Here’s the 2026 round-up, including Wisbech and Hunstanton’s celebrations hosted by the KL1 Radio team.
Saturday 21 November | Burnham Market. Festivities begin at 2pm with live music, festive shopping, food and drink and a visit from Father Christmas. The lights go on at 5.15pm. Free parking is available on the playing field.
Sunday 22 November | King’s Lynn. Head to Tuesday Market Place from 2pm to 6pm for live music, a lantern procession and the lighting of two 32-foot Christmas trees alongside the town’s festive displays.
Saturday 28 November | Fakenham. A Christmas craft fayre and Santa’s grotto are part of the town’s switch-on celebrations. The Christmas Tree Festival also runs from Thursday 26 November to Thursday 3 December.
Saturday 28 November | North Wootton. The village hall’s tenth annual Christmas fair opens at 10am with free entry, craft stalls and live music. Reindeer will be there from 11am to 3pm, and the Christmas tree will be blessed at about 3.30pm before the lights go on around 4pm.
Sunday 29 November | Downham Market. Santa’s grotto opens at 1pm and requires advance booking. Stalls open at 2pm, with live entertainment, a craft fair, reindeer and a funfair ride ahead of the 4.30pm switch-on.
Sunday 29 November | Hunstanton. The KL1 Radio team will host the town centre celebrations from 1pm to 6pm, with live music, gift stalls and a visit from Father Christmas. The Christmas dog walk and festive jumper competition starts at 3pm at the bandstand on The Green.
Sunday 29 November | Wisbech. Wisbech Town Council will hold its annual Christmas lights switch-on in the Market Place, with the event listed from 3pm to 6pm.
Saturday 12 December | Wells-next-the-Sea. The lights switch-on forms part of the Saturday programme at the Christmas Tide Festival, alongside a lantern parade, Father Christmas arriving by boat and fireworks over the marshes. The festival continues on Sunday 13 December.
Photos: Supplied by KL1 Radio from Hunstanton
