Coast gearing up for festive season

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas along the Coast, with festive celebrations on the way in coming days and weeks.

Penguin will start the festivities with its Christmas parade on Friday night from 6.30 pm, with Devonport following suit on Saturday.

For Devonport, the Christmas parade will return to the CBD after three years around the Devonport Oval precinct while the Living City waterfront development was being built.

The parade will start at 5 pm on Saturday, with carols to follow at Haines Waterfront Park from 7 pm.

Celebrations will ramp up another notch the following weekend (December 13 and 14), with festivities at Ulverstone, Burnie, Smithton and Stanley.