Join us for a full day of festive fun as Chichester’s Christmas lights are switched on!
Enjoy a pop-up Food & Drink Market on East Street (10am–6pm) with over a dozen local traders, live music and dance performances on North Street (12pm–5:30pm), and snow flutter effects and projections on the Assembly Rooms.
📅 Saturday 22nd November 2025
🕙 10:00am–6:00pm | Lights On at 5:00pm
📍 East Street, North Street & The Cross, Chichester
🎤 Live performances include:
Big Noise, Arabesque Dance School, Steel Pan Band, Dance and Beyond, Rock Choir, Stagecoach, and The Prebendal School Choir. Click here for exact timings - link to the Light Switch on post.
🎄 Light Switch-On Moment:
Gather outside the Assembly Rooms for the countdown at 4:59pm – with elves from Chichester Festival Theatre and local heroes switching on the lights at 5:00pm.
✨ Light Up Chichester After Party
Keep the celebrations going from 6:00pm at bars and restaurants across the city with live bands, mulled wine, mince pies and festive cheer.
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