Christmas markets in Cornwall 2026: the full calendar, Truro to Bude

The first stalls are already up. Others don’t open their doors until the week before Christmas, and one only happens on the longest night of the year.

Between now and Christmas Eve there are markets in harbours, cathedrals, caverns, cider farms and country houses right across Cornwall. Some are huge, ticketed affairs with reindeer and two stages of music. Others are a dozen tables in a church hall with homemade cake. We’ve gathered the dates, times and prices for as many as we could find, and grouped them by area so you can see what’s close to you.

If you’re also planning a night out to see the lights, our Cornwall Christmas lights switch-on dates for 2026 covers every town. For more festive news as it comes in, keep an eye on our Christmas in Cornwall section.

Organisers do change times at short notice, and some smaller events haven’t published full details yet, so it’s worth checking the organiser’s page before you set off.

Cornwall Christmas markets at a glance

• Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November: St Ives Christmas Market, St John’s in the Fields
• Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November: Mevagissey Christmas Craft and Gift Fayre, and the Christmas Craft Fair at Wheal Martyn
• Weekends from Saturday 14 November to Sunday 20 December: Healeys Christmas Markets, Penhallow
• Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November: Cornwall Christmas Fair, Eden Project
• Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November: Mistletoe Market, Penventon Park Hotel, Redruth
• Saturday 21 November to Thursday 24 December: Truro Christmas Market, Lemon Quay
• Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November: Bedruthan Christmas Fayre, Charlestown Christmas Market (Penrice Academy), Pencarrow Christmas Artisan Fair, Polgoon Vineyard Christmas Market, Cornish Winter Fair (Wadebridge)
• Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 November: Cathedral Christmas Market, Truro
• Thursday 26 November to Thursday 31 December: Festive Fowey
• Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November: St Ives Christmas Market at Polmanter, Trerice Christmas Craft Fair, Carnglaze Caverns
• Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 December: Padstow Christmas Fayre and Cornwall Gold Christmas Market
• Weekends from Friday 4 to Sunday 20 December: The Little Porthleven Christmas Market
• Saturday 5 December: Bude and Stratton Town Council Christmas Fayre, Mevagissey switch-on craft fair, Fowey Hall Christmas Market
• Saturday 5 and Sunday 6, and Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December: Charlestown Harbour Christmas Markets
• Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December: Cornwall Christmas Market, Royal Cornwall Event Centre, Wadebridge
• Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December: Falmouth Festive Weekend, Jubilee Wharf Christmas Fair, Mount Edgcumbe Christmas Fair, Carnglaze Caverns
• Saturday 12 to Saturday 19 December: Christmas cabins on The Moor, Falmouth
• Monday 21 December: Montol, Penzance

📷Credit: Truro Christmas Market

Truro and mid Cornwall

Truro Christmas Market, Lemon Quay

The biggest of the lot runs for 34 days straight. The wooden cabins go up on Lemon Quay from Saturday 21 November and stay until Christmas Eve, with handmade crafts, gifts, street food, a festive bar and live music. The snow globe photo spot and wreath making are back too.

• Times: 9am to 5pm most days, 10am to 4pm on Sundays, and closing at 3pm on Christmas Eve
• Late nights: open until 9pm on Wednesdays 2, 9, 16 and 23 December
• Entry: free
• More: Truro Christmas Market

On those late Wednesdays, many of the city’s shops also stay open until 9pm, and the last Park and Ride buses leave Victoria Square (for Langarth) and River Street (for Tregurra) at 9.30pm. The Father Christmas Parade sets off at 6.30pm on Wednesday 2 December, with Rock Choir performing from 6pm.

Boscawen Street Christmas Markets, Truro

A second set of stalls lines Boscawen Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Saturday 21 November to Wednesday 23 December. Details are on Visit Truro.

Cathedral Christmas Market, Truro

From Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 November, the nave of Truro Cathedral fills with Cornish makers, artists and food producers. It’s free and it’s indoors, which counts for a lot in late November. See Visit Truro for times.

Healeys Christmas Markets, Penhallow

Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm near Perranporth hosts its markets every weekend from Saturday 14 November to Sunday 20 December, from 9am to 5pm, with a new line-up of stallholders each weekend and live music. Stalls fill the cobbled courtyard and the Old Bottlery restaurant, and there’s mulled cyder made on the farm. Entry is free. Healeys Christmas Market

📷A Christmas market weekend in the courtyard at Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm. Credit: Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm

Mistletoe Market, Penventon Park Hotel, Redruth

Cornish makers and small businesses, plus mulled wine, cider and roasted chestnuts, from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November. Sunday is family day, with the Screech Owl Sanctuary visiting from 10am to 3pm and the hotel’s first Santa’s Grotto. Entry is free.

• Friday 20 November: 12pm to 8.30pm
• Saturday 21 November: 10am to 6pm
• Sunday 22 November: 10am to 4pm
• More: Penventon Park Hotel

Cornwall Gold Christmas Market, Redruth

The indoor market at Cornwall Gold and Tolgus Mill runs from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 December, 10am to 4pm daily, with a late night until 7.30pm on Friday 4 December. There are more than 50 local stalls, Santa from Thursday to Sunday, a new Spin the Wheel, and music from St Erth Band at 11am on the Saturday. Entry and parking are free. Cornwall Gold

Bedruthan Christmas Fayre, Mawgan Porth

Artists and makers from around the South West take over the Bedruthan Hotel on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, 10am to 5pm. Expect ceramics, textiles, jewellery, food and drink, drop-in craft workshops, soft play and a crèche, with Newquay Male Voice Choir singing at noon on the Saturday. Tickets start from £2 and under-3s go free. Park in the village and take the free shuttle. Bedruthan

Trerice Christmas Craft Fair, Kestle Mill

Makers, decorations and handmade treats at the National Trust’s Trerice, near Newquay, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November, 11am to 4pm. Entry to the fair is free.

St Austell, Mevagissey and Fowey

Cornwall Christmas Fair, Eden Project

This volunteer-run fair takes place in the Link Building between the Biomes, with food and drink producers in the Cornwall Food Hall. Money raised goes to the Cornwall Community Foundation.

• Wednesday 18 November: preview and shopping evening, 5pm to 9pm, £34 including supper and a glass of wine
• Thursday 19 November: day fair, 10am to 4pm, £22 including lunch, wine and admission to Eden
• VIP parking: £10 per car
• More: Cornwall Christmas Fair

📷Credit: Charlestown Christmas Market

Charlestown Christmas Market (indoor), St Austell

The undercover Charlestown Christmas Market is held in the sports hall and drama studio at Penrice Academy on Charlestown Road, St Austell, on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, 11am to 4pm, with local makers, food and drink, live music all weekend and free parking. Charlestown Christmas Market

Charlestown Harbour Christmas Markets

Down on the quay, the harbour’s own outdoor markets run over two weekends: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December, and Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December. Father Christmas will be there too, with five-minute visits and a gift for each child. Santa tickets are £9.50 per child (accompanying adults free), booked in one-hour windows, and places are limited.

Wheal Martyn Christmas Craft Fair

A festive craft fair at Wheal Martyn, near St Austell, on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November.

Mevagissey

Two dates for the diary here. First, the Mevagissey Christmas Craft and Gift Fayre is at the Jubilee Hall on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, 11am to 4pm, with homemade hot food, drinks and cakes.

📷A lantern ship at a previous Mevagissey Christmas lights switch-on. Credit: Mevagissey Christmas Lights

Then the village switch-on on Saturday 5 December, from 4pm, brings a craft fair at the Jubilee Hall on Chapel Street, St Austell Band and a lantern parade, with food, drink and entertainment on the harbour. Parking at Willow car park is free from 4pm (donations welcome).

📷Credit: Mevagissey Christmas Lights

Bradbury House, Hewas Water

A Festive Craft Market at Bradbury House, near St Austell, on Saturday 5 December.

📷Credit: Festive Fowey

Festive Fowey

Fowey has a new look this year. Festive Fowey runs from Thursday 26 November to Thursday 31 December, and the big night is Friday 27 November: a lantern parade meets at Nature’s Window from 5.30pm, Santa arrives by tugboat at Berrill’s Yard at around 6.30pm, and the lights go on at Fowey Church at 7pm, with Santa, elves and the Fowey Town Band leading the way.

• Festive Fowey Makers’ Market: Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November, Fowey Town Hall (Friday 6pm to 8pm)
• Late-night shopping: Thursday 26 November, and Thursdays 3, 10 and 17 December
• Fowey Festive Markets: further dates at the Town Hall through early and mid December, listed on Love Fowey
• Fowey Hall Christmas Market: Saturday 5 December, 11am to 3pm, at the Fowey Hall hotel (Fowey Hall)

The long-running Fowey Christmas Market, which used to fill the town on the first weekend of December, isn’t taking place this year.

📷Credit: Cornish Coast Events

West Cornwall

St Ives Christmas Market, St John’s in the Fields

One of the first markets of the season takes over St John’s in the Fields Church in St Ives on Friday 13 November (5pm to 8pm) and Saturday 14 November (10am to 4pm). There are Cornish makers, a Christmas café, live music and local choirs. Entry is free and dogs are welcome.

📷Credit: St Ives Christmas Market at Polmanter

St Ives Christmas Market at Polmanter

Two weeks later, local makers, festive food and Santa head to The Stable Bar at Polmanter Touring Park, Halsetown, on Saturday 28 November (10am to 6pm) and Sunday 29 November (10am to 4pm). Entry and parking are free, dogs are welcome, and the market supports St Ives RNLI. Santa and soft play need booking in advance.

Penzance

• Polgoon Vineyard Christmas Market: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, 11am to 3pm, with wreaths, crafts, carols, mulled wine and mince pies. Parking fills quickly. Polgoon
• Pixel Xmas Market: Saturday 5 December, at Pixel
• Winter Fayre: Saturday 12 December, at The Gardeners’ House in Morrab Gardens
• Montol: Monday 21 December. The midwinter festival takes over the town on the solstice, with performers and processions gathering around Jubilee Market, Jew Street, Green Market and Causewayhead from 2pm, and late-night shopping during the festival week. Montol Festival

The Little Porthleven Christmas Market

The market has moved indoors this year, into The Shipyard at Harbour Head, with gazebo pitches along the sheltered side of the building. It runs over three weekends:

• Friday 4 December: 11am to 7pm (the night of the Porthleven light switch-on)
• Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December: 10am to 5pm
• Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December: 10am to 5pm
• Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December: 10am to 5pm
• More: Porthleven Harbour Market

📷Credit: Porthleven Market

Helston

• CST Christmas Fair at Trevassack Lake: Saturday 21 November, from 10am, free
• Christmas craft fair at Wendron Cricket Club: Sunday 22 November, from 10am, free

Falmouth and Penryn

Falmouth’s lights go on at 7pm on The Moor on Thursday 26 November, but the main shopping event is the Falmouth Festive Weekend on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December, 11am to 5pm, with festive attractions, live music and a brand-new Christmas market. Wooden Christmas cabins then stay on The Moor until Saturday 19 December, and on the late-night shopping evening of Thursday 17 December the market on The Moor is open until 7pm. Falmouth

Over the river, the Jubilee Wharf Christmas Fair in Penryn runs on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December, with free entry and handmade gifts from local makers.

Also in the area:

• Christmas Market at the Princess Pavilion, Falmouth: Tuesday 17 November
• Mylor Bridge Christmas Gift Fair: Saturday 28 November, Tremayne Hall
• Illogan Christmas Market: Saturday 28 November, Illogan Community Offices and Playing Fields

📷Credit: Cornwall Christmas Market

North Cornwall

Cornwall Christmas Market, Wadebridge

The county’s biggest indoor Christmas event fills the Royal Cornwall Event Centre at the showground from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December. There are more than 130 independent traders, Santa and his reindeer (in an indoor enclosure), a giant Christmas tree, two stages of choirs and music, an elf trail and a letter-to-Santa service.

• Friday 11 December: 5pm to 8.30pm
• Saturday 12 December: 10am to 7.30pm
• Sunday 13 December: 10am to 4pm
• Tickets: limited per session and pre-booking is advised, via Cornwall Christmas Market

Cornish Winter Fair, Wadebridge

Earlier in the season, the same showground hosts the free Cornish Winter Fair on Saturday 21 November (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 22 November (10am to 4pm), with Christmas stalls, food and makers under cover.

Padstow Christmas Fayre

Padstow’s food-led festival is back for a second year from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 December. It’s free to attend, and so are the chef demonstrations. Announced so far: Paul Ainsworth (Thursday, 12pm), Rick Stein (Friday, 3pm), Rick Toogood and Izzy Joselyne (Saturday, 4pm) and Matt Tebbutt (Sunday, 2pm), with around 50 chefs taking part in all.

There’s an artisan food, drink and gift market, daily masterclasses from 11am at a pop-up venue in Prideaux Walled Garden, children’s Christmas crafts from 10am to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday, a lantern parade, and fireworks on the Friday night. Padstow Christmas Fayre

St Minver

A Christmas Market at the St Minver Community Hub on Friday 27 November.

Bodmin

• Christmas Artisan Fair at Pencarrow: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, 10am to 4pm, on the lower floor of the house. Admission is £4, under-16s go free, and there’s no need to book. Look out for a traditional green Father Christmas. Dogs aren’t allowed in the house. Pencarrow
• Christmas Market at Bodmin and Wenford Railway: Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November

📷Credit: Bude & Stratton Town Council

Bude and around

The big one is the Bude and Stratton Town Council Christmas Fayre on Saturday 5 December, 11am to 4pm, at The Parkhouse Centre and The Castle Heritage Centre on The Wharf. Expect local stalls, children’s activities and live performances, and entry is free. The Castle Bude

There are plenty of smaller fayres around Bude too:

• Saturday 14 November: Bude Methodist Church (in aid of Animal Free Research UK)
• Thursday 19 November: Bray Institute, Marhamchurch
• Saturday 21 November: Week St Mary Church, Kilkhampton Church, and Bude Methodist Church Hall
• Sunday 22 November: Winter Fayre at Lee Barton, Morwenstow
• Saturday 28 November: St Andrew’s Church, Stratton, and a Winter Market at The Pearl Exchange
• Saturday 5 December: The Bush Inn, Morwenstow, and Kilkhampton Christmas Fayre at the Grenville Rooms
• Saturday 12 December: Penstowe Manor
• Saturday 19 December: Rosie’s Kitchen

East Cornwall

Mount Edgcumbe Christmas Fair, Cremyll

Artisan gifts, festive food, live entertainment, alpacas and Santa in the grounds and historic rooms of Mount Edgcumbe on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December, 10am to 3.30pm. Pre-booking is essential for both entry and parking, and you can’t park on the day without a ticket.

• Online: adults £5, children aged 3 to 15 £3 (plus booking fee), under-2s free
• On the gate: adults £6.50, children aged 3 to 15 £4.50, under-3s free
• By boat: a discounted return with Plymouth Boat Trips can be added to your ticket
• More: Mount Edgcumbe

Carnglaze Caverns, near Liskeard

A Christmas market underground, with a light display in the lower cavern, festive music, food and drink, Santa’s Grotto and a Christmas trail. It runs on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November and Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December. Tickets are paid and cheaper if you book ahead.

Saltash and Rilla Mill

• Christmas craft and festive sale: Saturday 14 November, Rilla Mill Village Hall
• Free Christmas Fair: Sunday 29 November, China Fleet Country Club, Saltash

Leave it really late and there’s still Lemon Quay. Truro’s cabins are the last ones standing, open until 3pm on Christmas Eve.