Dunster by Candlelight

To mark the beginning of the festival the Lantern Lighting Procession is led by the spectacularly costumed stiltwalkers from Syrcus Circus, with Taunton Garrison and Sutton Household carrying the lantern poles, providing a river of light through the village.

Johnny Kingdom * Syrcus Circus * Rattlebox Theatre * Dunster Carollers * Sutton Household Flaming March * Exmoor Zoo Creature Feature * Fire Juggler * Father Christmas * Torchlit Walk * Celtic Fiddler * Roadwater Singers * Milling by Candlelight * Barrel Organ * Blazing Stumpers * Fairground Organ * West Somerset Morris Men * Clowns * Lady and the Fool * Baggins Wood * Charity Stalls * Roundabout * Medieval Musician

Programmes will be on sale from the end of October in Dunster shops, Tourist Information Centres West Somerset Garden Centre, Driftwood Cafe at Blue Anchor, W H Smith in Mineheadand many other outlets. All monies raised from programme sales go to St Margaret's Somerset Hospice

Dunster’s wide variety of shops are open throughout the two evenings for Christmas shopping and a range of restaurants and street stalls will cater for your every need.

Please give generously to the street collectors and entertainers during your stay. Collections are to support St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice

You’d like to come and experience Dunster by Candlelight ? Great, we’d be very pleased to see you but if you are coming from a distance please follow the signs for Park and Ride.

Because of the huge numbers of people who come to Candlelight there is NO PARKING in Dunster itself during the evenings. Park and Ride is cheap (free parking, £3 for each adult return – accompanied children under 14 travel free) and headache free. Park and Ride buses run continuously from 3pm each day and the last bus from Dunster is at 10.45