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**GIVEAWAY** ENTER HERE⁠ Stratford's ON for Ligh

**GIVEAWAY** ENTER HERE⁠
Stratford's ON for Lights On Stratford is celebrating the last weekend of @LightsONStratford with a giveaway.⁠
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HOW TO ENTER:⁠
This is the official contest entry post! ⁠
1. Tag the participating business you go into on either Friday and/or Saturday from 5-10pm (each tagged business gives you an entry - unlimited entries)⁠
2. Share what you purchased there - so others know what exciting things can be found inside that business⁠
3. BONUS: Share the contest post for an extra entry⁠
4. BONUS: Post yourself inside a business for 3 extra bonus entries (don't forget to tag us)⁠
5. We will give you until the end of Sunday to enter.⁠
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WIN⁠
$250 for you and $250 for the tagged business that is chosen by our random selector⁠
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We will announce the winning entry, along with the winning business, Monday morning.⁠
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So head downtown (Jan. 27/28) to shop, dine, and take in the final weekend of lights. And enter to win.⁠
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The participating businesses are listed at the link in our bio and https://downtownstratford.ca/whats-on/stratfords-on-for-lights-on/⁠

✨❄️ A final weekend of lights & snowflakes ✨❄️⁠
This past November 33 windows came to life for the duration of the holiday season, and into the last weekend of @LightsOnStratford (many will remain for longer).⁠
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Nine art students skillfully adorned downtown businesses with hand-drawn, original snowflakes, with the assistance of artist mentor, Jenn Mezei @wildflowerrebellionsquad and Steps Public Art @stepspublicart⁠
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Windows shown here located downtown at:⁠
@NeobLavender⁠
@MatildaSwansonArtGallery⁠
@CafeBouffon⁠
@StratFest Theatre Store⁠
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All will be open in the evenings (except the Theatre Store) for this Friday/Saturday's Stratford's On for LIghts On - where downtown businesses are staying open late in honour of Lights On Stratford Winter Festival of Lights last weekend.⁠
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This @stepspublicart holiday animation is part of I HeART Main Street, presented in partnership with @rbc and generously supported by @canada.council @ontarioartscouncil with funding provided by the @ONgov

Are you joining us LATE this weekend for Stratford

Are you joining us LATE this weekend for Stratford's ON for Lights On? Join us for a contest (win $500), take in the lights, dine & shop. And embrace the snow ❄️. We are super excited about this. ⁠
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This late-night, stay-open event is in partnership with the gorgeous @lightsonstratford and our awesome @visitstratfordon⁠
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For more details or a list of participating businesses head to our bio link. ⁠
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Stay tuned for the contest post on Friday at 5pm. That's where you'll enter.

✨ 5 NIGHTS LEFT ✨ to enjoy this season's Light

✨ 5 NIGHTS LEFT ✨ to enjoy this season's Lights On and we are absolutely in love with the Shareable Moments from this year. Here is another round (repost caption/details below).⁠
🌟 REMINDER: this coming Friday/Saturday downtown is STAYING OPEN LATE! For the entire list of participating businesses go to the link in our bio. ⁠
⭐️ Enter to win $500 over the weekend at the upcoming contest post here Friday at 5pm.⁠
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REPOST @lightsonstratford ⁠
Part 3 of the Lights On Stratford Shareable Moments Round-Up ⁠
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Featured in this post: ⁠
✨Brewing Community📍Revel @revelstratford⁠
✨What’s a Memory? | Wilfred📍The Little Prince Cine-Lounge @thelittleprincecinema⁠
✨A Little Night Music 📍Ballinran Entertainment Magic Windows 147 Downie Street @ballinranentertainment⁠
✨Happy Memories 📍Poppin Kettle Corn @poppinkettlecorn

This weekend the most dazzling place to be is Down

This weekend the most dazzling place to be is Downtown Stratford. With @LightsOnStratford extending their final weekend by two days, everyone is excited. And over 60 BUSINESSES are staying open late Friday & Saturday, for you to enjoy the lights, AND shop late AND dine late.⁠
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We are also throwing a small contest where you can win $250 for yourself, and $250 for your favourite participating establishment. ⁠
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Friday afternoon at 5pm an "official contest post" will go up here on Instagram. That post is where you will enter by tagging all the participating businesses you go into Friday/Saturday 5-10pm. ⁠
It will be that easy. Win $500 (half for you, half for them). ⁠
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For a list of participating businesses and what special things they'll have on offer this weekend, head to the link in our bio.⁠
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Join us at Stratford's ON for LIghts On Stratford.

Ten more evenings to enjoy this FREE @lightsonstra

Ten more evenings to enjoy this FREE @lightsonstratford display nightly from 5-10pm. See more below: A few exciting things are happening over the next week.⁠
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✨ Enter our $100 DD GIVEAWAY in yesterday's post by voting for your favourite (new) Shareable Moment (runs until end of Sat)⁠
✨ Plan to see all the gorgeous displays before they're gone (now extended to Jan. 29)⁠
✨ Enter ANOTHER giveaway (next weekend) for Stratford's ON event - downtown is staying open late on Fri/Sat Jan. 27/28 - and you can enter to win $250 DD and win your favourite business $250 DD⁠
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A wonderful way to brighten up your January! ✨ ⁠
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📸 REPOST @lightsonstratford

⭐️ GIVEAWAY - Win $100 Downtown Dollars ⭐️

⭐️ GIVEAWAY - Win $100 Downtown Dollars ⭐️⁠
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What a true delight the @LightsOnStratford Festival of Lights has been so far. And we want to celebrate with a short, fun giveaway that highlights our downtown member’s Shareable Moments displays.⁠
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We encourage everyone to go beyond the big lights displays and check out these absolutely delightful additions to Lights On Stratford.⁠
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PLEASE VOTE (by number or their name) for your current fave and TAG SOMEONE you’d like to see it (an entry for every tag).⁠
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OR attend in person and send us a pic - and be entered 3x for each one.⁠
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1. Relic Lobby Bar | Golden Hour Tables⁠
2. El Cactus Taco Shop | Dare, Dream, Do⁠
3. Little Prince Cinema | What’s a Memory - Wilfred ⁠
4. Got It Made | Don’t Quit Your Daydream⁠
5. Ballinran | A Little Night Music⁠
6. revel | Brewing Community ⁠
7. Poppin’ Kettle Corn | Happy Memories ⁠
8. Kris Von Kleist, Claire Scott, Amparo Villalobos, Revival House | Love Wins Illuminated⁠
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*NOTE: We have only included the Shareable Moments NEW for 2022/23 season and located within the downtown core. Please head to the @visitstratfordon site (at the link in our bio) for the entire list, the map to find them, or for deeper descriptions of the Shareable Moments you see here.⁠
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Contest runs until end of day Saturday (11:59). We will announce the winner Monday morning. Have fun and good luck. ⁠
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**STAY TUNED for another special contest next week for Stratford's ON Open-Late to end this month off right. ⁠
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Cover 📸 @artbyclaire.ca

We have been INCREDIBLY LUCKY to have these wonder

We have been INCREDIBLY LUCKY to have these wonderful humans involved and on the BIA Board - some for many, many years. And now there will be a turning of the guard.⁠
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There are still a couple of seats to fill on the Downtown Stratford Business Improvement Area Board of Directors!⁠ And you may apply until the end of this month. ⁠
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Are you a member or business owner/employee in Downtown Stratford? Or know anyone who would be an awesome board member?⁠
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Head to our bio link for information on how to apply.

Downtown Stratford is STAYING OPEN LATE on Fri. Ja

Downtown Stratford is STAYING OPEN LATE on Fri. Jan. 27th and Sat. Jan. 28th!!! With an exciting contest, over 50 businesses participating, and the gorgeous Lights On Stratford displays.⁠
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With the announcement of the dazzling Lights On Stratford extension of two days, we've partnered with Destination Stratford and Lights On Stratford. Together we are collaborating with storefronts across the city to create STRATFORD’S ON by having businesses stay open late on both Friday, January 27th and Saturday, January 28th.⁠
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As part of this, we are launching a STRATFORD’S ON contest on Instagram that includes $250 Downtown Dollars for one lucky person AND an additional $250 Downtown Dollars to the downtown business they visited and tagged during the final weekend of Lights On, on either the 27th or 28th.⁠
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Details on how to enter will follow but we think this is another awesome reason to head downtown for those two nights. ⁠
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Head to the link in our bio for a list of all the participating businesses and the specials they have on offer for those two nights only. (So far there are at least 50 - with more to come!!!)

We were very pleased to hand off these gift cards

We were very pleased to hand off these gift cards to the Stratford Connections Centre last week. ⁠
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During Winter Wanderland we collected donations for our local Connections Centre - an important space offering intervention for individuals experiencing significant challenges due to homelessness or are otherwise vulnerable. ⁠
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We are happy to say we were able to collect over $1000 in donations, which we converted to much-needed Zehrs and Canadian Tire gift cards (purchased from our Shoppers Drug Mart downtown member). ⁠
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The Connections Centre accepts gift cards of all kinds, which go directly to purchasing essentials desperately needed to keep the program running. ⁠
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To see their list of Current Needs at Stratford Connection Centre.⁠
Donations MUST be arranged ahead of time by emailing connectioncentre@choicesforchange.ca or calling 226-921-1025

We are just tickled with this news. Two extra nigh

We are just tickled with this news. Two extra nights to enjoy Lights On. (With more exciting news to go with it - stand by!)

Repost @lightsonstratford EXCITING NEWS: Due to popular demand, Lights On Stratford will be EXTENDED to include the last weekend in January through to Sunday, January 29th. Experience the magic, nightly from 5pm – 10pm. We'll see you in the lights! ✨🤩

#LightsOnStratford #LoveStratford

This past weekend was a busy one for Stratford wit

This past weekend was a busy one for Stratford with lots of fun events. Including the beloved Soups On Stratford, which involved many of our Downtown members.⁠
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We're excited to say that downtown cleaned up in the "top soup winners" department. But we're proud of all the businesses who helped raise money for the Alzheimer Society Huron Perth. ⁠
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Show here are some (not all) members involved this year:⁠
1. Soup Surreal *winner People's Choice⁠
2. Mercer Hall *winner Best Vegetarian⁠
3. Heritage Hops *winner Top Hearty⁠
4. Butternut Squash by Sirkel + Lights On ⁠
5. Little Green Grocery⁠
6. The Gentle Rain⁠
7. Gilly's Pubhouse ⁠
8. Julian Francoeur of Home & Company volunteering⁠
9. Jo-Dee Burback our new Board City Council rep volunteering⁠
10. Chickpea Potato Leek Soup by Little Green Grocery⁠

One more night to enjoy the marvellous additions t

One more night to enjoy the marvellous additions to Lights On (this weekend only) by @springworksfestival

**Happy National Gluten-Free Day**⁠ We are so lu

**Happy National Gluten-Free Day**⁠
We are so lucky to have SO MANY restaurants in Downtown Stratford able to accommodate a GF lifestyle. ⁠
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Do you eat gluten-free?⁠
PLEASE - SHARE your favourite GLUTEN-FREE eating spot in the comments!⁠
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📸 @tacoshopgrrrl⁠
El Cactus Taco Shop is entirely gluten-free - with the exception of the *flour tortillas in their burritos (and you can choose a gf burrito bowl instead).⁠
*flour tortillas NOT made in house

We're excited for Soup's On's return to Stratford

We're excited for Soup's On's return to Stratford this Saturday. Many of our Downtown Stratford members are participating. Enjoy the soupiest of Saturdays for a good cause and remember to VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE. ⁠
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Admission is by donation. "Soupons" are $5 for a book of 5⁠
Head to our bio link for more info. ⁠
Follow Alzheimer Society Huron Perth on Facebook to see more.⁠
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Don't forget to bring your spoon 🥣

**NEW BIZ ALERT** Amanda Hohner recently opened th

**NEW BIZ ALERT**
Amanda Hohner recently opened the doors of Hollyhock Studios, inside her childhood friend, Brittany Raycraft’s Primrose Tattoo space, after 16 successful years as a stylist in Mitchell.
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When selecting a name for her studio, Amanda was inspired by her grandma who grew Hollyhocks, her children’s names begin with the letter ‘H.’, and coincidently she is sharing her studio space with a “Primrose”. Looking forward to their plans to see the outdoor area out front blossom. (Read more about Amanda and her new business at the link in our bio.)
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Amanda will “do it all” but mostly does cuts and colour with women.
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Hollyhock Hair Studio inside Primrose Tattoo
162 Erie St.
519.301.7055
Follow on IG @hollyhockhairstudio

**INSTAGRAM CONTEST ALERT**⁠ DID YOU KNOW... man

**INSTAGRAM CONTEST ALERT**⁠
DID YOU KNOW... many of our downtown businesses are part of this year's Lights On Stratford Festival of Lights? Stay tuned for a super cool INSTAGRAM CONTEST coming your way this Monday, dedicated to the Sharable Moments of this year's LOS. ⁠You could win $100 Downtown Dollars.
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REPOST @lightsonstratford ⁠
Lights On Stratford Shareable Moments Round Up - PART 1 ✨⁠
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We’re thrilled with the creativity in our community displayed through this year’s Shareable Moments projects as part of Lights On Stratford! Featured in this post: ⁠
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✨DARE, DREAM, DO 📍el Cactus Taco Shop @tacoshopgrrrl ⁠
✨Paper Moon 📍LA OSA Jewelry & Vintage @pamela_osa ⁠
✨River Light Bench 📍60 Ontario Street @burntbrydgeswoodco ⁠
✨Perth County Courthouse Tower of Light 📍1 Huron Street⁠
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Browse through our Shareable Moments map on lightsonstratford.ca to explore 16 unique displays all around Stratford and check back for more Shareable Moments features on our social media! Don’t forget to tag us in your posts at @lightsonstratford or use the hashtag #LightsOnStratford ✨

Is getting active part of your NY resolutions this

Is getting active part of your NY resolutions this year? Needing to ease in gently? There are so many ways to use Downtown Stratford for guidance.⁠
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NEED IDEAS? Take a stroll through and check out the @LightsOnStratford displays. Try a yoga class. Join a running club. Head to the YMCA for a workout or swim. Give Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu a try. Buy your own equipment for home.⁠ Give winter fat-biking a try.
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FEATURED HERE:⁠
@ModoYogaStratford yoga (online or in-person)⁠ and open house this weekend - ALL CLASSES ARE FREE
@BlackSwanBrewingCo running club⁠
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ALSO check out:⁠
#StratfordYogaCollective @dunnyssourceforsports @stratfordbjj @totally_spoked

We are absolutely delighted World in a Weekend Fes

We are absolutely delighted World in a Weekend Festival (WINTER version) is next weekend in Stratford. ⁠ @springworksfestival
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After dark head downtown to Market Square and take in the wonder, and dance and play, with this troupe of giant luminescent puppets. (featured in the image) ⁠
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What: SHAKE Giant Travelling Puppets⁠
Where: Market Square⁠
When: Jan 13/14, 5-10pm⁠
Cost: FREE⁠
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The weekend is packed with music, dance and puppetry. Head to Destination Stratford's website for more details in our bio link.⁠ @visitstratfordon

It's THAT time of year... when some of us had made

It's THAT time of year... when some of us had made the NY resolution to shift to something more nourishing - whether it is with more movement, more water, more vegetables...⁠
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If healthy eating is on your current agenda, plenty of Downtown Stratford food spots here offer goodness. From salads and bowls and smoothies to ingredients for making your own at home. ⁠
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What is your go-to spot for nourishing foods this January?⁠
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📸 @BowlBarStratford

Downtown Stratford is a treasure trove of sales ri

Downtown Stratford is a treasure trove of sales right now. ⁠
A fabulous time to use your Downtown Dollars?⁠
Or grab a bite to make "back to work" less stressful?⁠
Or to buy the thing no one bothered to get you for Christmas?⁠
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Sales. We love sales.

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