North End Road's Traffic-free Christmas Market is Here

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Explore the stalls and enjoy a day of family entertainment on Saturday

North End Road goes traffic-free once again this Saturday, 9 December for the 2017 Christmas Market.

Fulham's annual winter extravaganza will offer stalls on both side of the street selling food, drink and a huge array of crafts and gifts, many produced by local entrepreneurs, in this, the famous market's 130th anniversary year.

More than 13,000 people visited the Autumn North End Road Market in September, which was visited by over 13,000 people.

As well as the choice of stall, there will be a splendid seasonal line-up of street entertainment to keep all the family entertained, including acrobatic elves, roller-skating satsumas, the snow balls, a one-man band and, of course, a visit from Santa.

The man in red will be taking down your Christmas wish list at his Grotto outside the Credit Union from 11am-4pm.

And there will be live music from the incredibly talented perennial North End Road market entertainer George Price and his Chapman stick guitar, Nadine Abs with her soulful classically trained voice, the multi-talented singer-songwriter Áron Debreceni who also performed at the market back in September along with supercool reggae musician Paolo Mannino. And making her debut at the market is Nicola Collis with her upbeat pop covers.

There will also be more music from carol singers, the Fulham Brass Band, a rock choir and an a cappella quartet belting out Yuletide tunes such as Jingle Bell Rock and Santa Baby.

You can see the full entertainment programme here.

The market follows last Saturday's inaurgural Christmas market in Hammersmith's King Street.

"This is going to be the biggest Christmas market the road has ever seen," says Cllr Andrew Jones, H&F Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration.

"The North End Road Market has grown in popularity attracting new traders and shoppers to the street and we’re working towards making further improvements to all our high streets as we drive to make H&F the best place to work, live and prosper in Europe."

And if the market inspires you to consider launching your own stall in 2018, whether every day, once a week or once a month, H&F Council offers the perfect opportunity through its  Trade for a Tenner scheme.

The North End Road Action Group (NERAG) of residents, businesses, market traders, local organisations and the council aims to boost North End Road as a thriving high street with the market at its core.

If you are interested in getting involved, please email nerag@btconnect.com or call Nicki Burgess on 020 8753 5695 for more details.

December 8, 2017