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Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza 2025
29 November 2025 @ 9.00am to 6.30pm
About the Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza 2025
Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza will be back on Saturday, 29 November 2025, thanks to the community members who formed a steering group and the sponsors who have pledged their support.
The Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza kicks off the festive season in Abingdon. It’s a family-focused festive event in the heart of the town where the community comes together as one.
Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council provides the Christmas Lights display in the town centre, and a large Christmas tree is put up by staff with contributions from loyal Monday Charter Market traders.
The programme below was for last year:
Bath Street Market
- 9.00am – Bath Street Christmas Market opens with craftworkers, charity stalls, artisan food vendors and Christmas Gifts for you to browse. The Donkeys from Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary (sponsored by Frend & co) will be at the end of Bath Street for families to say hello to.
- 4.00pm – Bath Street Market closes
Bath Street Performing Area
- 9.00am to 11.30am – Abbey Brass Band
- 12.30pm – Strawberry Fayre Majorettes
- 1.00pm – Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
- 1.30pm – Francisca Rigaud
- 2.30pm – Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
- 3.00pm – ACCORD
Market Place Stage
- 9.00am – Abingdon Dance & Fitness Studio
- 9.45am – Amanda Alder Dance Academy
- 10.30am – Strawberry Fayre Majorettes
- 11.00am – Abingdon Rock Choir
- 12.30pm – Oxford Caledonian Pipe & Drum Band
- 1.00pm – Attitude Dance School
- 1.30pm – ACCORD
- 2.00pm – Amanda Alder Dance Academy
- 2.45pm – Dance Pathway
- 3.15pm – Harmony Inspires
- 3.45pm – Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers
- 4.15pm – Family Choir Club
- 5.00pm – Main act performance = FREE 4 ALL
- 5.45pm – Start of the Lights-Switch-On ceremony on the stage in the Market Place
- 6.00pm – Christmas lights provided by Abingdon Town Council will be switched on.
- 6.15pm – Main act performance FREE 4 ALL continues.
- 6.30pm – Market Place stalls close
Community Shop, 24 Bury Street
- 10.00am to 4.30pm – Christmas Crafts and Activities in the former H Samuels shop on Bury Street.
- 10.00am to 4.30pm – Comfortable and friendly space for nappy changes and breastfeeding run by Girlguiding Abingdon Division
Town Centre
- Noon – The parade starts its tour of the town centre, taking in Stert Street, East St Helen Street, Lombard Street, West St Helen’s Street, and High Street and arriving back at the Market Place at around 12.20pm.
Please note some items are subject change on the day.