	{"id":107752,"date":"2024-11-29T16:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T05:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelongs-christmas-opening-night-moves-indoors\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T05:44:34","slug":"geelongs-christmas-opening-night-moves-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelongs-christmas-opening-night-moves-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Geelong&#8217;s Christmas Opening night moves indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PREDICTED heavy rain and thunderstorms have forced the November 30 Christmas Opening Night \u2013 Denis Walter Carols event to be moved indoors to the Geelong Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The move will ensure the community can still be part of the celebration, however as a result attendance will be limited and free tickets needs to be obtained online before the event.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting of the Christmas tree will now be livestreamed from the Arena, rather than the originally planned public event.<\/p>\n<p>860 general admission tickets and 20 accessible tickets will be available.<\/p>\n<p>Doors will open from 5pm with preshow entertainment beginning at 6.30pm and showtime at 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>To secure tickets for the event, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.geelongaustralia.com.au\/event\/christmas-opening-night\">tickets.geelongaustralia.com.au\/event\/christmas-opening-night<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREDICTED heavy rain and thunderstorms have forced the November 30 Christmas Opening Night \u2013 Denis Walter Carols event to be moved indoors to the Geelong Arena. 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