): CLOSED
  • 26th December (Boxing Day): 9am - 8pm
  • 27th December: 9am - 9pm
  • 31st December (New Years Eve): 9am - 6pm
  • 1st January (New Years Day): 10am - 7pm
  • 3rd January: 9am - 8pm

Additionally, it is worth noting that some shops will have their own opening hours, therefore it always best to check before you head into the Bullring and Grand Central.

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