What's On in Falmouth

Sat 24 – Sat 31 Oct

Halloween Town Trail Free

Shop windows across the town centre; worksheets from Falmouth Library

Children collect a worksheet at Falmouth Library, track down six spooky characters hidden in shop windows around town and claim a prize at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Thu 5 Nov

Fireworks Night

Fired from Pendennis Castle; viewing along the seafront and from town

Falmouth Town Council's one-off Bonfire Night display goes up from Pendennis Castle at 7pm, organised after this year's Falmouth Week fireworks were cancelled, with road closure and viewing details to follow on the page.

Mon 16 – Sun 22 Nov

Cornwall Film Festival Previews Week

The Poly, 24 Church Street

The Poly on Church Street screens the Cornwall Film Festival's previews week, with listings and online tickets on the festival's website and in-person sales at The Poly box office.

Thu 26 Nov

Christmas Lights Switch-on

The Moor, with a parade from Events Square

Kernow Pipes & Drums lead a parade from Events Square to The Moor, where schools and choirs perform before a resident nominated by the town switches on the lights at 7pm.

Fri 27 Nov – Sun 3 Jan

Christmas at the Museum

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay

The maritime museum on Discovery Quay hangs a lit flotilla of small boats overhead, puts up a lobster-pot Christmas tree built by a Cadgwith fisherman and runs a family trail, closing only on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Fri 4 – Sun 6 Dec

The Poly's Christmas Market

The Poly, 24 Church Street

Gift stalls fill the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's listed building on Church Street for three days, with its upstairs cafe-bar open.

Sat 5 – Sun 20 Dec

Storytelling with Santa at Trebah

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith

On six December dates Santa tells a story to small groups in a log grotto in Trebah's garden, and pre-booked tickets include garden entry and a small gift for each child.

Sat 12 – Sat 19 Dec

Falmouth Christmas Market

Wooden cabins on The Moor

New for 2026, a cluster of wooden cabins with local makers, gifts and seasonal treats opens on The Moor with the Festive Weekend and stays for the following week.

Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec

Festive Weekend

The Moor, Events Square and the town centre

From 11am to 5pm Falmouth Town Team puts an artificial ice rink and fairground rides on Events Square, a giant snow globe and a music stage on The Moor, and a land train between the two.

Thu 17 Dec

Late Night Shopping

Town centre shops and the Christmas Market on The Moor

Falmouth's independent shops and the Christmas Market on The Moor stay open until 7pm for an evening of present buying.

Sun 20 – Wed 23 Dec

Nadelik: A Family Christmas Show

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay

A 50-minute puppetry show with live music about a Cornish fisherman caught in a storm on Christmas Eve plays at 11am and 2pm, and tickets (adults £12, children £8) include museum entry that day.

Thu 24 Dec

Cornish Christmas Harmony Choir

From outside Fives Cyderhouse through the town centre to The Moor

Male voice choirs walk the town on Christmas Eve morning singing traditional and Merritt carols for local causes, a custom begun by the Falmouth Docks Foundry Choir in 1900, with the first listed stop at Harbour Lights at about 10.30am.

Fri 28 – Mon 31 May

Falmouth Food Festival Free

Church Street Car Park

Cornish producers, independent traders and visiting kitchens take over the harbourside Church Street Car Park for four days of live cooking, craft drinks and music, with free entry.

Fri 18 – Sun 20 Jun

Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival Free

Pubs, stages, quays and churches across the town

Shanty singing fills Falmouth for three days in June, and the organisers say most of the festival is free to attend, asking only for donations.

Fri 6 – Sun 15 Aug

Falmouth Week

Racing on the Carrick Roads and Falmouth Bay; shoreside events on The Moor and Events Square

The ten-day week grew from a sailing regatta dating back to 1837 and pairs racing on the water with a carnival parade on the first Saturday, a carousel and market on The Moor and Events Square, and evening music in the Waterfront Marquee.

Thu 7 – Sun 10 Oct

Falmouth Oyster Festival Free

Events Square

Held at the start of the native Fal oyster dredging season, four days of cookery demonstrations and Cornish seafood on Events Square are free by day, with ticketed entertainment in the evenings.