Light Up Gloucester
Date: Saturday 5 December 2026
Daytime entertainment: From 12pm.
Light performances: From 3:30pm.
Christmas by day. A light spectacular from 3:30pm. From the team behind Geek Out, Light Up Gloucester brings Christmas characters, live entertainment, hands-on activities and illuminated performances to Gloucester.
What’s on from 12pm:
- Bjorn the polar bear, penguins, the Snow Queen and Jack Frost.
- Gliding Nutcrackers, Rudolph’s Nose puppetry and Anton the Cheeky Elf.
- Candy Cane hula hoop performances.
- A juggling unicyclist and Santa Sax.
- Scrooge walkabouts and shows.
- A giant snowglobe and wheelchair-accessible sleigh.
- Snow machines.
- A makers market and Christmas decoration making.
- A surf simulator.
Light spectacular from 3:30pm:
- SPARK’s procession and performances.
- LED silk fans, silk angels, skiers and pixel poi.
- Skating Bubbles.
- An LED robot, Santa and an elf.
- LED hula hoop, LED poi and skating angels.





