• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
First four dates confirmed as Coca-Cola's Christmas truck tour starts this weekend

Home> News> UK News

Published 09:51 28 Nov 2024 GMT

First four dates confirmed as Coca-Cola's Christmas truck tour starts this weekend

The first dates for Coca-Cola's Christmas Truck tour have been officially announced

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

The first four dates of Coca-Cola's famous Christmas Truck Tour have been announced, as it sets off this weekend.

The iconic seasonal staple aims to spread Christmas cheer, while raising awareness for wider issues in society, such as food waste and hunger.

It will consist of a bright, large red truck making its way across the UK and Ireland this holiday season, offering Brits the chance to take part in festive activities that the truck offers, while also helping the less fortunate, as the soft drink company will donate a meal for every person that visits their truck, through charity FareShare.

As FareShare work with the food industry to help distribute surplus food to thousands of those in need across the country, the Coca-Cola Truck Tour also aims to spread kindness, through their campaign message 'The World Needs More Santas'.

Advert

The truck, as it does every year, will make its way across major UK and Irish cities under sparkling lights, while games themed around Christmas will be offered up to visitors, as well as a dip to win exclusive Coca-Cola merchandise.

In addition to offering up Coca-Cola, the truck is also a food truck, meaning some bites will be available for those visiting the truck.

This year's 'Holidays are coming' advertisement came out at the start of November, signalling the start of the campaign, though fans criticised its use of AI to recreate the original 1995 advert.

That's not all on Artificial Intelligence though, as fans will be given the chance to have conversations with Santa through scanning a QR code on a Christmas bottle/can of Coca-Cola.

But when does the truck tour begin, exactly?

Advert

The truck will set off on Saturday (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The truck will set off on Saturday (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The 2024 UK and Ireland Coca-Cola Christmas truck stops announced so far

Since its first tour back in 2010, the soft drink's Christmas Truck has been a long awaited feature of Christmas across the British Isles.

Known early on as Christmas Caravans, the newly decorated truck's first four dates for 2024 have been announced following its launch in London earlier this month, and they are:

  • Dublin, Ireland - Blanchardstown Shopping Centre (November 30)
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland - Custom House Square (December 1)
  • Cork, Ireland - Mahon Point Shopping Centre (December 7)
  • Limerick, Ireland - Crescent Shopping Centre (December 8)

Dates in the UK are yet to be confirmed, though those living in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland can look forward to it coming to their major cities soon.

Advert

The truck opened in London this morning (28 November), with guest DJ Ashley James kicking off the festivities.

The Coca-Cola Christmas truck has been a staple of the Christmas period in the UK (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
The Coca-Cola Christmas truck has been a staple of the Christmas period in the UK (Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

That's not all though as other predicted locations, based on previous years' tours, are expected to be announced soon.

Possible key locations for the Coca-Cola Truck Tour:

  • Glasgow
  • Edinburgh
  • Gateshead
  • Leeds
  • Liverpool
  • Sheffield
  • Manchester
  • Rushden
  • London

Florence Wheatley, the marketing manager for Coca-Cola Great Britain, said of the tour: “Coca-Cola has and remains synonymous with Christmas, with many people eagerly awaiting the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour and Holidays Are Coming advert to create a little festive magic.

Advert

“This year, we’re delighted to continue our relationship with FareShare to support its mission to reduce hunger and surplus food waste.

"We hope that every person that attends the Truck Tour not only experiences the magic of Coca-Cola Christmas, but also supports FareShare, knowing that the equivalent of a meal has been donated on their behalf, acting as a little moment of kindness to ensure that thousands of people across the country enjoy a more meaningful Christmas.”

Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour fans can follow announcements about the schedule which will be made over the coming weeks at @CocaColaGBI (Instagram) and @CocaCola_GB (X).

Featured Image Credit: Peter John Dickinson/Getty / Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Topics: Christmas, Food And Drink, Charity, UK News

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

X

@joshnair10

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Coca-Cola confirms Christmas truck tour is returning for 2024 with brand new details
  • Lidl launches rival Coca-Cola Christmas truck with full list of UK locations and dates
  • Brits issued warning as supermarket cutoff dates for Christmas food shop are getting closer
  • Coca-Cola Christmas truck UK tour dates have finally been confirmed

Choose your content:

8 mins ago
29 mins ago
an hour ago
4 hours ago
  • 8 mins ago

    Fisherman left baffled by 'diamond black iceberg' floating off the coast of Canada

    No, it wasn't an alien spaceship

    News
  • 29 mins ago

    Outrage after Elon Musk's 'Grok' used to make sexual images of women without their consent

    People have been making Elon Musk's 'Grok' AI adapt images

    News
  • an hour ago

    Brit who was sole survivor of Air India crash describes what happened from hospital bed

    The tragedy has claimed the lives of 241 people

    News
  • 4 hours ago

    Passenger on Air India flight hours before crash claims 'nothing was working' in haunting video

    An Air India passenger said 'nothing was working' on a previous flight hours before the crash

    News