This is a local festival held on the first Friday of December every year.

From 6pm until 9pm, the square in Wantage is full of all sorts of fantastic attractions and events.

Its a real family event and is always great fun!

Dressing Up!

Don’t forget to dress up in Victorian costume if you possibly can – makes it even more fun! You can visit a fancy dress shop, but many people prefer to make their own costumes from clothes bought from the charity shops mixed with old stuff from the back of the wardrobe :O)

Attractions

Here are are some of the attractions I have seen in recent years.

Who actually appears, varies from year to year.

• Santa & real Reindeer in Newbury Street
• Victorian Fun Fair & Punch & Judy
• Late night shopping (and some shops have free drinks and special offers)
• Heart Radio
• Fraser Hart jewellery prize treasure hunt
• Pig Roast
• Street Pastors
• Charity Stalls
• Hot air balloon
• Shire horses
• Pandemonium playing live Christmas music at the Vale & Downland Museum
• Refreshments in the October Club and Parish Church
• Vale car parks free from 4pm, and all day Saturday
• Two hour parking restriction lifted by Sainsbury’s

Contact

For all enquiries, please email contact@wantagedickensian.co.uk

Howard (Editor)