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Farmers’ Market
Every Tuesday, 9am – 2pm. The Moor
Come along to the Falmouth Farmers’ Market on The Moor for fresh Cornish produce to delight your loved ones this Christmas!
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Weekly Market
Thursdays & Saturdays, 9am – 5pm. The Moor
The Falmouth Weekly Market has been trading in the same location for well over 100 years. Come along throughout November and December for a wide range of delights from clothing and accessories to garden and homeware, freshly brewed local coffee to hand-tied flower bouquets.
www.falmouth.co.uk Email: naomi@falmouth.co.uk
Lantern Making Workshop
25th Nov, 10am – 3pm (9.45am for 10am start). Princess Pavilion
Create your illuminated lantern and be part of Falmouth’s Christmas parade and lights switch-on, Thursday 29th November. Young children need to be accompanied and assisted by an adult. All material supplied. Please arrive at 9.45am for a prompt 10am start.
£5 per lantern. Advanced booking required To book your place call 01326 211222 Email: JacquiOwen@falmouthtowncouncil.com
The Poly Christmas Market
26th Nov – 24th Dec, Monday – Saturday until 7pm. The Poly
Meet the makers. The place to come for truly local handmade Christmas gifts. Unique designs by local crafts people. Open until 7pm Monday to Saturday for those truly individual gifts plus some festive refreshments.
FREE www.thepoly.org Facebook: /polyfalmouth Twitter: @polyfalmouth Email: info@thepoly.org
Christmas Lights Switch-on 29th Nov, 5.30pm. The Moor
Falmouth Christmas lights switch-on is a magical evening. The evening starts when schoolchildren representing the town’s primary schools, gather on Events Square with decorations and colourful withy lanterns. They are joined by a community choir and band and of course Santa before processing through the town towards The Moor. Once on The Moor, each school sings a Christmas carol on the state-of-the-art-stage before the big switch-on. The evening is organised by the Falmouth Town Team as always and compered by Pirate FM. The Falmouth Christmas lights are switched on each year by a nominated community champion. This is a person or group who after a public vote, gets to switch on the lights for that year. The evening is also the first of Falmouth’s late-night shopping evenings when participating stores in the town will be open up until 8pm. The exciting new Falmouth Christmas Bus will also be unveiled on The Moor!
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Santa’s Grotto
29th Nov, 5.30pm – 8pm. Falmouth Library
Bring your children along to visit Father Christmas as part of the events for the Christmas lights switch-on.
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Late Night Shopping
29th Nov, 6th Dec, 13th Dec, 20th Dec, 5pm – 8pm. Falmouth Town Centre
Every Thursday
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Come along to Falmouth for our late-night shopping evenings, where participating stores will be opening late for your Christmas shopping pleasure. The Falmouth Christmas Bus will also be in operation with a range of exciting activities and wonderful performances to help boost that festive feeling!
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Falmouth Christmas Bus Something unique and exciting is coming to Falmouth this Christmas… all aboard the Falmouth Christmas bus! An open-top double decker bus has been secured thanks to partnership working between Falmouth Town Council, Falmouth BID and the First Bus Group. The Falmouth Christmas Bus will make its debut at the Christmas lights switch-on which is due to take place in front of hundreds of people at 7pm on Thursday 29th November on The Moor. The exterior of the bus will be decorated with thousands of LED lights, while the lower deck will be transformed into a winter wonderland scene that will host a Santa’s Grotto alongside a number of free activities such as storytelling sessions, craft workshops and live theatre. The top deck will welcome a variety of local musicians, community choirs and bands including Pendennis Brass Band, Bryher’s Boys, The Oggymen and Culdrose Military Wives Choir to name just a few!
FREE ENTRY. The Falmouth Christmas Bus timetable will be published on www.falmouth.co.uk and on the Falmouth Christmas Facebook page Facebook: /FalmouthChristmas
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Children’s Workshops
Following on from the colourful evening of the lights switch on, the brightly-decorated bus will feature at various locations in the town centre between 5pm and 8pm on the Thursday latenight shopping evenings, and midday until 3pm on Saturdays throughout December. The dates are: • Saturday 1st December • Thursday 6th December • Saturday 8th December • Thursday 13th December • Saturday 15th December • Thursday 20th December • Saturday 22nd December
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Christmas Movies on The Moor
7th Dec . The Moor The Grinch: Marquee opens at 3pm, film starts at 3.30pm Elf: Marquee opens at 6pm, film starts at 6.30pm
Nothing beats getting into the Christmas spirit with a classic festive movie. We continue our tradition of screening events on The Moor in Falmouth during December, with two family favourites, The Grinch and Elf! This will be a fun festive experience for all ages and fancy dress or your best Christmas jumper is positively encouraged! We recommend you bring sensible clothing to help keep you warm and if you want to bring cushions and blankets to make things cosier, then go ahead! Hot food will be available from a specially selected local vendor. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Adults £5 | Children £3.50 | Under 2’s FREE if they have a lap to sit on, if they would like a seat then a child’s ticket must be purchased. Tickets available from www.cornwallfilmfestival.com Email: info@cornwallfilmfestival.com Facebook: /cornwallfilmfestival
Miracle Theatre presents Aladdin 7th Dec – 5th Jan. Princess Pavilion
Following their past sell-out productions, Miracle are back at Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion with a new and not to be missed Christmas show suitable for all, Aladdin! Every Christmas for the last 50 years, the Willoughby-Brown family have gathered at their country seat in Cornwall to eat, drink, laugh and bicker and, with the help of their loyal staff, to provide their own entertainment in the form of a homemade pantomime. This year, as an act of seasonal charity, the family has decided to embrace the epithet of ‘great art for everyone’. Stopping short of actually allowing the general public to soil the carpets of their splendid house, they have offered to install themselves on the stage of the Princess Pavilion, where they invite you to assemble and share their unique interpretation of the oriental fairy-tale Aladdin.
Adult from £16.00 | Children from £11.00 Family tickets and free carers tickets available www.miracletheatre.co.uk
Free Parking
8th Dec. All Cornwall Council owned car parks in Falmouth
Plastic Free Christmas 8th Dec, 12pm – 3pm. The Moor
Join Plastic Free Falmouth for an exciting family friendly Plastic Free Christmas event! There will be a number of free craft activities for children and adults of all ages; print your own wrapping paper, make you own plastic free decorations and even create some festive bird feeders for your feathery garden visitors. The Plastic Free Falmouth team will also be on hand to talk about recycling at Christmas, plastic free Christmas shopping and how to reduce your overall single use plastic consumption.
FREE www.falmouth.co.uk Facebook: /plasticfreefalmouth Email: naomi@falmouth.co.uk
Frozen in Falmouth 8th Dec, 5pm – 7pm. The Moor
Does your little one dream of meeting a real-life princess? Well, now’s their chance! On 8th December the Snow Sisters Elsa and Anna, will be hosting Frozen in Falmouth; a free evening of fun and magic, along with their princess friends! Make this Christmas one to remember and come along to sing songs, tell some stories and make wishes come true! Everyone is welcome – our princesses look forward to seeing you there!
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Falmouth Live Nativity 9th Dec, 1.15pm – 4pm Events Square through to The Moor
Be part of the nativity story. Follow Mary on her donkey led by Joseph, as they search for somewhere to stay, listen to a choir of angels and Gabriel telling the shepherds to follow the bright star. Join the wise men and discover the stable on The Moor in the marquee, where Mary will be cradling the baby Jesus surrounded by animals. Afterwards, you can visit the Methodist Church for free refreshments and children’s crafts until 4pm. Because there are lots of animals, please leave dogs at home, they won’t be allowed in the marquee or the Methodist Church, thank you. Falmouth and Penryn Churches Together bring the real meaning of Christmas to life.
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Santa FUN Run
15th Dec. Run starts at 1pm, registrations will take place from 11.30am. Start/Finish on The Moor
Cornwall Hospice Care’s Santa series returns to Falmouth on Saturday 15th December. Sign up and join the Santa team at this exciting family event. You can run, jog or walk either the one or three-mile route through the streets of Falmouth. Sign up today and receive your free Santa suit. Spaces are limited so advanced registration is recommended.
Adult £13.50 | Children £7.50 | Under 3’s FREE Family Ticket £37.50 (2 x Adult, 2 x Child) www.cornwallhospicecare.co.uk Phone: 01726 66868 (option 3) Email: fundraising@cornwallhospice.co.uk
Near-Ta Theatre presents Christmas. Time. 20th – 24th December. The Poly
Charlie and Toby are feeling low, and why wouldn’t they? It’s Christmas Day and they’re serving time at Her Majesty’s pleasure. But why shouldn’t they be having a Merry Christmas in spite of their incarceration? What’s stopping them from creating Christmas around them? Absolutely nothing. And so they set off on their festival of carols, Claus, Christ and custody… Join them on a fantastical adventure through Dickens, pantomime, musical, Christmas dinner and Christmas films! See as they build a wonderfully Merry Christmas around them with songs, snowmen and lots of laughs in this truly festive show that puts the ‘cell’ firmly back in celebration!
Adult £10 | Snr Citizen / Student / Benefits / Member £8 www.thepoly.org Facebook: /neartatheatre
Harmony Choir
24th Dec, 10am – 1.30pm. Various locations finishing on The Moor
Falmouth Harmony Choir is an institution in the town, having performed every Christmas for well over 100 years! It makes for a terrific atmosphere, as Christmas songs and carols are sung throughout the town at various locations. Do make sure you come into Falmouth to savour the atmosphere! Choirs from across Cornwall gather by the Watersports Centre on Grove Place from 9.30am. In recent years, around 100 singers have attended. From 10:00am, the harmony choir, after singing a few songs there, make their way through the streets of Falmouth en-route to The Moor. They will stop at various locations to sing – top of Custom House Quay, Church Street corner (adjacent to King Charles The Martyr Church), middle of Market Street and the start of Market Street – before reaching the Moor around 1:00pm.
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Christmas Tree Festival
2nd Dec – 2nd Jan, 5.30pm on 2nd Dec (Grand switch-on). Princess Pavilion and Gyllyngdune Gardens
The switch-on evening begins at 5.30pm with the award-winning St Mary’s School Choir singing on the bandstand. The grand switch-on at 6pm by Mayor Grenville Chappel, is followed by a free carol concert led by Illumination Brass in the Garden Room. Mince pies, hot chocolate and mulled cider are available. The trees, which are decorated by community groups and local schools, will then be on display until the 2nd January 2019.
FREE Email: JacquiOwen@falmouthtowncouncil.com
New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display 31st Dec/ 1st Jan. Midnight. Pendennis Castle Sponsored by
Returning to the events calendar for 2018 is the Falmouth New Year’s Eve fireworks display! The event is sponsored by the Royal Duchy Hotel, part of the Brend Hotels Group, and hosted by Pendennis Castle. The display will be the perfect way to welcome in the new year! View the display from various locations along the seafront at midnight. Please note the castle will not be open to the public in the evening, it is just the launch area. Subject to good weather conditions.
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