West Cornwall Events

JERU THE DAMAJA 

Jeru the Damaja (born Jeru Davis) aka D. Original Dirty Rotten Scoundrel was born and raised in the East New York section of Brooklyn where the everyday occurrences around him from an early age later became the source from which his rhymes flow. Jeru created and took on the persona of “the Damaja” (because he damages the mic) that is part conscious truth teller and part true to the streets Brooklyn hard rock. Jeru the Damaja hooked up with DJ Premiere and Guru in the late 80’s.

Entry is only £5
Open from 11PM - 4AM.
Ages 18+.

Sound Nightclub

Lantern Walk

The magic of Trengwainton Garden by lamp light. Wander through the walled garden lit by scores of lanterns made by local school children. Enjoy music, mulled wine, mince pies and lantern making, as well as Santa in his grotto (£2.00 per child).

The perfect family Christmas experience.

Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm Adult: £3.25 Child: £1.60 Family (2 adults): £8.10 Family (1 adult): £4.85 National Trust members free. For more information telephone: 01736 363148 (9am-1pm weekdays)

Christmas Charity Concert

Christmas Charity Concert by The Richmond Singers in aid of Broomfield Horse Sanctuary & Ludgvan Parish Church. The concert also features a performance from the Newlyn Male Voice Choir.

Friday 9th December 7:30 p m at the Ludgvan Parish Church.

Entrance £5-00

Handmade & Vintage Christmas Mart

Handmade and vintage seasonal extravaganza at Trevelyan House, Penzance 9 - 11 Dec. 
(Fri 5-9pm, Sat 9-5pm, Sun 11-3pm)

Vintage and designer clothes, home wares & collectables, homemade cakes, preserves, chutneys and other tasty treats. Artist/Designer made cards, decorations, calendars, wrapping paper, books, prints, artwork, stationary and gifts. Plus hot drinks and homemade snacks in our cosy cafe.

Join us for first night preview Friday 9 Dec. 5 - 9pm - Mulled cider, music and shopping

01736 333667

Christmas Craft Fair

The Coach House in Penlee Park, Penzance, will be host to a unique and diverse display of quality goods by artists and crafts people of West Cornwall. Including beautiful stocking fillers and one of a kind gift ideas. From original artworks, prints and home furnishings to copper, silver and ceramic jewellery, wood turning, textiles, stone carvings and sculpture, various ceramic and pottery items and much more.

Pay and display car park situated in the main car park by the First and Last Inn, Alverton Street (follow brown tourism signs for Penlee House parking)

Open from 10am to 3pm. 
Free entry (donations to Penlee House) 

The Coach House (previously the nursery, near the tennis Club) Penlee Park, Penzance. Cornwall TR18 4HE

Gally's Folly

Powerful original songs performed on bouzouki, guitar, flute and whistles by the popular acoustic roots duo (Mandy Gustafsson and Mickey Ripley), accompanied on this occasion by Thor Gustafsson on melodeon and concertina and Gayl Rodger on violin.

9pm start. Free entry

The Kettle & Wink, Royal Square, St Ives  Cornwall TR26 2ND

Sat 10 Dec

Christmas Fair

A one day Gift and Craft Fair in the Village Hall in Chacewater. Many makers offering original gifts and crafts for you and your home and for under the Christmas tree.

Sunday 11th December 2011 from 11am until 4pm.
Free entry and Free parking. Refreshments available.
Donations welcome for the Cats Protection League.

The Montol Festival

14th December to 22nd of December 2011

The Montol Festival is an annual arts and community festival in Penzance, Cornwall held between the 14th and 22nd of December each year.

The festival is a revival and reinterpretation of many of the traditional Cornish midwinter traditions & Christmas traditions formerly practiced in and around the Penzance area.

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NADELIK: A CORNISH CHRISTMAS

Join the National Trust at Pendennis Castle to celebrate Christmas the Cornish way. Visitors can expect a truly Cornish welcome as we embrace all of the best traditions and trimmings from Christmas past with mince pies, mulled wine, Christmas lights, carol singers and fireside tales; this event couldn’t fail to make even Scrooge smile!

Tickets can be purchaced on the day.

Hed Kandi - Full Club Take Over

For the first time in Penzance, Hed Kandi is coming to town, and taking over Sound Nightclub. Full club decor, confetti cannon, saxophonist, dancers, CD giveaways.......the full Hed Kandi experience.

With a name like Marie-Claire, becoming a fashion model would seem the obvious career path, but during those years of treading the runways of London, Milan, New York and Paris her first love, music, kept drawing her back. The combination of classical musical training, striking beauty and a vivacious character make DJ Marie Claire a formidable package.

Greg Zizique’s unique style of pumping dance beats has seen him hold a residency at the former super club Dance Academy and at Tranzaction events all around the UK. Greg’s cemented a solid reputation for big room twisted dance beats and has gone into the studio and come up with single releases on South Records, Act72 and Musictracx. 

Local hero Ashley Thomas has consistently come up with the goods time and time again with a solid reputation in the dance world. Ash has become a favourite club player and has appeared alongside Judge Jules, Dave Pearce and N-Trance recently at Sound.

Advance tickets are only £5 and are limited to 100 tickets. These are expected to sell out quickly, so snap them up now while they are still available. Entry on the door will be £7.

Tickets are for sale in The Vault Bar and Bar One in Penzance.

Christmas.Time. : Near-ta Theatre

Bringing bucketloads of Christmas spirit and festive cheer is Near-ta Theatre’s yuletide comedy, Christmas. Time.!

Charlie and Toby are feeling low, and why wouldn’t they? It’s Christmas Day and they’re serving time at Her Majesty’s pleasure. But why shouldn’t they be having a Merry Christmas in spite of their incarceration? What’s stopping them from creating Christmas around them? Absolutely nothing! And so they set off on their festival of carols, Claus, Christ and custody!

Join them on a fantastical adventure through Dickens, pantomime, musical, Christmas dinner and Christmas films! See as they build a wonderfully Merry Christmas around them with songs, snowmen and lots of laughs in this truly festive show that puts the ‘cell’ firmly back in ‘celebration’!

Written and performed by Daniel Richards and Ciaran Clarke, Christmas. Time. is a musical comedy for all the family and promises to be a fun, festive and fantastically funny Christmas offering from Near-ta Theatre!

Christmas. Time. will be showing at The Acorn, Penzance on December 22nd at 7.30pm. Please find venue box office details below.

The Acorn: Tickets £7/£5 Box Office 01726 879500

Tom Bawcocks Eve

23rd December 2011

Tom Bawcocks Eve is a one day festival held on the 23rd of December in Mousehole. It's held in celebration and memorial of the efforts of Mousehole resident Tom Bawcock to lift a famine from the village. During this festival Star Gazy pie (a mixed fish, egg and potato pie with protruding fish heads) is eaten and depending on the year of celebration a lantern procession takes place.

Celebration of Christmas

A fabulous Christmas concert featuring Laudate! Chamber choir and the lively Local Vocalz. Contributions from Collegate Brass.

Traditional and Modern Christmas music for audience and choirs.

Part of the program will be a special guest visitor - Ho Ho Ho!

Friday 23rd of December at 7.30 PM

St Marys Church, Penzance

Tickets £7.50, available at Morrab Studio.

Red Hot Boogaloo

After a great night Celebrating Otis Reddings 70th birthday back in Sept, Red Hot Boogaloo continues with a night of 60s Soul and New York Boogaloo / 70s JazzFunk / 80s Disco and an upliftin mix of Afro / Brazilian/ Latin & Jazzy Beats at

The Ritz, Union Street, Penzance on
Saturday 24th December - 9pm til 1am

Admission £5