Uptown Weekend Events . December 5-8

Thursday December 5

Uptown Sparkles Festival – Day 1

Enjoy Uptown Sparkles at the Night Time Market (South Market Street). Celebrate the season with live entertainment, food vendors, hot beverages and special Fire and Ice displays! 5pm-10pm

Stop by these businesses for special holiday ‘Sparkles’ celebrations and treats:

Offline Board Game Cafe 98 Prince William Street
Thursday December 5th: 5pm to 10pm – Buy one Get one Free Day Plays

Boutique Zekara 101 Prince William Street
Anyone who makes a purchase during Uptown Sparkles (Thursday, Friday or Saturday) will receive a ballot for a $250 gift card being drawn Saturday evening.

Big Tide Brewing Co. 47 Princess Street
BigTide Sparkles! Thursday and Friday, 6pm – 9pm – $10 gift card with every $50 in merchandise purchased. Complimentary gift wrapping! Taste testing samples of our signature Irish Red Ale Hot Sauce!

My City Life Furniture & Home Decor – Antiques to Brand New 80 Princess Street
Tax free, count the elves contest, guess correctly and win additional 20% off purchase. Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through Sparkles

Manchester Shoe Salon 1 Market Square, Level 2
Our ‘Sparkles Special’ is TAX FREE shopping – Thurs, Fri & Sat

Visitors 145 Union Street
Visitors will be open until 8pm on Thursday evening.

Saint John Tool Library 160 Union Street
Saint John Tool library will have a special sparkles discount with 15% of all membership options and special pricing on class credits which can be given as gift certificates or activated right away! Open till 9 pm on Thursday evening. The Saint John Tool Library is New Brunswick’s first piece of the sharing economy! 1 membership gives you ownership of over 750 tools that you can borrow for all your DIY Needs! And for less than the price of one tool, how could you go wrong? Stop by for a chance to fill out a ballot and win a 1 year membership before Saturday at 2pm.

Buyers Boutique 38 Water Street
Thursday December 5th: open from Noon-10:00 PM
Tax Free on all regular priced items
Hot drinks and snacks

Paddington Station 39 King Street, Brunswick Square, Level 2
Open both nights until 10 -Special Discounts.. Thursday through Saturday. Giveaways Thursday night, Friday night & Saturday Face painting & treats Friday night!

BUT, that’s not everything happening on Thursday night!!…

Crosby’s Gingerbread Trail
Every Day until December 24th

Martini Night
9:00 pm – 2:00 am Every Thursday is Martini Night at Churchills Bar & Pub

BunkHaus Craft Night: Clay Ornaments
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Bunkhaus Hostel with Cafe + Taproom

NBF/ONF Wall (Bibliocinéma)
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Bibliothèque publique de Saint John Free Public Library

YMCA Trivia Night
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at McGill’s

Sean Lynn on the Front Stage
10:00 pm at O’Leary’s Pub

Friday December 6

Uptown Sparkles Festival – Day 2

5-9pm: CentreBeam Holiday Craft Market

5:30-8:30pm: East Coast Carollers sharing Holiday Harmonies on the streets of uptown

6pm: Mayor’s Tree Lighting, Loyalist Plaza

6-7pm: Harbour View Choral Ensemble in King’s Square

6-7pm: The Wave and Country 94, along with McDonalds will be passing out FREE cookies and coffee in King’s Square

6-8pm: Holiday Sax Music, Various Streets Uptown

Watch for the Uptown Sparkles Snow Princess as she spreads glad tidings all evening

Parking is free from 5pm onward

Horse Drawn Trolley Rides Around King Square

City Market is closed in the evening for special viewing of a magical transformation

Stop by Trinity Anglican Church on Charlotte Street or Germain Street to enjoy this community event with music, hot chocolate, and cookies.

Harbourview Children’s/Youth Choir Kings Square

5-9pm: E Fry will be sharing Sparkles treats and holiday cheer on Germain Street, in front of Trinity Church

Stop by these businesses for special holiday celebrations and treats:

Instincts salon 149 Union Street
Instincts Salon will be open this year for Saint John sparkles. We will be offering refreshments throughout the evening , 15% discount on our products, carrying the Redken line with a few favourites from some other brands as well. We will also have Saint John native, Boyd Maillet, popping up his artwork around the salon for all of you art enthusiasts. Come join us for a drink, a snack or just come say hello.

L Models 162 Union Street
L Models would like to extend an invitation to the public to visit our new Modelling studio and multi purpose “Vogue” room on December 6th from 5-10 p.m. We will be providing tours of the newly restored 19th century property located at 162 Union St, as well as have Models on hand giving out treats and spreading Holiday cheer!

Visitors 145 Union Street
Visitors will be open until 10 pm on Friday evening when we will be offering hot apple cider and holiday cookies. For entertainment, there will be a DJ spinning records in the shop.

Saint John Tool Library 160 Union Street
Saint John Tool Library open until 9 pm, discounts still available and everyone who stops by will fill out a ballot for a chance to win a one year membership. Saturday: Open till 4pm. Draw for the free membership will be at 2pm. Chance to fill out a ballot until then. The Saint John Tool Library is New Brunswick’s first piece of the sharing economy! 1 membership gives you ownership of over 750 tools that you can borrow for all your DIY Needs! And for less than the price of one tool, how could you go wrong? Stop by for a chance to fill out a ballot and win a 1 year membership before Saturday at 2pm.

Jones Gallery 1 Charlotte Street
With any artwork purchase during Uptown Sparkles (Thurs 10-8, Fri 10-10 or Sat 10-5) customers will be entered into a draw for a chance to win a Sarah Jones painting (valued at $2000). The draw will happen on Saturday at 5 pm.
Gallery hours for Uptown Sparkles are Thursday 10-8, Friday 10-10, and Saturday 10-5.
We will be featuring our Small Works exhibition by gallery artists throughout Uptown Sparkles.
Small Works Party – Friday, December 6, 5-10 PM . Featuring new small works by gallery artists, including Mike Gough, Heather Millar, Jared Peters, Kristina Søbstad, Lorne Power, Sarah Jones, Dan Xu, and Emilie Grace Lavoie. Refreshments provided.

The Butcher’s Daughter 47 Charlotte Street (in the City Market)
On this evening I will be donating 10% of all sales to Harbour Lights. Market is open from 7-9pm.

East Coast Bistro 60 Prince William Street
Stay tuned for a very special holiday menu!

Wild Flours Sweets and Treats 91 Prince William Street
We will be offering mini snowflake cookies during sparkles. $5 per package. We will be staying open late on the Friday night untill 9pm and the Saturday 9-4 pm

L’Arche 95 Prince William Street
L’Arche Creative Connections “Come warm up with a cup of hot chocolate and chocolate gingerbread men at Creative Connections! Join us for our family friendly Christmas art activity and take a peek at our beautiful art and Christmas cards done by adults with intellectual disabilities. open Friday, December 6th, 5-10 pm!

Offline Board Game Cafe 98 Prince William Street
5PM-10PM – Stay tuned for a special Sparkles celebration! Free Popcorn Outside.

Boutique Zekara 101 Prince William Street
Join us for 20% off your purchase along with snacks and light drinks. Open until 8 PM. Anyone who makes a purchase during Uptown Sparkles (Thursday, Friday or Saturday) will receive a ballot for a $250 gift card being drawn Saturday evening.

TUCK Studio 122 Prince William Street
Join us at Tuck to view (and shop!) our holiday market of curated gifts for your loved ones. The first 25 purchases will receive a free Umbra Anigram Reindeer ($9 value), and all visitors are welcome to fill out a ballot for a chance to win a $50 Tuck gift card. Open until 8pm

The Art Warehouse SJ 120 Prince William Street
The Art Warehouse will offer a sneak peek of the new cafe and art studio on Friday night! Grand opening will take place later in December. A pop-up exhibition will be held in the space organized by The Creative Collab (‘Quit Hiding Your Magic’). Light refreshments and wine will be served! Open from 5pm-9pm.

Craftology 177 Prince William Street
Craftology is offering our famous hot toffee apple cider and goodies to eat, door prizes and this year we are having a big winter sale, and we are doing Sparkles Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday!

Refresh Wellness 91 Princess Street
We are offering 15% off all of our retail on Friday and Saturday. We are also offering refreshments and live acoustic guitar on Friday evening.

Buyers Boutique 38 Water Street
December 6th: open from 11:00 AM- 9:00 PM
Build your own gift set with special discounts
Hot drinks and snacks

My City Life Furniture & Home Decor 80 Princess Street
Sending a welcome note and will be serving wine!

The Feel Good Store 89 Germain Street
Join the fun and usual tomfoolery until 8pm!

Italian By Night 97 Germain Street
IbN is open as a regular night and we will have feature cocktails that we will build especially for Uptown Sparkles!

Rogue Coffee 36 Grannan Street
Rogue will stay open until 11pm and we will be having the fire pit out with Holiday drinks and our Christmas techno music keeping the Alley pumping!
Friday night we will stay open late until 11pm.

Irving Oil Building 10 King Square South
This year Irving Oil will be setting up outside our new home office building on Dec 6 from 6pm – 8pm and giving away hot chocolate and cake from our Big Stop.

Imperial Theatre 12 King Square South
Treble Clef will be performing for Uptown Sparkles in the upper Lobby, 5:30 to 6:30 – we will also have snacks available from 5-6:30.

Corn Crib 88 King Street
For Sparkles we will be having a buy one get one half price sale. 50% discount will be applied to item of equal or lesser value. We will also have some snacks and hot drinks available for customers while they shop.- Friday night. We will be having a sale on select items on Saturday but the Buy 1 Get 1 50% is for Friday. (sale doesn’t include bulk items)

The Urban Shoe Myth 78 King Street
We will be open until 10pm. Stop in for a festive time, serving champagne and treats!

Taste of Egypt 87 King Street
Stop by Taste of Egypt during Uptown Sparkles and enjoy music by Mary Beth Marks from 6pm-8pm, as well as Artist Dan Leek showing his work from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. Reservations are recommended.

Lordon 20 King Street
Join us for drinks and festive treats. The first 25 purchases will receive a coupon for $25 off their next purchase! We’ll be open until 10pm.

Handworks Gallery 12 King Street
Fabiola Martinez will be showcasing a new collection of works that feature the lights (and darks!) of Uptown Saint John. She will be at the gallery from 5-8pm on Friday night.

Brunswick Square

Brunswick Square Centre Court . Friday Dec 6
12:15-1:15- SJHS Choir Ensemble
6 to 9 -Santa Claus – Centre Court – Bring your own Camera
5pm – 6pm Uptown Sparkles Sarah Hebert accompanied by Zandy Allan
6pm – 7pm Men of Fundy -Chorus
7:00 – 8:00 pm Sea Belles Chorus
8:00 – 9:00 pm Urban Dance

Samuel-de-Champlain’s Grade 8 entrepreneurship programme, les Entreprises PEVOM, makes its Uptown Sparkles debut, with a selection of hand-crafted holiday treats and decorations, on the second floor of Brunswick Square (in the former Source storefront). Come support this worthwhile project, Friday evening only!

Paddington Station 39 King Street, 2nd level of Brunswick Square
Open until 10pm. Special Discounts.. Thursday through SaturdayGiveaways Thursday night, Friday night & Saturday Face painting & treats Friday night.

Decor8 Finishing Touches 39 King Street, 1st level of Brunswick Square
Tax free night and will also have a gift with purchase for the first 100 customers. A Gourmet Dip and Cider tasting will also be available at the entrance to Decor8. We will continue the tax free event on Saturday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters 39 King Street, 3rd level of Brunswick Square
We will be doing a children Christmas craft and treats at our office

Baubles 39 King Street, 2nd Level of Brunswick Square
For Uptown Sparkles Baubles will be Tax Free and we will also be handing out our famous Baubles Cookies (an Uptown Christmas tradition for 26 years).

Market Square

Market Square Atrium
Join us at Market Square for holiday cheer, entertainment, treats and gift certificate giveaways.
Bring a date, get some friends together, or treat your family to this charming uptown tradition. All activities are FREE.
Market Square’s unique boutiques and restaurants welcome shoppers with festive specials for all.
Special performance by Mike Biggar!

Manchester Shoe Salon 1 Market Square, Level 2
Our ‘Sparkles Special’ is TAX FREE shopping – Thurs, Fri & Sat

Element5 Spa & Salon 1 Market Square, Level 2
Uptown Sparkles on Dec 6th E5 will have sweets and cider for shoppers, as well as mini spa services and discounts on retail purchases (anywhere from 5%off – 50%off!!).

Chipman Hill Suites 71 Sydney Street
5-9pm Celebrate the Christmas Season with a tour of a Victoria Mansion 71 Sydney Street. Hot Cider & Christmas cookies will be served.

Third Space Galleries 89 Canterbury Street, Suite 300
Join us in celebrating the holidays and our new office and exhibition space! We will be hosting a show and sale of artwork by Third Space Gallery members—a great opportunity to see what they’re working on or pick up a one of a kind gift.
Cash and credit cards accepted for the sale of artwork. All proceeds go toward the artists and future Third Space programming.
Refreshments will be served! Beer and wine available with suggested cash donation. 5-9Pm

BUT, there is STILL more!!…

Crosby’s Gingerbread Trail
Every Day until December 24th

Hemmings House Cheer & Chat
11:00 am – 2:00 pm at Hemmings House Pictures (133 Prince William Street)

A Kylie Fox Christmas
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Saint John Arts Centre

The Nutcracker by Gala Ballet Productions
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Imperial Theatre

Adam Baldwin, featuring The Backstays
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm at The Public House

Jimmy Flynn’s Musical Comedy Show
8:00 pm at Punch Lines Comedy Club

Christmas Small Works Show
10:30 pm – 7:00 pm at Trinity Galleries

Five Festive Fridays
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Market Square

Front Stage Sessions
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at O’Leary’s Pub

Radio Factory, Live on the Main Stage
10:30 pm at O’Leary’s Pub

Front Stage Sessions
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at O’Leary’s Pub

Live Friday Night Entertainment
7:00 pm at Grannan’s Seafood & Grill

Friday Night Live with DJ Travdad
11:00 pm – 2:00 am at McGill’s

Friday Night Dance Party
10:00 pm – 2:00 am at Callie’s Pub

Saturday December 7

Uptown Sparkles Festival – Day 3

Saturday, Dec 7^th new this year – Retailers to promote a 500.00 Uptown Dollar Holiday Giveaway

Uptown Saint John will be giving away swag at our office (17 Canterbury Street) at 11am similar to our Shop the Block event; however, Uptown Saint John is providing the goodies, while quantities last. Saturday (Dec 7th) we will be providing some free swag very much like our springtime Shop the Block. We will be handing out fun swag and our advantage cards beginning at 11am, while quantities last.

Also – with purchases at uptown retail businesses on this day, you will receive a ballot for a chance to win $500 in Uptown Dollars! This is for Saturday only. Get as many ballots as you can and deposit in the ballot bins in either Market Square or Brunswick Square. This is sponsored by Uptown Saint John, 97.3 The Wave and Country 94. Winner will be announced on December 9th on 97.3 The Wave at 10am.

Trolley Rides near Kings Square 2pm – 5pm

Stop by these businesses for special holiday celebrations and treats:

Offline Board Game Cafe 98 Prince William Street
Saturday December 7th: Ballot Raffle for $500 Uptown Dollars. Also Sat: Craft Vendors inside the cafe.

Refresh Wellness 91 Princess Street
We are offering 15% off all of our retail.

Big Tide Brewing Co. 47 Princess Street
Get your shopping fuel here! Complimentary 6oz craft beer with every brunch purchase of $10 or more! 11am – 2pm.

Buyers Boutique 38 Water Street
7th: open from Noon- 5:00 PM
Buy 1 get one 50% on all regular priced items of equal or lesser value.

Brunswick Square Centre Court . Saturday 7th
1pm-2pm Kevin Langford
2pm-3pm Jennifer Power Scott & Scott Brownlee
1:00 – 3:00 Santa Claus – Centre Court – Bring your own Camera

Sunday, December 8th
1pm-2pm Shawn White
12pm-3pm Santa Claus – Centre Court – Bring your own Camera

Decor8 Finishing Touches 39 King Street, 1st level of Brunswick Square
We will continue with our tax free event on Saturday.

Manchester Shoe Salon 1 Market Square, Level 2
Our ‘Sparkles Special’ is TAX FREE shopping – Thurs, Fri & Sat

Taste of Egypt 87 King Street
Stop by Taste of Egypt during Uptown Sparkles and enjoy music by Frank James, as well as Artist Dan Leek showing his work from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. Reservations are recommended.

Dave Shoots, Bookseller 40 Coburg Street
Come and have a “Serene Saturday” with us! Meet Ginger the Gingerbread Cat! Enjoy brownies/fruit in a relaxed environment while you browse our thousands of old books! “Book Bucks” available for those folks on your list who would rather choose their own gifts.

Boutique Zekara 101 Prince William Street
First 10 people through the door get a $50 gift card and the next 10 people get a $30 gift card. Gift cards are valid for the next day and expire February 1st. Anyone who makes a purchase during Uptown Sparkles (Thursday, Friday or Saturday) will receive a ballot for a $250 gift card being drawn Saturday evening.

Saint John High School 200 Prince William Street
22nd Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday from 9 to 1