Yalding Yuletide Market

02/10/2026

YALDING YULETIDE MARKET 5th DEC 2026


Yuletide 2026 is not far away! We’ve listened to your feedback from 2025 and have adjusted the mix of stalls and re-booked the family favourites’ entertainment. We’ve also added a Santa’s grotto for this year.

Enjoy the beat of the Samba Band, marvel at non-PC Punch and Judy, come and meet Santa, warm up in the church listening to Christmas carols and the Silver Band. So much choice!

We are still finalising our selected stalls for you including local crafts, seasonal produce, gift items, jewellery, festive wreaths, cheeses and a deli, baked goodies, chocolates and sweets!

Our local organisations will be represented so it’s a great way to meet new friends, find out more about their activities and help them raise much needed annual funds.

If you fancy something hot to eat – we plan to have: Crepes, wood fired Pizza, Hog Roast, Fish and Chips and a mix of street food. Something for everyone! Watch our socials for more details.

Drinks wise we’ll have traditional mulled w**e, festive hot drinks, a central bar in the heart of the action, and our own local Tea Rooms and Village Club will be open too.

We plan to have StarLink WiFi this year! Assuming testing goes well we will be offering card payment facilities, meaning more convenience for visitors and our valued stall holders.

Donations for the popular bottle stall are much appreciated. See the leaflet coming through your door and the Yuletide page for details. This year we will gladly take donations at the Tea Rooms and Post Office. All donations by 30th November please!

The Yuletide community grant scheme is running again. Don’t forget your small admission fee supports this for local causes! Last year we helped the local schools and the scouts out. Don’t forget that your loose change on the way in or out of the market can literally change things for local organisations! It’s a great thing to do!

We’ve added parking at the village hall and we have off street free parking thanks to local business LupoFresh, a little way along Benover Road, for overflow parking if we get busy.

Here’s our packed schedule of entertainment for the evening, which is of course subject to change.
Note that some items have changed since our last press release:

4.45pm ​School choirs at the war memorial
5.00pm ​Santa switches on the Christmas lights
5.15pm ​Samba Band in the High Street
5.15pm ​Laddingford FLS Santa’s grotto opens
5.30pm Story time in the library
5.40pm ​Punch and Judy - High Street opposite Oast Court
6.00pm ​Silver Band in the church
6.25pm ​Samba Band in the High Street
6.30pm ​Carols in the church
6.50pm ​Punch and Judy - High Street opposite Oast Court
7.30pm ​Samba Band in the High Street grand finale
7:10pm ​Last meeting with Santa in the Laddingford FLS grotto
7.15pm​ Santa tours the High Street
8.00pm ​End of market

You’ll find Santa and his elves in a fantastic grotto for the kids to visit! Check the Yuletide and Laddingford FLS socials for further details and how to book. Walk-ins will also be available. Find him near the Tea Rooms.

Watch our socials for the timing of ‘story time’ in Yalding library.

None of this is possible without our volunteers. This year we really need more people to help out! You can marshal one of the car parking areas, ensuring responsible parking and directing visitors to the market. We need helpers on the bar too, especially at the end of the market.

If you can spare an hour contact Anita Rossi and register your interest.

The end of the market is our peak time for needing more arms and legs! If you’re able to help collect litter, dismantle equipment or collect tables etc. please contact Jason Bryant.

Do you have a van or enclosed truck? Could you help us move tables to & from the village hall to the market and store bar stock? We’d be happy to cover fuel costs – please contact Jason Bryant or Anita Rossi ASAP.

Stay tuned for final details and if you have any questions at all please email [email protected]

THANK YOU YALDING AND LADDINGFORD!

03/09/2026

It's market research time!

We want to complement the market with some high quality edible Christmas goodies this year including high-end Christmas cakes, brownies and decorated gingerbread characters.

The offer will vary as we firm up our plans.

We would love to know;

1) What would you like to buy?
2) What kind of price point would you expect for a quality cake or baked goodie?
3) Would you want to just buy and take away or do you fancy a more immersive experience, like decorating your own gingerbread reindeer?

We have a top baker enlisted so we are ready to go, but want to make sure we offer the most attractive and relevant items.

This year will be a trial so please shout up on this post with your opinions, ideas and suggestions.

Thank you Yalding!

03/09/2026

Hello everyone, we need help with moving items on the day of Yuletide plus storing stock for our bar and new Xmas goodies stall.

We've used a van for this before which worked really well!

Does anyone have either a Transit or similar sized van that we might be able to borrow or hire please?

Better still if you have your own van, or use of one, could you help us out on the day?

We need to move items during the morning and return them after the event. The van stays inside the event footprint while it's running acting as a temporary store room.

If you can help or have any ideas please email us at [email protected].

Thanks Yalding!

06/08/2026

Lister

The price of some stalls have more than doubled from last year

02/08/2026

Hi guys, we are definitely running this year, on Sat 5th Dec as usual in the High Street. We really need your support this year, in terms of volunteering if you can, and helping to raise funds for the market to run. Please spare whatever you can at the entry and exit points.

Our costs are rocketing (thanks to red tape mainly), and we wanted to bring you more entertainment this year after listening carefully to your feedback.

If we do make any excess it gets donated to local registered charities so we really do make good on our promise of giving something back.

Watch this space for more details and feel free to message one of the team if you want to volunteer!

Use it or lose it folks!

Thanks and Merry Yuletide!!

02/08/2026

02/07/2026

Ever wondered what happens to the loose change you are asked to donate into the buckets at the entrances to the Yuletide market?

When we've covered all of costs we love to donate the rest to deserving local charities.

Here's some of what Laddingford primary school said about our grant last year, which they used to improve their outdoor sensory space!

"Your funding has enabled us to carry out a significant refurbishment. This has included electrical work to install safe, soft lighting, a new carpet and a range of sensory resources that children can interact with while using the space. The result is a warm, welcoming and calming environment that is already proving to be a valuable resource for the school."

The Yuletide Grant application process will open soon for 2026 so watch this space. Also if you're visiting us please remember what a wonderful difference your generosity can make!

See you all soon 👌

28/06/2026

As we sit sweltering in the sun we never stop thinking about the plans for Yuletide! 5th December in the High Street. This year we will need even more volunteers please!

To man the road closure.

To help running the main bar.

To help set up and, (the bit nobody likes) clearing down at the end.

If you can spare an hour on the night I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks and Merry Christmas 🤣👍