Newark Christmas Lights Switch On

The Newark Christmas Lights Switch-On is back for 2023. Join the Christmas celebrations with this FREE event that kicks off the festive season with fun activities, music performers, foodie trucks and fireworks. The marketplace will be full of vibrant displays and boasts 130 market stalls bustling with Christmas wreaths, mulled wines and ciders plus artisan crafts to get everyone in the spirit of all things Christmas! Take a family selfie with the festive entertainers or simply enjoy the cosy ambience created by the local brass bands and choirs around the magical Christmas tree in the heart of the marketplace. Be sure to rug up and join the town of Newark in its magical countdown to the official light switch-on of the UK’s largest, free standing canopy of Christmas lights accompanied by a dazzling firework display.

At the close of the firework display feel free to join the Town Carol Concert in the magnificent setting of St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church which is located within immediate walking distance of the marketplace.