UPCOMING Events

The annual Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre is a free entry 3-day festive craft, gifts and food event held annually in the historic Great Yarmouth Minster of St. Nicholas Church, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth. This year the Fayre will be open from 10am until 8pm on Friday 22nd November then from 10am – 5pm Saturday 23rd and 10am to 4pm on Sunday 24th November, with over thirty specialist handcraft, food and gift stalls. There will be festive entertainment in the Minster each day with Father Christmas on hand on Saturday and Sunday to meet and greet and sit for photo’s. Santa’s Express festive road train will be providing a free shuttle service from the market place to the Minster (Sat and Sun only) with free parking available in town centre car parks from 4pm Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. As a special treat for dogs and their owners the Norfolk and Suffolk Animal Trust are hosting a Christmas Grotto for dogs where the pets and their humans can can meet Santa Paws for a photo and gift for £3 towards the charity. The Grotto for Dogs will be located in the Old Vicarage garden just outside the church gates.

Parking in town centre council car parks will be free all day on Saturdays and Sundays from 23rd November until 29th December.

Click here for a list of our wonderful stallholders attending this years Christmas Fayre.

The Great Yarmouth Christmas Lights and Fireworks event on Friday 22nd November promises an exciting evening of family friendly entertainment with choirs, dance groups and live music ahead of the switch-on by her worship the Mayor of Great Yarmouth at 7pm immediately followed by a rooftop firework display.

Harbour Radio will be presenting the live music and entertainment from the stage in the market place from 4pm and many town centre shops will be open until 8pm. The event coincides with the first day of the Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre in Great Yarmouth Minster which will also be open until 8pm

The Great Yarmouth Lions will be bringing Santa and his Sleigh along to help Her Worship the Mayor switch on the Christmas Lights.

We are delighted that popular Britpop tribute band, Counterfeit Brits, are headlining with a set before and after the firework display.

The entertainment gest underway from 4pm Click here for a full list of acts and the times they will be performing
Parking in town centre council car parks will be free after 4pm.

Watch our short video from Christmases past.

Making their 20th annual visit to Great Yarmouth, the Lardal Kantori will be performing a concert of traditional Norwegian Christmas carols in Great Yarmouth Minster on the evening of Saturday 23rd November. The Norwegian choir are travelling from their homes in South-East region of Norway where they have been rehearsing for this special concert since early summer. The much anticipated annual concert will be followed by a complimentary buffet kindly sponsored by local electrical engineers Bowers and Barr, where the audience can meet the choir members.

Parking in town centre council car parks will be free from this Saturday and every Saturday and Sunday until 29th December.

You can purchase tickets HERE