This year’s Advent Market and Light Switch-On event, sponsored by Sewell, Mullings & Logie Solicitors, will be held on Saturday 30th November followed by a supersized Advent Market on Sunday 1st December.  As in previous years, the large market will be staged in the town’s streets with over 200 stalls across the two days.  The town centre will be closed to traffic from 5:30pm on Friday 29th November to midnight Sunday 1st December, and stalls will extend from Castle Street to the top of Cricklade Street and throughout the length of the Market Place.  The market will run from 10am-6pm on Saturday 30th and 10am-4pm on Sunday 1st.

The Food Plaza will be back on the main Market Place, featuring artisan food and drink stalls with tables and benches, and there will be additional seating, stalls and activities in West Market Place this year. In a change to previous years, the Light Switch-On ceremony will be broadcast on 3 big screens situated on the Market Place & West Market Place, rather than a stage, to allow more space for crowd safety.  Catch the show between 3:55pm and 4:35pm, followed by a short, low-noise firework display to celebrate the start of Advent, courtesy of Cotswold Fireworks.  

As well as the additional big screen, West Market Place will feature family entertainment, Santa, and his sleigh and helpers from Cirencester Round Table, hot chestnut and toasted marshmallow sellers, performances and a chance to ‘sparkle for the camera’ at the insta-worthy selfie station, sponsored by Wenn Townsend, Chartered Accountants.

For all the latest Christmas news visit our Christmas in Cirencester page.