Things to do this week: The Clarendon Park Christmas Fair Plus a Christmas Wreath Making Workshop!

Morning! Christmas has fully taken over this week and there is no point pretending you are staying indoors.

Queens Road turns into a full festive strip with stalls, snacks and enough mulled drinks to confuse your shopping list. Santa is turning up in a space grotto like it is the most normal thing in the world, and there is a wreath workshop ready to convince you that you can craft something that belongs in a magazine.

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

🎄 - Clarendon Park Christmas Fair
📍 - Queens Road (between Howard Road and Clarendon Park Road)
📅 - Sunday 7th December
⏰ - 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
🎟️ - Free
📷 - @clarendonparkfair

This fair takes over Queens Road with fifty stalls, live entertainment and enough food smells to drag you in whether you planned to browse or not. You can pick up gifts, grab a mulled drink, sample cakes and let the kids burn energy on the rides while you pretend you are only here for the shopping. Every shop, cafe and bar joins in, so the whole stretch turns into a full festive run with something happening every few steps.

BIZ BITE OF THE WEEK

💌✨ - KaliKoh Studio - Desi Cards That Outshine Your Gift
📅 - Live Black Friday deals
⏰ - Etsy and Thortful
🎟️ - From £3
📸 - @kalikohstudio

KaliKoh Studio creates desi inspired greeting cards that make supermarket cards look like they were designed on a lunch break. The Paper Sari range is printed and shipped by hand, while the Bindi Collection runs through Thortful which means smooth delivery without any hassle. Each design has enough personality to rescue any last minute celebration and every order helps unlock more design slots for a local creator pushing hard to grow.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🎅 - Christmas at the National Space Centre
📍 - National Space Centre
📅 - Sunday 7th December
⏰ - Various times
🎟️ - £18.95
📷 - @spacecentre

This visit drops you straight into a festive world where Santa turns up in a space grotto and somehow pulls it off. This Sunday is the big one, but there are other dates across the month with film screenings, toddler sessions and enough Christmas sparkle to make grown adults forget they only came for the kids. It is screens, stories, space suits and a lot of very excited small humans.

FRESH EXPERIENCES

🎄 - Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
📍 - Leicester Guildhall
📅 - 6th Dec and 7th Dec
⏰ - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (plus 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday)
🎟️ - £40
📷 - @leicestermuseums

This workshop gives you a chance to create a wreath that looks like you are the sort of person who has their life together. They hand you all the materials, show you what to do and somehow convince you that you can craft something that would cost triple the price in a shop. The Guildhall backdrop adds enough medieval charm to hide any wonky bits, so your front door ends up looking festive even if your technique is more enthusiasm than skill.

MONDAY

Hearing Loss Support Group - Beaumonth Leys Library
1:00 PM | More Info

TUESDAY

Santa's Magical Christmas Route - Countesthorpe Village Hall
5:00 PM | More Info

WEDNESDAY

Rob Beckett Giraffe - De Montfort Hall
8:00 PM | More Info

THURSDAY

Christmas by Candlelight - De Montfort Hall
7:30 PM | More Info

Pilates Flow Class - Quorn Village Hall
6:30 PM | More Info

Gospel Choir Live - Aylestone Black-Horse
6:30 PM | More Info

FRIDAY

Christmas Carol Concert - De Montfort Hall
7:00 PM | More Info

Aurie Styla's Christmas Crack Up - The Y Theatre
7:30 PM | More Info

Chilling Tales For Christmas - Leicester Guildhall
8:00 PM | More Info

SATURDAY

Barwell Meteorite 60 - National Space Centre
11:00 AM | More Info

Christmas Makers Market - Metal Monocle
12:00 PM | More Info

Festive Fun and Father Christmas - The Green Place
4:00 PM | More Info

The Bootleg Beatles - De Montfort Hall
7:00 PM | More Info

Best in Comedy - Mountsorrel Memorial Centre
7:30 PM | More Info

Soul Heaven End of Year Party - Abbey Sports and Leisure Club
8:00 PM | More Info

SUNDAY

My Baby & Child Show - Hilton Hotel
10:00 AM | More Info

Santa Special - Abbey Park
11:00 AM | More Info

Accessible Afternoon - National Space Centre
3:00 PM | More Info

 🎶 LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY

• Skinny Lister - 02 Academy - 7:00 PM

• Side Project - Metal Monocle - 8:00 PM

• The Inspired - Black Horse - 9:00 PM

SATURDAY

• We Present 10 Years The Classic - 2Funky - 4:00 PM

• Luke Combs Experience - 02 Academy - 7:00 PM

• Total Class - Duffy's Bar - 7:45 PM

• Sons of Nirvana - Metal Monocle - 8:30 PM

• The Retro Live - O'Neils - 9:00 PM

• A Night MOD SKA - Clarendon Park Conservative Club - 9:15 PM

SUNDAY

• Storm Thieves - The International - 1:00 PM

• Listening Party - Real Ale Classroom - 2:00 PM

• Anderson Crazy Head - Duffy's Bar - 4:00 PM

• Aynsley Lister - International Music Venue - 7:30 PM

🌦️ WEEKEND WEATHER

Friday

9°C 🌡️ 6°C | Overcast.

Saturday

10°C 🌡️ 6°C | Overcast.

Sunday

9°C 🌡️ 6°C | Overcast.
Temperature readings taken from the Met Office the night before publication

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