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UK Events in November 2026

Upcoming UK events and festivals in November 2026.

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November 2026

21 NOV

Christmas with the Clauses, Fairytale Farm, Chipping Norton

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Thu 24 Dec 2026 📍 Oxfordshire Ticketed

A family Christmas visit to Fairytale Farm near Chipping Norton, built around meeting Mr and Mrs Claus and the farm's festive displays.

21 NOV

Creative Orkney & Taste of Orkney Christmas Fayre

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 📍 Orkney Islands

Festive fayre at Kirkwall Grammar School showcasing local artisans, food and drink producers.

21 NOV

Creeksea Christmas Market, Burnham-on-Crouch

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Essex Varies

A one-day festive market at Creeksea Place near Burnham-on-Crouch, with local stalls and gifts for early Christmas shopping on the Dengie peninsula.

21 NOV

Deal Town Christmas Lights Switch On

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Dover, White Cliffs Country Free

Deal's festive season kicks off outside St George's Church on the closed-off High Street, with an hour of stage entertainment before the lights go on. A friendly community event for all ages.

21 NOV

Diversity – Soul Tour, Eastbourne

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Eastbourne Check website

The UK's most successful dance troupe Diversity brings its new concept tour, SOUL, to Eastbourne as part of a 31-town UK tour.

21 NOV

Dundee Christmas Village 2026

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Tue 5 Jan 2027 📍 Dundee Free entry, attractions priced separately

City Square transforms into a festive village with a real ice rink, Christmas market with local traders, funfair rides, and an immersive Santa Experience for children.

21 NOV

East Anglia Gansey Group Textile Event

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Norfolk Check website

A one-day textile heritage event at Sheringham Museum hosted with the East Anglia Gansey Group, running 10.30am-4.30pm.

21 NOV

Festival of Christmas Markets

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Wed 30 Dec 2026 📍 Portsmouth Free

Festive market stalls, lights switch-on and entertainment across Portsmouth's Guildhall Square and city centre.

21 NOV

Garage Republic Festival, Ultra Warehouse

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Derby Ticketed

A UK garage and dance music event at Ultra Warehouse in Derby, bringing a night of club-style sets to the city.

21 NOV

Gladiators Live Tour, Utilita Arena Newcastle

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sun 22 Nov 2026 📍 Newcastle upon Tyne Ticketed

The TV Gladiators bring arena contests, big obstacles and a noisy crowd to Newcastle's Utilita Arena for two days.

21 NOV

Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Mon 23 Nov 2026 📍 Great Yarmouth Free entry

A three-day festive craft and gift fair with over thirty specialist stalls held at St Nicholas Minster and the Market Place in Great Yarmouth.

21 NOV

Great Yarmouth Christmas Lights Switch On

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Great Yarmouth Free

The town centre of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk marks the start of the festive season with live entertainment and the switching on of the Christmas lights.

21 NOV

Handel's Messiah by Candlelight

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Canterbury £25

Candlelit performance at Canterbury Cathedral.

21 NOV

Handel's Messiah, Lincoln Cathedral

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Lincoln From £21.38

A performance of Handel's much-loved oratorio inside Lincoln Cathedral, a fitting start to the Christmas season with the famous Hallelujah chorus echoing beneath the Gothic vaults.

21 NOV

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026, Derby Museum

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sun 21 Feb 2027 📍 Derby Varies

The touring exhibition of the year's finest contemporary portrait paintings arrives at Derby Museum & Art Gallery on The Strand, giving visitors a chance to see new work by leading portrait artists.

21 NOV

King's Lynn Christmas Lights Switch-On

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Free

Festive celebration in Tuesday Market Place with live music, a lantern parade, street entertainment and food and drink traders.

21 NOV

Lighting Up Brentwood, High Street

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Essex Free

Brentwood High Street's festive lights event runs from midday into the evening, with entertainment and shopping as the town's Christmas season begins.

21 NOV

Love Southsea Market

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Mon 21 Dec 2026 📍 Portsmouth Free

Weekend Christmas craft and gift market on Palmerston Road, Southsea.

21 NOV

Lumina Winter Light Trail, Marsh Farm

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Sat 20 Feb 2027 📍 Essex From £12.95

A winter light trail at Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers, running through the festive season into February with evening illuminations.

21 NOV

Luminate Sandringham

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Thu 24 Dec 2026 📍 Norfolk Ticketed (pre-booking required)

A nightly winter light trail of roughly 60-90 minutes through the grounds of Sandringham Estate.

21 NOV

Luminate Sandringham Winter Light Trail

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Thu 24 Dec 2026 📍 Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Ticketed (pre-book online)

Nightly after-dark illuminated walking trail through the grounds of the Sandringham Estate.

21 NOV

Lyme Regis Christmas Lights Switch On

Sat 21 Nov 2026 📍 Lyme Regis Free

Santa arrives by sleigh on Broad Street to switch on the town's Christmas lights, kicking off the festive season.

21 NOV

Magic of Christmas, Colchester Zoo

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Thu 24 Dec 2026 📍 Essex Ticketed

Colchester Zoo's festive season on selected weekends and the days before Christmas, adding seasonal activities to a day with the animals.

21 NOV

Magical Christmas Experience at Pennywell Farm

Sat 21 Nov 2026 – Tue 24 Nov 2026 📍 Dartmouth

Early seasonal festive attraction for families at Pennywell Farm.