Events

King’s Lynn Christmas Lights switch-on

Sunday 26 November, Tuesday Market Place

Family activities in town, entertainment on stage in the afternoon and the lights will be turned on at 5pm.

Discover King’s Lynn start the festive fun with children’s lantern making inside the Place in New Conduit Street between 11am and 3pm. There will be street entertainment around town and the Vancouver Quarter from 1pm, including music from East Angles Brass Band.

At 2pm there’s live music on the borough council stage in the Tuesday Market Place. Popular classic children's songs will be covered by Big Summer Blowout at the start, St Martha’s School Choir will perform Christmas Carols, followed by music from headliners Bear Club.

Three characters from this years Alive Corn Exchange Pantomime, Dick Whittington, will be available to meet and for photos from 3:30pm at the venue in the Tuesday Market Place.

There will be food, drink and stocking filler stalls in the Tuesday Market Place all day.

A lantern parade will meander through town from 4:15pm, anyone with tambourines, triangles or other percussion instruments are invited to join the parade, that finishes in the Tuesday Market Place in time to see the lights switched on by the Mayor of King's Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Margaret Wilkinson, with help from the Alive Panto characters.

Christmas at the Guildhall

Sunday 10 December, St George's Guildhall, 29 King Street

A range of Victorian themed activities to enjoy from midday until 4pm.

See a special stage show featuring Father and Mother Christmas and Dickensian Christmas carols.
Play traditional Victorian games.
Get creative and make Christmas cards, crackers and decorations to take home.
Make a peppermint cream, a favourite Victorian sweet.
Take part in the Christmas trail.
Admission and activities are free, but timeslots need to be booked on kingslynncornexchange.co.uk/theatre/whats-on/event/audience-with-father-christmas/

Delicious jacket potatoes will be available to purchase from the Potato Pod.

Drinks will be available to purchase in the pop-up refreshment bar including mulled apple juice.

All taking place at St George’s Guildhall, 29 King St, King’s Lynn PE30 1HA. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

For more information visit guildhall-events.co.uk

This event has been made possible thanks to funding from the Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk and the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Activities have been organised in association with Norfolk Museums Service.