The Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party, a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London ~ an elaborate party with hundreds of costumed players performing and interacting with patrons in over four acres of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance floors, and festive shops. It's a twilight evening in Charles Dickens' London Town ~ a city of winding lanes filled with colorful characters from both literature and history. Enticing aromas of roasted chestnuts and hearty foods fill the air. Cries of street vendors hawking their wares ring out above the bustling crowd. Dozens of lamplit shops are filled to overflowing with handmade gifts. The Dickens Christmas Fair is a treasured Bay Area tradition since 1970 and a splendid way to celebrate the holidays.
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This year marks the Fair's Ruby Jubilee season! In addition to the many wonders and delights to be found at the Fair, a special 40th-anniversary souvenir guide printed in Norwich, England, will be available for sale. New this year, visitors will discover a miniature live steam train as they arrive at the Fair's Victoria Station lobby. Guests of all ages can enjoy a ride and help support historic live-steam associations. Conductors will then usher visitors through the Station and into London in San Francisco, where it is always Christmas Eve, and the story of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" comes to life all around you. And plan to purchase your holiday greenery after your time-travel adventure! The Delancey Street Foundation will again have fresh Christmas trees, wreaths, and evergreens available to buy, with proceeds benefiting their vital work.
Visitors can enrich their Victorian holiday with epicurean adventures and mysteries to solve in these curated Experiences. To celebrate the Ruby Jubilee, book a delicious and entertaining Port and Chocolate Tasting, or indulge in the decadent and informative new Champagne Tasting at the new Royal Libation Society. The more adventurous may enjoy The Dark Garden Corset Experience--an authentic Victorian corset fitting with contemporary corsetry's most experienced and sought-after name. Patrons can also solve the mystery and bring Mr. Hyde to justice while imbibing custom designed elixirs at five London pubs with the Jekyll and Hyde Pub Crawl, or try to solve a perplexing new puzzle at the Sherlock Holmes Experience. The young ones can enjoy the self-guided Children's Tour of London and meet Father Christmas at 1pm or 4pm each day.
Opens Saturday, November 23, and runs Saturdays and Sundays (plus the Friday after Thanksgiving) through December 22, 2024, from 10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
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This year marks the Fair's Ruby Jubilee season! In addition to the many wonders and delights to be found at the Fair, a special 40th-anniversary souvenir guide printed in Norwich, England, will be available for sale. New this year, visitors will discover a miniature live steam train as they arrive at the Fair's Victoria Station lobby. Guests of all ages can enjoy a ride and help support historic live-steam associations. Conductors will then usher visitors through the Station and into London in San Francisco, where it is always Christmas Eve, and the story of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" comes to life all around you. And plan to purchase your holiday greenery after your time-travel adventure! The Delancey Street Foundation will again have fresh Christmas trees, wreaths, and evergreens available to buy, with proceeds benefiting their vital work.
Visitors can enrich their Victorian holiday with epicurean adventures and mysteries to solve in these curated Experiences. To celebrate the Ruby Jubilee, book a delicious and entertaining Port and Chocolate Tasting, or indulge in the decadent and informative new Champagne Tasting at the new Royal Libation Society. The more adventurous may enjoy The Dark Garden Corset Experience--an authentic Victorian corset fitting with contemporary corsetry's most experienced and sought-after name. Patrons can also solve the mystery and bring Mr. Hyde to justice while imbibing custom designed elixirs at five London pubs with the Jekyll and Hyde Pub Crawl, or try to solve a perplexing new puzzle at the Sherlock Holmes Experience. The young ones can enjoy the self-guided Children's Tour of London and meet Father Christmas at 1pm or 4pm each day.
Opens Saturday, November 23, and runs Saturdays and Sundays (plus the Friday after Thanksgiving) through December 22, 2024, from 10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party, a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London ~ an elaborate party with hundreds of costumed players performing and interacting with patrons in over four acres of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance floors, and festive shops. It's a twilight evening in Charles Dickens' London Town ~ a city of winding lanes filled with colorful characters from both literature and history. Enticing aromas of roasted chestnuts and hearty foods fill the air. Cries of street vendors hawking their wares ring out above the bustling crowd. Dozens of lamplit shops are filled to overflowing with handmade gifts. The Dickens Christmas Fair is a treasured Bay Area tradition since 1970 and a splendid way to celebrate the holidays.
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This year marks the Fair's Ruby Jubilee season! In addition to the many wonders and delights to be found at the Fair, a special 40th-anniversary souvenir guide printed in Norwich, England, will be available for sale. New this year, visitors will discover a miniature live steam train as they arrive at the Fair's Victoria Station lobby. Guests of all ages can enjoy a ride and help support historic live-steam associations. Conductors will then usher visitors through the Station and into London in San Francisco, where it is always Christmas Eve, and the story of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" comes to life all around you. And plan to purchase your holiday greenery after your time-travel adventure! The Delancey Street Foundation will again have fresh Christmas trees, wreaths, and evergreens available to buy, with proceeds benefiting their vital work.
Visitors can enrich their Victorian holiday with epicurean adventures and mysteries to solve in these curated Experiences. To celebrate the Ruby Jubilee, book a delicious and entertaining Port and Chocolate Tasting, or indulge in the decadent and informative new Champagne Tasting at the new Royal Libation Society. The more adventurous may enjoy The Dark Garden Corset Experience--an authentic Victorian corset fitting with contemporary corsetry's most experienced and sought-after name. Patrons can also solve the mystery and bring Mr. Hyde to justice while imbibing custom designed elixirs at five London pubs with the Jekyll and Hyde Pub Crawl, or try to solve a perplexing new puzzle at the Sherlock Holmes Experience. The young ones can enjoy the self-guided Children's Tour of London and meet Father Christmas at 1pm or 4pm each day.
Opens Saturday, November 23, and runs Saturdays and Sundays (plus the Friday after Thanksgiving) through December 22, 2024, from 10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
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This year marks the Fair's Ruby Jubilee season! In addition to the many wonders and delights to be found at the Fair, a special 40th-anniversary souvenir guide printed in Norwich, England, will be available for sale. New this year, visitors will discover a miniature live steam train as they arrive at the Fair's Victoria Station lobby. Guests of all ages can enjoy a ride and help support historic live-steam associations. Conductors will then usher visitors through the Station and into London in San Francisco, where it is always Christmas Eve, and the story of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" comes to life all around you. And plan to purchase your holiday greenery after your time-travel adventure! The Delancey Street Foundation will again have fresh Christmas trees, wreaths, and evergreens available to buy, with proceeds benefiting their vital work.
Visitors can enrich their Victorian holiday with epicurean adventures and mysteries to solve in these curated Experiences. To celebrate the Ruby Jubilee, book a delicious and entertaining Port and Chocolate Tasting, or indulge in the decadent and informative new Champagne Tasting at the new Royal Libation Society. The more adventurous may enjoy The Dark Garden Corset Experience--an authentic Victorian corset fitting with contemporary corsetry's most experienced and sought-after name. Patrons can also solve the mystery and bring Mr. Hyde to justice while imbibing custom designed elixirs at five London pubs with the Jekyll and Hyde Pub Crawl, or try to solve a perplexing new puzzle at the Sherlock Holmes Experience. The young ones can enjoy the self-guided Children's Tour of London and meet Father Christmas at 1pm or 4pm each day.
Opens Saturday, November 23, and runs Saturdays and Sundays (plus the Friday after Thanksgiving) through December 22, 2024, from 10 a.m. ~ 6 p.m.
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