UPCOMING Events

There are some Spooky goings on in Great Yarmouth town centre this October half-term.

Shops and businesses have been busy decorating their windows with ghosts and ghouls to celebrate this most scary time of year. There is some debate between these businesses on who has scariest Halloween display in the town centre. We therefore need your help on deciding which window has the best Halloween display and should be awarded a special prize for being so.

We have created a trail of the 16 town centre businesses who have entered their Halloween Windows in a competition to decide who’s is the best. If you can find some time to visit Great Yarmouth town centre between 23^rd and 31^st October we would be delighted if you took part in our Halloween Window Trail by checking off each of the window displays against our list and letting us know which one is your favourite (and scariest) of all.

For a list of where to find the window displays click HERE for a printable form or collect one from any of the shops taking part in the Halloween Window Trail – they will be displaying a poster similar to the above image. Each display will have a different number to be entered on the form.

The most voted for window will be awarded a special prize at this year’s Civic Society Great Yarmouth town centre awards being held in November. If you can return your completed form, with all the correct window numbers added by 6^th November, you will be entered into a draw to win £250 of shopping vouchers. The voucher winner will be informed by 12^th November.

The annual Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre is a 3-day free entry 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 20th November then from 10am – 5pm Saturday 21st and 10am to 4pm on Sunday 22nd November, with over thirty specialist handcraft, food and gift stalls.

The Christmas Fayre is open until 8pm on Friday 20th November to coincide with the Great Yarmouth Christmas Lights Switch-On.

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 certain council run town centre car parks from 4pm Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Refreshments will be available in the Minster cafe all day.

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

The Great Yarmouth Christmas Lights and Fireworks event on Friday 20th November promises an exciting evening of family friendly entertainment with choirs, dance groups and live music ahead of the switch-on at 7pm immediately followed by a rooftop firework display.

On the evening of Friday 20^th November, Christmas is officially launched in Great Yarmouth town centre with the switch-on off the town’s Christmas Lights.  Her Worship the Mayor, Cllr Jade Martin, will switch on the town centre and Christmas Tree illuminations from a stage in the Market Place Piazza area. Pop star and recording artist Gareth Gates, star of the Beauty and the Beast pantomime being staged at the Britannia Pier this Christmas, will assist the Her Worship the Mayor with the switch-on preceded by an evening of entertainment with choirs, dance groups, and a special performance from Gareth himself, ahead of the plunger being pressed at 7pm, which will be 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

Come join us for a magical evening at the Great Yarmouth Minster on Saturday 21st November for the annual Norwegian Christmas Concert performed by the fantastic Lardal Kantori choir. Travelling to Great Yarmouth from their homes in Norway for their 22nd visit to Great Yarmouth, the choir will perform traditional Norwegian carols with a few locally inspired surprises mixed in. This festive music performance will take place in the stunning setting of Great Yarmouth Minster. Tickets are just £10 and this much anticipated annual concert will be followed by a complimentary buffet kindly sponsored by local electrical engineers Bowers and Barr, where the audience will have the opportunity to meet the choir members.

Parking in nearby town centre car parks  is free.

You can purchase tickets HERE