The Launch event of the Centenary year gets underway Friday / Saturday, 17th/18th January in the Welwyn Garden City town centre. Here are the programme of events:
see also: http://www.gardencitylights.co.uk
| Day | Time | Location | Group |
| Friday 17/01 | 4.30-4.40 | Bandstand | Monks Walk School Choir |
| 4.45-5.00 | Bandstand | Take the Stairs | |
| 5.00-5.45 | Starbucks Balcony | Doraly Gill (cello) with Tim Gill (piano) | |
| 5.10 – 5.40 | Bandstand | LAR Children’s choir | |
| 5.50-6.20 | Bandstand | Every-voice Community Choir | |
| 6.00 | Starbucks Balcony | Opening of the festival and WGC100 anniversary year by Peter Waine chairman of the Welwyn Garden City Centenary Foundation | |
| 6.10 | Front of Howard’s Centre | Lantern Parade | |
| 6.15 | Starbucks Balcony | Welwyn Garden City Music Society Orchestra – winds ensemble | |
| 6.30 | VIP tent – Jubilee gardens | VIP reception – invitation only | |
| 6.30-7.00 | Bandstand | Misty Five | |
| 7.10-7.40 | Bandstand | Welwyn Harmony | |
| 7.15 -8.00 | Starbucks Balcony | Welwyn Garden City Music Society Orchestra – strings ensemble | |
| Friday 17/1 | 8.00-8.20 | Bandstand | The Rebelles |
| 8.15-9.00 | Starbucks Balcony | Da Capo Brass | |
| 8.30-9.00 | Bandstand | Total Recal | |
| Saturday 18/1 | 4.30-5.00 | Bandstand | Felici Opera (Zoe Jasko and Margaret Johnson) |
| 5.00-5.45 | Starbucks Balcony | Mid-Herts Centre of Music ensembles | |
| 5.10-5.40 | Bandstand | Hatfield Welwyn Community Choir | |
| 5.50-6.20 | Bandstand | Simon Cragg | |
| 6.00 | Front of Howard’s Centre | Lantern parade | |
| 6.00-6.45 | Starbucks Balcony | Susuki Violinists | |
| 6.30-8.00 | VIP Tent Jubilee Gardens | VIP reception – invitation only | |
| 6.30-6.45 | Bandstand | Singers at the Barn – Ben Giles | |
| 6.45-7.05 | Bandstand | Singers at the Barn – Alison Danbury – Lee | |
| 7.00-7.45 | Starbucks Balcony | Classical Piano – Edgar Jasko youth pianist | |
| 7.05-7.25 | Bandstand | Singers at the Barn – Michelle and Eric Williams | |
| 7.25-7.40 | Bandstand | Singers at the Barn – Colin Campbell | |
| 7.50-8.20 | Bandstand | The Mynd Set | |
| 8.30- 9.00 | Bandstand | The Copy Katz | |
| 8.00-8.45 | Starbucks Balcony | Welwyn Garden City Brass Band (ensemble) |
