Wapping Wharf’s Cargo is set to officially launch on Saturday 3rd December with a giant ribbon cutting and Christmas celebration.
Retailers at the shipping container development will be extending their wares onto their terraces; ramping up the festive cheer with a Christmas tree forest from the Mighty Quinns Flower Emporium and plenty of mulled cider and warming port from the Bristol Cider Shop and Corks at Cargo.
As well as outdoor cooking at Pigsty and a pudding bar at BOX-E, there will be lots of tasty food to eat in or out at Lovett Pies, Wokyko and Chicken Shed, and Shambarber will have the clippers at the ready to spruce people up in time for Christmas party season.
The festivities will run up Gaol Ferry Steps too – where the trees have been lit up with fairy lights – with seasonal pizza toppings at Bertha’s Pizza; mulled wine and mince pies at Better Food; and Christmas-y drinks and beer at Little Victories and the Wild Beer Company.
Music and merriment – including a chance to win a prize from every Cargo venue – will run from 12noon to 6pm. And an award will be given to the person sporting the most spectacular Christmas jumper or outfit.
Cargo 1 is a shipping container park – from developer Umberslade – made up of 18 crates, featuring nine retailers (Pigsty, the Bristol Cider Shop, Lovett Pies, Shambarber, Corks of Cargo, Wokyko, the Mighty Quinns Flower Emporium, Chicken Shed and BOX-E).
Cargo retailers began opening their doors in mid October.
