Best Cornwall events November 2022

Date: Friday 4-Sunday 6 November 2022
Type: Soul music DJ festival over three days and nights by the ‘Soul on Wax’ crew
Suitable for: Soul music fans who want to hear sets from the likes of Phillip Well, Ted Massey and Kieron Taz Robathan
Location: Legacy Hotel Victoria, East Street, Newquay

Date: Friday 4-Sunday 6 November 2022
Type: Four cello concerts (two on the Saturday!) in an annual classical music festival featuring only the finest musicians
Suitable for: Cellists, cello enthusiasts and anyone who wants to say ‘hello’ to the cello!
Location: St Mawes Methodist Chapel, Chapel Terrace, St Mawes, opposite Falmouth

Date: Friday 4-Sunday 6 November 2022
Type: Christmas fair with more than 70 stalls, refreshments and free parking
Suitable for: Anyone who wants to pick up some early gifts from local craftspeople, designers, jewellers, potters and makers
Location: Penryn Campus Sports Centre, off the A39, Penryn, near Falmouth

Date: Saturday 5 November 2022 (and some other dates around it)
Type: Annual Bonfire Night events across the Duchy. Discover them in our special feature here!
Suitable for: Families who love fireworks!
Locations: All over the Duchy. Read: here!

Date: Saturday 5 November 2022
Type: A Christmas market… just for dogs!
Suitable for: Hot dogs and festive pooches who want to browse stalls, take part in a dog show and enter the Santa Paws Grotto
Location: Royal Cornwall Showground, Whitecross, Wadebridge

Date: Saturday 5 November 2022
Type: Devilish post-Halloween ball with DJs, dance music and a party atmosphere after dark at the theme park
Suitable for: Ghouls, ghosts and dancing demons who love a wild party!
Location: ‘Los Flambardos’ or, as we like to call it, Flambards, Clodgey Lane, Helston

Date: Saturday 5 November 2022 (and then every Saturday until 10 December)
Type: Annual Christmas bazaar in aid of the National Animal Welfare Trust, Cornwall
Suitable for: Shoppers in the market for Christmas gifts, handmade crafts, cards, dog and cat toys and mugs of mulled wine
Location: NAWT Cornwall Agility Barn, Wheal Alfred Road, Hayle 

Date: Thursday 10 November 2022
Type: A literal ‘sleep out’ in November, where participants sleep rough outside between the attraction’s famous biomes
Suitable for: Kindhearted folk who want to raise money for homelessness charities while enjoying readings, music and that cold Cornish air
Location: Eden Project, Bodelva, near St Austell

Date: Friday 11 November 2022
Type: Bumper shopping day in some Cornish stores but mainly online
Suitable for: Shrewd shoppers who want an early Christmas bargain
Location: All over the Duchy!

Date: Friday 11 and Sunday 13 November 2022
Type: Remembrance Day: Friday is the traditional day with the two-minute silence but most services and parades are on the Sunday
Suitable for: Everyone. Click on the ‘Read More’ below and find out why
Location: All across Cornwall at its war memorials and in its churches

Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
Type: Flamenco guitar concert by a global maestro
Suitable for: Those passionate about the guitar, especially when plucked inside a Cornish church
Location: St Endellion Church, St Endellion, near Port Isaac

Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
Type: A ‘memory walk’ over 2.5 or four kilometres around the attraction’s lit paths between 6pm and 10.30pm
Suitable for: Walkers and families who want to remember loved ones and raise cash in aid of Children’s Hospice South West
Location: Lost Gardens of Heligan, just off the B3273, Pentewan, near Mevagissey and St Austell

Date: Saturday 12 November 2022
Type: A Christmas artisan market at Truro Cathedral (!)
Suitable for: Those looking to pick up a festive gift from one of the more than 50 stalls between 10am and 4pm
Location: Truro Cathedral, St Mary’s Street, Truro

Date: Saturday 12-Saturday 19 November 2022
Type: Seasonal spectacular performance of Irving Berlin’s classic musical, ‘White Christmas’
Suitable for: Theatre-goers who want to get into the festive spirit
Location: Hall for Cornwall, Back Quay, Truro
Dreaming of: A white Christmas, of course!

Date: Every weekend from Saturday 12 November to Sunday 18 December 2022
Type: Christmas markets returning for their sixth year at the cider attraction
Suitable for: Christmas shoppers looking for something a little different (especially cider products like ‘mulled cyder’)
Location: Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, Penhallow, between Truro and Perranporth

Date: Sunday 13 November 2022
Type: Charity fundraising walk around Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, with a coffee afterwards
Suitable for: Hikers and anyone wanting to raise a few quid for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity
Location: Meet at 9am at Rough Tor car park, at the end of Roughtor Road near Camelford on Bodmin Moor

Date: Wednesday 16 November 2022
Type: Comedy show with one of the funniest observational comics on the circuit
Suitable for: Fans of McCauseland, of course, but fans of comedy in general are recommended
Location: Launceston Town Hall, Western Road, Launceston

Date: Thursday 17 November 2022
Type: Immersive dining and murder mystery experience
Suitable for: Detectives who are hungry for a mystery
Location: The Greenbank Hotel, Stratton Place, Harbourside, Falmouth

Date: Friday 18 November 2022
Type: Psychic night with medium Nikki Kitt
Suitable for: Anyone who believes in the spirit world and wants to see Kitt aim to ‘provide evidence of life after life’
Location: Lane Theatre, just off the A392 at Lane on the edge of Newquay

Date: Saturday 19 November 2022
Type: An afternoon of reflection on CS Lewis’ ‘The Space Trilogy’ with Revd Professor Paul S Fiddes, professor of Systematic Theology at Oxford University
Suitable for: Narnia fans, Lewis fans and anyone who wants to ‘journey through realms that can be called spiritual as much as they can science fiction’
Location: St Endellion Church, St Endellion, near Port Isaac

Date: Saturday 19 November 2022
Type: A ‘no-pressure trail run’ that’s ‘out and back’ along the Camel Trail with 2.5km, 5km, 10km and 10-mile options
Suitable for: Runners who want to take their time as there’s no limit on this ‘lollop’ that’s organised by Purple Gecko Events and raises cash for the National Lobster Hatchery
Location: Runs all start from the end of Moyle Road (start of the Camel Trail) in Padstow

Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 November 2022
Type: Annual winter craft fayre that’s billed as ‘one of the biggest and oldest’ in Cornwall
Suitable for: Shoppers who want to browse more than 120 artisan traders’ stalls over four halls. With Santa, of course
Location: Newquay Tretherras School, Trevenson Road, Newquay

Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 November 2022
Type: Free celebration of ‘all that’s great about Cornish farming and food’ in winter, with the Wadebridge Prime Stock Show on the Saturday
Suitable for: Christmas gift shoppers, festive foodies and kids who want to meet the farm animals and milk a (mock!) cow
Location: Royal Cornwall Events Centre, just off the A39 at Whitecross on the edge of Wadebridge

Date: Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 November 2022
Type: Christmas fair at Cornwall’s mega attraction
Suitable for: Shoppers who want to sift through all the Christmas gifts, home accessories, clothes, jewellery and food stalls
Location: Eden Project, Bodelva, near St Austell

Date: Thursday 24 November & Thursday 1 December 2022
Type: Two Christmas fayres at a festive spa in St Ives
Suitable for: Those who want to snap up some local arts and crafts inside a spa between 4pm and 8pm on both days
Location: Una St Ives, Laity Lane, Carbis Bay, St Ives

Date: Friday 25 November 2022
Type: One of the best and biggest days for brilliant bargains in the calendar
Suitable for: Shoppers across the Duchy who want to grab some early Christmas discounts and deals
Location: All across Cornwall and online too

Date: Friday 25 & Saturday 26 November 2022
Type: Shanty festival at venues across St Ives
Suitable for: Those who enjoy a shanty and those who enjoy a shout!
Location: Seven venues across St Ives. Click on ‘Read More’ to find all shanty acts, times and venues

Date: Friday 25 & Saturday 26 November 2022
Type: Two-day Christmas fair exclusively selling local makers’ wares inside Cornwall’s cathedral
Suitable for: Cornish Christmas shoppers
Location: Truro Cathedral, St Mary’s Street, Truro

Date: Saturday 26 November 2022
Type: Choir concert to celebrate the feast of St Cecilia with music
Suitable for: Pre-Christmas heavenly church music lovers and fans of Truro Cathedral‘s resident voluntary choir
Location: St Endellion Church, St Endellion, near Port Isaac

Date: Saturday 26 November 2022
Type: Fifth birthday party for Newquay‘s foremost spoken word events group
Suitable for: Over-14s who want to hear from local poets like Jonny Fluffypunk and Ella Frears from 8pm (with pop-up bar and kitchen)
Location: St Michael The Archangel, St Michael’s Road, Newquay

Date: Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 November 2022
Type: A weekend of festive activities for all the family at the famous seaside art gallery
Suitable for: Adult art aficionados and little culture vultures who like arts, crafts, talks, choir performances and film screenings
Location: Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach, St Ives

Date: Monday 28 November-Friday 23 December 2022
Type: Sensory ‘Reindeer Trail’ for families across the historic grounds at the china clay attraction
Suitable for: Families who want a winter wonderland wander between 10am and 4pm each day
Location: Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach, St Ives