Dickensian Christmas Festival schedule
Events on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December at the Dickensian Christmas Festival:
Event | Location | Time |
Reindeer | Kingshead Car Park | 11am - 4.30pm |
Letters to Santa | Kingshead Car Park | 11am - 5pm |
Three Towns | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 10am |
Pytchwood (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 10am |
Morrigan (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 10am |
Kelter (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 10.30am |
Camine (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 10.30am |
Skinners Rats | City Wall Stage | 10.30am |
Big Sing | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 10.45am |
Six Poor Travellers' Procession led by the Lamplighter | From outside The Victoria and Bull Hotel | 11am |
Hornchurch Drum and Trumpet Corps | Outside the Crown | 11am |
City of Rochester Pipe Band | Star Hill Area | 11am |
Dance Alley | Boley Hill Stage | 11am |
Kent Costume Trust Reading from "Pantomime and its costume" read by Susan Ilott (Saturday only) |
Rochester Adult Library | 11am |
Kent Costume Trust Reading from "A Kentish Christmas in Victorian Times" read by Judith Dore (Sunday only) | Rochester Adult Library | 11am |
The Lamplighter | La Providence | 11.20pm |
Punch and Judy | Guildhall Forecourt | 11.30pm |
Big Sing | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 11.30am |
Kelter (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 11.30am |
Camine (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 11.30am |
Main Parade | From Almon Place | 12pm |
Come and have your photo taken with the Pickwick Club | Guildhall Forecourt | 1pm |
Corum Handbell Ringers | St Mary's Meadow (War Memorial) | 1pm |
Rochester Choral Society | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 1pm |
Skinners Rats | City Wall Stage | 1pm |
Pytchwood (Sat Only) | Star Hill Stage | 1pm |
Morrigan (Sun Only) | Star Hill Stage | 1pm |
Rochester and Chatham Dickens Fellowship Reading "The Ghost of Christmas Past" from "A Christmas Carol" | Rochester Adult Library | 1.15pm |
Have your photo taken with Fagin | Guildhall Forecourt | 1.30pm |
Dance Alley | Outside the Crown | 1.30pm |
Fabulous Fezheads (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 1.30pm |
Camine (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 1.30pm |
BAE Systems Brass Band | Boley Hill Stage | 1.30pm |
Kent Stage Academy (Saturday only) | La Providence | 1.30pm |
Rock Choir (Sunday only) | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 1.45pm |
Kent Costume Trust Reading from "Pantomime and its costume" read by Susan Ilott (Saturday only) |
Rochester Adult Library | 2pm |
Kent Costume Trust Reading from "A Kentish Christmas in Victorian Times" read by Judith Dore (Sunday only) | Rochester Adult Library | 2pm |
Three Towns (Saturday only) | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 2pm |
Corum Handbell Ringers | St Mary's Meadow (War Memorial) | 2pm |
Pytchwood (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 2pm |
The Lamplighter | La Providence | 2.15pm |
Skinners Rats | City Wall Stage | 2.15pm |
Kelter (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 2.15pm |
Walking Tour of Historic Rochester begins | Visitor Information Centre | 2.15pm |
City of Rochester Pipe Band | Outside the Crown | 2.20pm |
Meet and greet Miss Havisham's Ladies | St Mary's Meadow (War Memorial) | 2.30pm |
Punch and Judy | Guildhall Forecourt | 2.30pm |
Hornchurch Drum and Trumpet Corps | Boley Hill Area | 2.30pm |
Morrigan (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 2.30pm |
Corum Handbell Ringers | St Mary's Meadow (War Memorial) | 3pm |
Pytchwood (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 3pm |
Camine (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 3pm |
Rochester Choral Society (Saturday only) | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 3pm |
River Voice Choir (Sunday only) | Blue Boar Lane Stage | 3pm |
BAE Systems Brass Band | Boley Hill Stage | 3.15pm |
Hornchurch Drum and Trumpet Corps | Outside the Crown | 3.30pm |
Skinners Rats | City Wall Stage | 3.30pm |
Kelter (Saturday only) | Star Hill Stage | 3.30pm |
Morrigan (Sunday only) | Star Hill Stage | 3.30pm |
Kent Stage Academy (Saturday only) | Crow Lane | 3.30pm |
Come and have you photo taken with Fagin | Guildhall Forecourt | 3.30pm |
Rochester and Chatham Dickens Fellowship Reading "The Ghost of Christmas Past" from "A Christmas Carol" | Rochester Adult Library | 3.30pm |
Meet and Greet Miss Havisham's Ladies | St Mary's Meadow (War Memorial) | 3.30pm |
City of Rochester Pipe Band | Blue Boar Area | 3.45pm |
The Lamplighter | La Providence | 3.45pm |
Punch and Judy | Guildhall Forecourt | 4pm |
Dance Alley | Outside the Crown | 4pm |
Pytchwood | Star Hill Stage | 4pm |
Candlelit Parade | From Almon Place | 4.45pm |
Carol Concert with BAE Systems Brass Band | Boley Hill Stage | 5pm |