This is a 'Must' - Dickensian Evening Tavistock - 29 November

The ancient town of Tavistock is just a few minutes drive from Sandhill House Country House Retreat with luxury B&B accommodation and Dickensian Evening is a truly magical, festive experience and is an important 'red letter' date in Tavistock’s calendar, so book your beautiful room early. 

For many years, this magical event was held on the first Friday in December.  It is now held on the last Friday in November, to coincide with the switching on of the town's Christmas Lights. 

The main streets are closed to traffic and it heralds the real start of Christmas festivities in the Town.  All of the shops are open until 9pm and the Chamber of Commerce organises a wide range of activities – choirs, brass bands, a woodwind band, a fire-eater, jugglers, Morris dancers and children's rides, to name but a few. The Town looks olde worlde with the Christmas Lights illuminating the streets. Many of the shop-keepers dress up in Dickensian costume, and hand out hot mulled wine to their regular customers as a way of thanking them for their custom throughout the year.

It is a very nostalgic, relaxed, safe and highly entertaining evening. Shoppers can visit the diverse selection of shops through the Town – and take advantage of some very different and unique Christmas gifts. The whole event is a contrasting experience to the normal frenetic, pressurised visit to city centre shops.

Dickensian Evening attracts around 12,000 visitors to the Town, and is therefore an excellent opportunity to see the Town at its best.  Many people who have never been to Tavistock before end up falling in love with it on Dickensian Evening, and come back time and time again. In addition, for the retailers and locals alike, it is probably everyone’s favourite day of the year. It is a delightful evening which shouldn't be missed.

To get more of a flavour of what Dickensian Evening is all about, please visit the Chamber of Commerce's Past Events page.http://www.tavichamber.co.uk/past_events