Events Land's End Peninsula

Penzance hosts a midwinter festival, the Montol Festival, a programme of events to mark the winter solstice including the 'Rivers of Fire Lantern Parade', cultural events, workshops and a market.

Montol is the Cornish word for the Midwinter Solstice according to Edward Lhuyd in his 1700 MSS Vocabulary. See the Montol Festival website for details of the events.

The team behind Montol would love as many people as possible to dress up in mock formal and masks and partake in this annual event.

There will be street entertainers and market stalls from 12 Noon.

The evening proceedings will begin at 4pm with The Guise and Children’s Sundown Procession which will start at the top of Causewayhead and end on Chapel Street. This year’s ‘Lord of Misrule’ will then be chosen, followed by the 6pm procession leaving from Chapel Street to the burn the sun effigy at The Princess May Recreation Ground.

Between 7pm and 8pm the Guise Guilds will choose their Masters and will roam establishments with different themed performances (information on how to join the guilds can be found on; https://www.facebook.com/montolfestival )

Meeting outside Lloyds Bank at 10 pm, the procession will then continue down to The Barbican area picking up Guise Beasts along the way and culminating with a winding serpent dance to The Admiral Benbow where the Lord of Misrule’s Reception will be held.

Festive market with a variety of stalls from Arts and Crafts to Food. The market will be accompanied by music and entertainment throughout the day.

St John's Hall
Penzance

Join in the family fun and festivities around St Ives throughout December. There's something for everyone.

Fri 1st to Sun 3rd Dec
Etsy Made Cornwall Christmas Fair
Fri - 6pm -9pm Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 10am - 4pm
Guildhall, Street-An-Pol, Saint Ives TR26 2NE

Sat 2nd Dec
Fair Mo
10am - 5pm
St Ia's Church, St Andrew's St, Saint Ives TR26 1AH

Sat 2nd Dec
Food Trail
12pm - 6pm

History Walks on the 2nd, 16th & 31st Dec 12pm - 1.30pm

Sat 2nd Dec 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Visit Father Christmas in his Winter Wonderland Grotto at Salvation Army Hall, The Wharf, St Ives.

Sat 2nd Dec 5pm - 8pm
Kidz R Us Christmas Bazaar
St Ives Theatre, The Stennack, St Ives

Sat 2nd Dec 6pm - 7pm Take part in the amazing St Ives Lantern Parade through the streets to the Wharf and on to Market Square, High Street and Tregenna Place into Royal Square.

Tue 26 Dec
BOXING DAY SWIM – 12pm - 1pm
Brave the waves or cheer on the swimmers at Porthminster Beach, Saint Ives TR26 2EA


Sun 31st Dec
NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA - take part in Cornwall's biggest Fancy-Dress Party as the streets fill with revellers and musicians. Celebrate the start of 2018 as St Ives BID's spectacular Firework Display lights up the sky over the harbour.

Daily: Town Treasure Hunt and Shop Window Display Competition.

St Ives in December – it’s the only place to be!

See all the events, dates and times on St Ives in December

An annual event which takes place on this night each year. Tom Bawcock is the legendary fisherman who braved wild seas in order to catch fish to feed a hungry village. He brought home seven different types of fish, a feast for the hungry villagers of Mousehole.

The dish, Starry Gazy Pie, is uniquely Cornish and is so called because the heads of the fish protrude from the pastry as if they are are staring into the sky.

Mousehole, Cornwall.