5 weekends, Nov. 22 – Dec. 21, including the Friday after Thanksgiving

Please join us in 2025 for 5 weekends, Nov. 22 – Dec. 21, including the Friday after Thanksgiving!

Early Bird Tickets go on Sale Oct. 1, 2025

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, where over 4 acres of the historic Cow Palace exhibition halls are magically transformed into the winding lanes and bustling play houses of Victorian London! Immerse yourself in a world of theatres, pubs, dance parties, and charming shops. Discover holiday revelry in this lamp-lit city brimming with hundreds of lively and colorful characters from the imagination of Charles Dickens and the often saucy world of the Victorian stage.

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humor.”
~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Peruse our Photo & Video galleries! Including special retrospectives of the 1st years in 1970 & 1973!!

Shop, Play, & Feast in London

And new Experiences can be found throughout the Fair this season, including Port & Chocolate and Champagne Tastings, a mysterious Pub Crawl with Jekyll & Hyde and the Elixir of Madness, and the Dark Garden Corset Experience.

English Pubs

Family Fun

Theatre & Nightlife

Dramatic Streets

Delicacies & Libations

Costumes & Textiles

Activities & Diversions

Jewelry

Collectibles

Art

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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