Register for Shops on Show 2024
Bringing festive cheer to our shopping strips with Shops on Show
Registrations for Shops on Show 2024 are now open.
Christmas is just around the corner and we hope you get into the festive spirit by decorating your shop window with Christmas cheer and take part in this year's Shops on Show competition.
Your customers will love seeing their local shops in Bayside decorated and children delight at the Christmas baubles and trinkets sparkling in their favourite shop windows. This year there is a prize pool of $5,000 that one of your customers could be in the running to win!
How to register your shop
It's easy to enter, simply register your details (button below) and we will arrange for a photographer to take a professional photo of your decorated shop window. A photo gallery of all registered shops will be on Council's Facebook page, advertising to up to 50,000 Baysiders.
Marketing
We will run an extensive marketing campaign promoting the Shops on Show competition to the community inviting you, your customers and neighbours to vote for their favourite shop window. The five shops receiving the most likes on our Shops on Show Facebook gallery will then be judged by a panel of professionals, including photographer and gallery owner, to deem the winner in each category.
Every registered shop will receive a Shops on Show window sticker with a QR code that your customers and local shoppers can scan with their phone and submit their vote.
All registered shops will also be included in a promotional reel screened at the Bayside Christmas Carols, attended by around 20,000 revellers.
Categories
The competition is open to ALL Bayside shops that decorate their windows. Categories are as follows:
- Best Shop Window on Martin Street, Brighton
- Best Shop Window on Bay Street, Brighton
- Best Shop Window on Dendy Village, Brighton
- Best Shop Window on Hampton Street
- Best Shop Window on Sandringham Village
- Best Shop Window on Highett Road
- Best Shop Window on Black Rock Village
- Best Shop Window on Seaview
- Best Shop Window on Beaumaris Concourse
- Best Shops on Show Grand Winner 2024
Winning shop prizes
All winning shops from the above categories will receive:
- A $200 social media advertising campaign for their business, running from 17 – 24 December 2024 promoting their business on our socials, the best Christmas winning shop in their strip, including a description of the business and website/social media links.
- 'Winner - Best Shop Window' decal/sticker sashes
- Coverage on the following Council platforms:
- 'This Week in Bayside' e-newsletter
The SoS Grand Winner will receive a $500 social media advertising campaign for their business on Council's socials, running from 17 - 24 December 2024 promoting the business as the best Christmas shop window in Bayside, including a description of the business and website/social media links.
Timeline:
- Shop registrations - Open now and close Tuesday 3 December (12 noon)
- Registered shop photos will be taken – on 4 and 5 December (evenings, leave your lights on)
- Public voting commences – Saturday 7 December and closes Sunday 15 December
- All winners notified – Tuesday 17 December