Hungerford Victorian Extravaganza
Friday 12th December 2025

In a season awash with pop-up “experiences,” Hungerford’s Victorian Extravaganza remains the real thing: community-made, gloriously nostalgic and now in its 33rd year. From 5pm, the High Street transforms into a living Christmas card — a bustle of stalls and steam engines, the whoosh of a big wheel, and fairground rides that light up young faces. Entry is free, as it always has been, because this town understands that tradition should be shared, not ticketed.

There’s a magic here you can’t order online. Santa’s Grotto will be humming, Dancer & Prancer will be clip-clopping past shopfronts, and a farmyard nativity will remind us that Christmas begins not with glitter, but with kindness. Then there are the Hungerford Christmas Lights — widely regarded as the South’s best — casting their fairy-dust glow over a market town that never forgets how to welcome its neighbours home.

If any local charities would like a stall please contact Derek Loft at treasurer@hungerfordchamberofcommerce.co.uk

Victorian Extravaganza

Late-night shopping isn’t an afterthought; it’s part of the charm. The famed Hungerford Arcade beckons treasure hunters, while Hungerford Bookshop’s children’s section offers the rarest present of all: expert booksellers who know exactly which story might turn a reluctant reader into a lifelong one (and yes, there will be mince pies).
At 7.30pm the Extravaganza Parade steps off — skirls from the Reading Scottish Pipe Band, harmonies from Rock Choir, theatre from the Community of Hungerford Theatre Group, lanterns bobbing like tiny moons, and much more besides. This is not entertainment flown in for the night; it’s the town performing itself.

Credit where it’s due: the event is organised by the Hungerford Chamber of Commerce and powered by the quiet generosity of Greenham Trust, Hungerford Town Council and a host of local businesses. If you can, add your name to that list — sponsorships are being matched by Greenham Trust, doubling every pound of goodwill. Just click on the link below

Credit where it’s due: the event is organised by the Hungerford Chamber of Commerce and powered by the quiet generosity of Greenham Trust, Hungerford Town Council and a host of local businesses. If you can, add your name to that list — sponsorships are being matched by Greenham Trust, doubling every pound of goodwill.

Just click on the link below
https://app.thegoodexchange.com/project/21114/hungerford-chamber-of-commerce/hungerford-victorian-extravaganza-2025

Local charities wanting a stall are warmly invited to get in touch with Karen Salmon at membership@hungerfordchamberofcommerce.co.uk.

In an age of scrolling and next-day deliveries, Hungerford offers something rarer: a night to stand shoulder to shoulder, to listen, to linger, to belong. See you under the lights.

Karen Salmon
Chairman of Hungerford Chamber of Commerce

Sponsors

The event is funded by donations from local businesses and grants from Greenham Trust, Hungerford Town Council and Town & Manor of Hungerford.

Become a sponsor

If you would like to sponsor the event please click here and your donation will kindly be matched by Greenham Trust.

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To find out more information about the Extravaganza like where to park and the timetable of the event click the button below.

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