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Opening night: Friday 27 November, lights on at 18:00 (sample)

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Twenty-four evenings on Linden Square

The Linden Square Christmas Market (sample): forty wooden huts, a stage and a heated workshop hut, from Friday 27 November to Christmas Eve. Entry is free.

Every day

from 11:00

Fridays

to 22:00

Christmas Eve

to 14:00

See what's on
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1

Paper lanterns
Tue, 17:00

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3

Brass band
Thu, 18:00

4

Late night
Fri, to 22:00

5

Gingerbread houses
Sat, 11:00

6
7
8

Beeswax candles
Tue, 17:30

9
10
11

Late night
Fri, to 22:00

12

Gingerbread houses
Sat, 11:00

13

Lucia procession
Sun, 17:00

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15

Paper lanterns
Tue, 17:00

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17

Carol singalong
Thu, 18:00

18

Late night
Fri, to 22:00

19

Beeswax candles
Sat, 11:00

20

Lantern walk
Sun, 16:30

21
22
23

Last late night
Wed, to 22:00

24

Christmas Eve
Thu, carols 12:30, huts close 14:00

Something on Book a place Market as usual. Programme (sample).

Opening night, Friday 27 November

The lights go on at six. Come early for a place on the Corn Exchange steps; the huts open an hour before.

17:00

Huts open

Hot drinks from the first hut by the fountain

17:30

Lantern parade gathers

On the Corn Exchange steps; bring a lantern or borrow one

17:45

Parade round the square

18:00

Lights on

The oldest stallholder throws the switch (sample)

18:15

Brass band on the stage

22:00

Huts close

Timetable (sample).

Roof of a wooden market hut lined with warm string lights and fir garlands at dusk

Workshops in the warm hut

Twelve places at each table, materials and a cup of hot apple punch included. Children under 12 come with an adult, who can join in or watch.

Tue 1 Dec and Tue 15 Dec, 17:00

Paper lanterns

Fold and glue a paper lantern with a tea-light holder, then carry it on the lantern walk. Age 6 and up with an adult.

$14

90 minutes, materials included

Details and booking

Sat 5 Dec and Sat 12 Dec, 11:00

Gingerbread houses

Build and ice a small gingerbread house to take home in a box. One house for up to two people.

$24

2 hours, materials included

Details and booking

Tue 8 Dec 17:30 and Sat 19 Dec 11:00

Beeswax candles

Roll three candles from sheets of local beeswax and wrap them as a gift. Age 8 and up.

$16

1 hour, materials included

Details and booking

Example prices, per place. Dates (sample).

Forty huts round the square

Food on the north side, drinks by the stage, makers along the old market hall. Every hut is run by its own stallholder (sample).

A stallholder's hand reaching over a pile of roasted chestnuts on the grill at night

Hot food

Roasted chestnuts, potato pancakes, raclette and a soup hut that changes its pot every day.

Food and drink
Two gloved hands clinking mugs of mulled wine at a market stall

Warm drinks

Mulled wine, hot apple punch and chocolate in a deposit mug: pay $3 for the mug, get it back when you return it.

The drinks huts
Rows of painted wooden nutcracker figures on a market stall

Makers' huts

Wooden toys and nutcrackers, knitwear, glass, candles and prints, made by the people behind the counter.

All the stalls

Opening hours

Every day from Friday 27 November to Christmas Eve. Music on the stage from 17:00 most evenings.

In storms the market closes early; the line at the top of this site says so (sample).

Monday to Thursday

11:00–21:00

Friday

Late night with music until the end

11:00–22:00

Saturday

10:00–22:00

Sunday

10:00–20:00

Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December

10:00–14:00

Free to walk in, easy to get round

No tickets and no queue to get in. You only pay for what you eat, drink or make.

Families and access
  • Wide paths between the huts for buggies and wheelchairs
  • Step-free toilets and baby changing in the Corn Exchange
  • Quiet hour on Tuesdays 11:00–12:00: no music, lights low
  • A meeting point at the information hut if you lose each other

Market notes

All notes

Getting to Linden Square

Linden Square, in front of the Corn Exchange
Springfield (sample)

  • Tram lines 2 and 5 to Corn Exchange, two minutes' walk
  • Park and ride from the ring road, every ten minutes until 22:30
  • Bike racks on Mill Street and by the fountain
  • Blue badge parking on Linden Row
Get directions
Map of Linden Square with the Corn Exchange, the tram stop and the car park

Want a hut next year?

Applications for next season open on 1 March. Makers and food stalls from the region come first.

Apply for a stall
Meet the stallholders
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Opening night: Friday 27 November, lights on at 18:00 (sample)

(555) 017-2412

[email protected]

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