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, the Made in Bristol Gift Fair at Colston Hall, St Nicholas Christmas Market, or Winter Wonderland at Cribbs Causeway (which will feature the South West's largest ice skating rink).

Visit Santa in his Christmas Grotto at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Ashton Court Estate, The Grand Pier and on the Santa Special steam trains on Avon Valley Railway, or aboard one of the Bristol Ferries!

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. Or experience a Dickensian Christmas, complete with falling snow at Brunel's SS Great Britain's Victorian Christmas Weekend.

There are also spectacular illuminations and festivities taking place at Westonbirt Arboretum's Enchanted Christmas, The Festival of Light at Longleat and Sudeley Castle's Spectacle of Light.

Want to celebrate Christmas by going to see a show with friends and family? Choose from A Christmas Carol and BOING! at Bristol Old Vic, Snow White and at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Dear Santa and The Snow Queen at The Redgrave Theatre, or this year's Christmas panto: Dick Whittington at Bristol Hippodrome, starring Shane Ritchie!

For magical Christmas experiences to write and tell Santa about, take a Journey to the North Pole at Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park or discover a Christmas secret hidden deep within Cheddar Gorge & Caves.

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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