** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT **
Due to several of our wonderful Lights Up committee stepping down from their positions this year, plus we understood that another community event had been booked in for the same day we hold Lights Up (we have since been told that this event isn’t happening), we have taken the difficult decision not to put on the event this year. We are sorry for any disappointment this may bring, we did try and find a way to bring you the event – including approaching other local organisations, but it was not to be, and we will miss putting the event on this year as much as you will attending it!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our regular sponsors, stall holders and volunteers for all their help to date, and hope you’ll all join us in kicking off Christmas in Paddock Wood again next year. Anyone already booked in as a stall holder will be contacted in due course.
In order to continue putting on Lights Up, we are looking for new committee members to join the team and help spread the festive cheer. If you are passionate about your community, love all things Christmas, and can spare a few hours a month* between April and November – all whilst rocking a Santa hat, then we’d love to hear from you!
For more information about the event and the open committee roles, please drop us an email at hello@paddockwoodlightsup.co.uk
In addition, due to the events growth over the years, we are now also looking for somewhere to store all of our festive finery. If anyone has, or knows of someone that has space, and could donate storage facilities to help keep our equipment safe, we would be very grateful. Plus, we know the big man and can guarantee your name going on the Nice List 
*Plus up to 12 hours on event day.
about the event
Lights Up is an annual Christmas event held on the last Sunday of November in Paddock Wood. We shut the high street and it turns into a mass of market stalls, with food and drink stalls located in the small car park, a stage with entertainment all afternoon from the local schools, choirs and dance groups and some great music acts. There is free street entertainment, you’ll find Father Christmas in his Grotto, a small funfair located in the station car park and we end the event with special guests switching on our Christmas tree to light up our high street! There is a raffle with lots of great prizes donated from our local businesses. Half of all the ticket sales and all of the proceeds of the Santa’s Grotto goes to a local charity every year.
The Paddock Wood Lights Up committee are a small group of local people committed to bringing the community together during the festive season. We are all small businesses or individuals that live and work in Paddock Wood, who give up our own personal time and resources for free to put on an annual Christmas event for the people of the town to enjoy and bring the community together. The event is completely self-funded by the Paddock Wood Lights Up committee, and we rely on donations, grants, and sponsorship in order to be able to put on the event each year.
THANKS TO OUR 2024 SPONSORS
