Hocking Cottage

16/11/2025

Brixham is the place to be this Friday and Saturday. We have lots happening over the two days of Lanterns, Lights, & 'luminations 2025, on the 21st and 22nd of November in Brixham!
CHRISTMAS BEGINS IN BRIXHAM !

FRIDAY - Middle Street, The Strand, The Old Fish Market, & The Quay
11:00 - 22:00 - Roads closed
16:00 - 19:00 - Street food & market
16:00 - 19:00 - Stiltwalkers
FRIDAY - The Quay Stage, sponsored by Costa Coffee
16:00 - Eden Park Primary School Choir
16:15 - Emma Pick Music
17:30 - Sam Rida
18:30 - Lantern Parade arrives
followed by Christmas Light Switch On
FRIDAY - The Strand
17:45 - Lantern Parade Assembles
18:00 - Lantern Parade Leaves
route: The Strand > Fore Street > Union Lane > Middle Street > The Quay
SATURDAY - Middle Street, The Strand, The Old Fish Market, & The Quay
07:00 - 22:00 - Roads closed
10:00 - 19:00 - Street food & market
10:00 - 19:00 - Stiltwalkers
14:00 - Dog Show (Middle Street)
SATURDAY - The Quay Stage, sponsored by Costa Coffee
10:20 - Fishtown Handbells
12:15 - Elle Miles
13:15 - Spencer & Terri
14:15 - Emma Pick Music
15:15 - Millie Bowden
16:15 - Tom Hannigan
17:20 - Manuka
18:30 - Fireworks from The Breakwater

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Shoalstone Seawater Pool Brixham at sunrise with the tide out, great start to the day. :)

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