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UK Events in November 2026

Upcoming UK events and festivals in November 2026.

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November 2026

28 NOV

Finlay Christie: New Super Special Secret Tour

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 York

Stand-up comedy at Theatre@41, York.

28 NOV

Ford & Etal Christmas Market

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 📍 Northumberland Ticketed

Popular Christmas market across the Ford and Etal Estates near Berwick-upon-Tweed with over 70 stalls, vintage buses and a tree trail.

28 NOV

Gosport High Street Bespoke Market

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Gosport Free entry

A themed market on Gosport High Street with over 50 local traders, live music, food and drink stalls and children's activities.

28 NOV

Great Laxey Mine Railway Christmas Trains and Markets

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 📍 Isle of Man From £5

Festive short rides on the heritage mine railway in Laxey alongside Christmas markets and characters.

28 NOV

Great Yarmouth Christmas Market

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Great Yarmouth

Christmas market kicking off the festive season in Great Yarmouth.

28 NOV

Handel: Messiah, St Nicholas' Chapel, King's Lynn

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Up to £23

King's Lynn Festival Chorus and Shrewsbury Baroque Orchestra perform Handel's Messiah with four soloists inside the town's vast medieval St Nicholas' Chapel, a fine way to begin the festive season.

28 NOV

Ho Ho Headway Christmas Fayre, Colchester

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Essex Free

A free charity Christmas fayre in Colchester with stalls, gifts and festive refreshments supporting a local community organisation.

28 NOV

Hugh Cornwell, Lowther Pavilion

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Fylde Ticketed

The former Stranglers frontman plays an intimate gig in Lytham, mixing solo material with songs from his punk and new-wave heyday.

28 NOV

Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime, Theatre Royal Nottingham

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027 📍 Nottinghamshire From £18.50

Nottingham's big Christmas pantomime at the Theatre Royal, featuring broadcaster Rob Rinder and Samantha Womack in a lively retelling of the beanstalk tale. A reliable family treat across the festive season.

28 NOV

Killer Queen

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Scarborough Ticketed

Queen tribute concert at Scarborough Spa Grand Hall.

28 NOV

Lanterns, Lights and 'Luminations

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 South Devon Free

Brixham's Christmas lights switch-on event with lantern procession and festive entertainment around the harbour.

28 NOV

Lincolnshire Food and Gift Fair, Lincolnshire Showground

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 📍 Lincoln From £8

A weekend of regional food producers and gift stalls at the Lincolnshire Showground, handy for local Christmas shopping and treats.

28 NOV

Newtown: Kicking Off Christmas

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Powys Free

Newtown's Christmas lights switch-on event with market stalls, carols and family entertainment.

28 NOV

Northwood House Christmas Fair

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 29 Nov 2026 📍 Visit Isle of Wight Free

Festive fair with over 50 Island food, drink and gift stallholders plus a Santa grotto at Northwood House in Cowes.

28 NOV

Opra Cymru: Fflamau Penyberth, Theatr Brycheiniog

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Brecon Beacons Ticketed

Welsh-language opera company Opra Cymru stages a production drawing on the Penyberth story, a landmark episode in Welsh cultural history, at Brecon's main arts venue.

28 NOV

Orkney Farmers' Market (Kirkwall)

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Orkney Islands

Monthly farmers' market at the Masonic Hall, Castle Street, Kirkwall.

28 NOV

Orkney Farmers' Market (November)

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Orkney Islands Free entry

Monthly farmers' market in the Masonic Hall, Castle Street, Kirkwall, selling local food, drink and crafts direct from producers.

28 NOV

RSN Embroidery Day Class

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Canterbury £185

Royal School of Needlework day class at Canterbury Cathedral, creating a festive robin design, including a visit to the Cathedral Archives.

28 NOV

Run Armagh: Clive Nesbitt's Birthday Marathon

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Northern Ireland Check website

Annual marathon and running event held in Armagh, part of the Run Armagh series.

28 NOV

Sandwich Christmas Lights Switch On

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Dover, White Cliffs Country Free

A full day of live music, local stalls and festive food around Sandwich Guildhall, organised by Martha4Music and building up to the switch-on of the medieval town's Christmas lights.

28 NOV

Santa Steam Train - Cambrian Heritage Railway

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Tue 22 Dec 2026 📍 Oswestry Check website

A magical Santa adventure combining Christmas experiences with heritage steam trains at Cambrian Heritage Railway, Oswestry Station. Runs weekends. Does not operate to Weston Wharf. Booking essential.

28 NOV

Santa Underground: 300ft of Christmas Magic

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Sun 6 Dec 2026 📍 Blaenau Gwent Ticketed

Christmas-themed underground tour and Santa's grotto experience at Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon.

28 NOV

Santa's Grotto at Dudley Zoo and Castle

Sat 28 Nov 2026 – Thu 24 Dec 2026 📍 Dudley From £16.50 (adult), £17.50 (child)

Visit Santa in his Grotto set within the walls of Dudley's 11th-century castle, see the animals, and view the reindeer.

28 NOV

Saturday Live at The Globe: Year of The Dog

Sat 28 Nov 2026 📍 Wye Valley and Vale of Usk

Brass-house-soul ensemble live performance at The Globe, Hay-on-Wye.