Christmas Events in Bristol

There are more Christmas events in Bristol than Wensleydale cheese consumed by our loveable locals Wallace & Gromit! From festive makers markets to candlelit carol nights, #Bristmas really is cracking. 

Start your Christmas gift shopping at the Bristol Christmas Market in Broadmead, the festive Harbourside Market, St Nicholas Christmas Market, or Winter Wonderland at Cribbs Causeway (which will feature the South West's largest ice skating rink).

Try your hand at festive wreath making at The American Museum, Arnos Vale Cemetery or Thornbury Castle if you're feeling creative.

Visit Santa in his Christmas Woodland Grotto at the Spiegeltent, on the Santa Special steam trains on Avon Valley Railway, aboard one of the Bristol Ferries, or see him arrive in style by helicopter at the Helicopter Museum!

Or if you really want to get into the festive spirit, head to Tyntesfield for their famous Very Victorian Christmas celebration, featuring carriage rides, storytelling, dancing and games.

There are also spectacular festivities taking place at Westonbirt Arboretum's Enchanted Christmas illumination event, traditional Elizabethan music & food at The Red Lodge, and a cosy Victorian Christmas at Blaise Castle House.

Want to celebrate Christmas by going to see a show with friends and family? Choose from A Christmas Carol at Berkeley Castle, Beauty and the Beast at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Paddington and The Snowman at Colston Hall, a Christmas Spectaular at St George's, or this year's Christmas panto: Aladdin at Bristol Hippodrome!

Keep an eye on this page as we'll continue to update you on all the twinkly, festive fun to be had.

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