Trowbridge lights up for Christmas with a lantern parade this month.
The Trowbridge Christmas Lights Switch-On and Lantern Parade is on Friday 27 November 2026 in Trowbridge Town Park. Admission is free.
This year's theme is The Natural World, with colourful willow lanterns paraded through the park. The lights are switched on by the winner of the Mayor's Christmas Card competition, and the switch-on has moved 30 minutes earlier this year, to 6:30pm, with the parade setting off straight after.
The evening
- 4pm: the Civic Christmas Market opens (until 9pm)
- 4:30pm: food and drink traders open
- 4:30 to 5:30pm: collect fairy lights from the Information Tent
- 5 to 6:30pm: Christmas performances on the Bandstand
- 6:30pm: lights switch on, the bells of St James' Church ring, and the Lantern Parade sets off from the Bandstand to the Civic Christmas Market
Make a lantern
Free willow-and-tissue lantern kits can be collected from the Information Centre at The Civic, St Stephen's Place, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm, while stocks last (maximum five per person; glue and tape not included).
