Join us for a family-friendly daytime Christmas Lights Switch On event with Christmas funfair rides, stalls, Santa's grotto, live music and entertainment! Event is 3-5.30pm and the Mayor will turn on the lights at 4.30pm. Shops, cafes and eateries will be open.
Saturday November 30 2024 3pm to 5.30pm
Sevenoaks Town Council is delighted once again to provide a Christmas Lights Switch-On event to launch the festive season in Sevenoaks. This family-friendly outdoor event will take place on Saturday 30th November 2024 in Sevenoaks from 3pm to 5.30pm. The Mayor will switch on the lights in Sevenoaks High Street at 4.30pm. The event will include live entertainment, fairground rides, Father Christmas Grotto, stall holders, food concessions and street entertainment.
Road closures: The High Street and part of Akehurst Lane will be closed from 1.30-6.30pm.
Design a Christmas Light!
Over the last three years, Sevenoaks Town Council have held a "Design a Christmas Light Competition", where young people up to the age of 11 are encouraged to design their very own Christmas Light with the winning light being turned into a fully functioning Christmas light within the Town.
We would like to give a MASSIVE Thank You to all of the amazing Young People who sent in these wondrous designs. To celebrate all of the amazing hard work you have all put into these designs we have compiled them into a collage shown below. The winning design will be unveiled at a special lighting ceremony.
Best Dressed Window competition - follow the trail of stunning shop and business windows around the town all through the season!
One of the well-known and much-loved features of Sevenoaks in the run up to Christmas is the Best Dressed Christmas Window competition, organised by Sevenoaks Town team, which this year is sponsored by Berry & Lamberts solicitors.
Stunning Christmas windows help make Sevenoaks into a
beautiful place at Christmas for shopping, visiting, and enjoying the eateries
and cafes plus the Panto and shows and films on at the Stag. The windows are
judged on December 3 and the winner's presentation is on December 10. Why not
go round and pick your favourites!
Sevenoaks Christmas Market 11-24 December 9am-4pm at Bligh's Walk
Sevenoaks Town Council is pleased to host this market of artisan and sustainably sourced products, including jewellery, glassware, homewares, prints, clothes and accessories, wreaths, decorations, soaps and toiletries, freshly baked breads, speciality cheeses, pastries and cakes.
Are you having trouble finding Christmas gifts this year? Do you need inspiration? Find ideas for unique gifts and support your local traders at our Christmas Market at Bligh's this December. Our regular and new traders will be thrilled to see you from 11th to 24th December where you will find a wide range of thoughtful gifts, decorations, treats and so much more (also perfect for your last minute panic buys!) Open daily from 11th to 24th December 9am to 4pm.
Join the Holly Party at Bat and Ball Centre on December 7. Great for your work Christmas event particularly for smaller companies!
An affordable and fun evening event with DJ, live music, very generous Christmas buffet and pay bar. Organised by the Sevenoaks Town Team with The Listening Room Music Agency. Tickets £25 via Eventbrite - see poster above. Come join us with your staff, or club members, for a shared festive ABBA duo tribute celebration as well as a great performance from June B. Over 18s only.
Enjoy Snow White the Panto at the Stag from 6-31 December!
This Christmas, the legendary Silly Billy (aka Ant Payne) and Dame Elaine (aka Jamie Alexander Wilson) reunite for the tale of Snow White. Book your tickets now for one of the best loved pantomimes in the South East. Book tickets on the Stag website Pantomime 2024: Snow White - The Stag Sevenoaks
Some Christmas concerts in the area from local choirs at St Nicholas' Church, Sevenoaks
Saturday November 30 - Sevenoaks Sings Seasons of Evergreen
Saturday December 7 - Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir - Handel's Messiah
Saturday December 21 - Wealden Voices - Christmas Concert
And when it's all over... recycle your Christmas tree for charity!
The Hospice in the Weald Christmas Tree Recycling Campaign is back for its 5th year, and they have an ambitious goal: collect 2,000 trees and raise £62,000! They will be covering the following postcodes: TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, TN5, TN6, TN7, TN8, TN9, TN10, TN11, TN12, TN13, TN14, TN15, TN16, TN17, TN18, TN19, and TN20.
About the Campaign: The Christmas Tree Recycling initiative raises vital funds for Hospice in the Weald and supports the local community. They offer a tree collection service for a suggested donation of £20 per tree, with 10% of all donations going to a local, community-based charity chosen by Hospice in the Weald.
Registration will open on Friday 15th November and people can sign up at: http://www.hospiceintheweald.org.uk/.../christmas-tree.../
Our fantastic team of volunteers will be collecting trees on the 12th, 13th, and 14th of January 2025. Registered trees must be ready for collection by 8am on 12th January, as we are unable to guarantee specific collection times or days.
Once collected, all trees are recycled, benefiting both the community and the environment!