Enjoy the musicians, dancers, street entertainers and exhibitions of
traditional country crafts. Experience the pleasure of
doing your Christmas shopping, exploring our quaint shops, finding
presents and curios in an atmosphere unlike any other.
During these three Saturdays Grassington is transported back to the
time of Charles Dickens. See the Christmas lights, the village
square and the streets transformed into a traditional
market with shopkeepers, villagers and visitors dressed in Victorian costume.
Grassington Dickensian Festival
This year's
festival dates are
Saturday 29th November 2008
Saturday 6th December 2008
Saturday 13th December 2008
Join the torchlight procession around the village with Mary and Joseph,
ending with a short carol service in the Square.
Calendar of Events 2008
Town Crier
Barnoldswick Brass Band
Grassington Singers
Handbell Ringers
Penny Plain Theatre - Mummers' Play
Grassington Youth Theatre
Packhorse Carriage
Punch and Judy
Urban Circus
Santa's Grotto
Torch lit Nativity Procession and Community Carol Singing
Buskers
Shoe Shine Boys
Street Organs
Morris Dancers
Victorian entertainment and games
Stalls selling crafts, gifts, food, plants and traditional fayre.
Stalls in the Town Hall all day and during the evening a
presentation of Christmas hilarity by the Grassington Players.
Saturday 29th November 2008
Town Crier
Yorkshire Volunteers Band
Handbell Ringers
Penny Plain Theatre - Mummers' Play
Grassington Youth Theatre
Packhorse Carriage
Punch and Judy
Urban Circus
Craven Harmony Choir
Santa's Grotto
Torch lit Nativity Procession and Community Carol Singing
Buskers
Shoe Shine Boys
Street Organs
Morris Dancers
Victorian entertainment and games
Stalls selling crafts, gifts, food, plants and traditional fayre.
Stalls in the Town Hall all day and during the evening a
presentation by the Grassington Singers.
Saturday 13th December 2008
Town Crier
Earby Brass Band
Grassington Singers
Handbell Ringers
Penny Plain Theatre - Mummers' Play
Grassington Youth Theatre
Packhorse Carriage
Punch and Judy
Urban Circus
Craven Harmony Choir
Santa's Grotto
Torch lit Nativity Procession and Community Carol Singing
Buskers
Shoe Shine Boys
Street Organs
Morris Dancers
Victorian entertainment and games
Stalls selling crafts, gifts, food, plants and traditional fayre.
Stalls in the Town Hall all day and during the evening a
presentation of Christmas hilarity by the Grassington Players.
Saturday 6th December 2008
The Grassington pubs, cafes and hotels, along with the outdoor stalls
and Town Hall all excel themselves in offering traditional fayre at
affordable prices. If you can stay a while - there's evening
entertainment in the Town Hall, courtesy of the local Players and
Singers.
Please make a note in your diary to pay us a visit at the most magical
of times - this Christmas.
Hope to see you in your period costume!
