Event image: Light Up Southwold / Visit Southwold. Official photo from an earlier year illustrating the recurring lights event, not a claim to depict 2026. No reuse licence stated.
Southwold’s Christmas celebration fills the Market Place and High Street with festive entertainment and a market. The programme begins at 2pm and the lights switch on at 5pm. A free Santa’s Grotto is listed for 5:30pm; no booking is needed for the grotto.
A free afternoon of festive entertainment, a high-street market and the Southwold lights switch-on.
Event image: Light Up Southwold / Visit Southwold. Official photo from an earlier year illustrating the recurring lights event, not a claim to depict 2026. No reuse licence stated.
Southwold’s Christmas celebration fills the Market Place and High Street with festive entertainment and a market. The programme begins at 2pm and the lights switch on at 5pm. A free Santa’s Grotto is listed for 5:30pm; no booking is needed for the grotto.
Market Place, Southwold, IP18 6EF
Free public event and Santa’s Grotto. Market purchases and food are extra.
You will be directed straight to the venue's official checkout. DayOutly charges zero booking fees.
Suffolk and Essex schools run half-term from 26–30 October 2026. Peak weekend slots sell out early.
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Southwold · 28 Nov 2026 · 2–6pm · lights on 5pm
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