Christmas Markets, a Victorian Fair and Lantern Parade - Stockton Sparkles fun continues

Find that special gift at the Christmas Markets, enjoy all the fun of the Victorian Fair, and don't miss the much-loved Lantern Parade - Stockton Sparkles continues with a range of festive activities to enjoy this weekend.

Don't miss the Victorian Fair

Ride the 50-foot Ferris wheel, carousel and more, all for free, at the popular Victorian Fair. The fair will be on the High Street on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December, from 10am to 6pm, and on Sunday 8 December from 11am to 5pm.

This year the Victorian Fair has moved to the Sparkles Christmas Market weekend so people can enjoy the fair and get some lovely things to eat and drink while shopping for Christmas gifts too!

Pick up the perfect gift at Sparkles Christmas Market 

The three-day Christmas Market runs from Friday 6 December until Sunday 8 December on Stockton High Street, offering tasty treats and festive goodies from local artists, artisan makers and traders, all housed in traditional winter wonderland wooden cabins. The market is open from 10am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday.

This year's traders include:

• D'Vine Catering - hot food including hog roast, dirty fries, burgers and sausage buns
• Tasty Tarts - cakes, bakes and tasty tarts
• Three Brothers Brewing Company - family-run microbrewery in Teesside brewing award-winning beers, lager and small batch distilled spirits
• Butterflies Florist - florist working with the quirky to the traditional, the simple to the extraordinary
• Magic Clay by Tatjana - handmade ceramics and pottery
• Jess McGowan Design - award winning illustrator and surface pattern designer
• The Scruffy Sheep - beautiful handmade crotchet and wool items, cold weather wear and seasonal decorations
• Wilks and K Creations - soy wax candles and personalised gifts
• Blueberry Hill Preserves - Artisan ahutneys, preserves, luxury curds and waxed cheese truckles
• Bethanie's - Stockton-based bakery serving up Christmas themed sweet treats for all and homemade boxed Christmas cakes
• McColl's Brewery - easy drinking, top quality beer that everyone can enjoy! Beers to drink on site and takeaway
• Menu World Cuisine - hot and fresh West-African food
• SLICE NE - handmade Neapolitan pizza
• The Seahorse Coffee Box - speciality coffees; dalgona, cold brew, iced teas and hot chocolates from the best baristas
• Shanti Shanti - Colours of Nepal - Fairtrade clothes and handicrafts from Nepal and India
• Smellifiscent - soy wax melts and wax melt gift sets
• Glass Haus Art - one-off handmade artwork and jewellery created using sea glass
• Fusion Cake Haus - gourmet cupcakes in a variety of unusual and quirky flavours
• Jurassic Creations - Norton-based beautifully knitted dinosaurs and amazing dinosaur-themed toys and gifts
• Crepe Expectations - sweet and savoury crepes
• SBC Community Based Options  
• SBC Community Partnerships     
• SBC The Gift

Return of the dazzling Lantern Parade

Our annual Illuminated Lantern Parade will bring the festive cheer when it returns to Stockton High Street on Sunday 8 December. Watch hundreds of school children and community groups dazzle their way along the High Street from 4pm, sporting a glittering array of community created lanterns, supported by street theatre and atmospheric festive music.

Councillor Steve Nelson, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council's Cabinet Member for Health, Leisure and Culture, said: "The festive celebrations continue this weekend with plenty more Stockton Sparkles fun still to come, including our Lantern Parade which is always incredibly popular.

"The free Victorian Fair will also be in town so why not make a day of it with your loved ones, do some shopping at our Christmas Markets and enjoy some of the delicious food and drink on offer too."

For full dates and times and to see everything Sparkles has to offer visit the Tees Valley What's On website.