The Barnet Christmas Fayre is on 6 December, Aladdin runs at The Bull from 5 to 24 December and Brent Cross On Ice is open to 3 January. Updated November 2026.

Christmas in Barnet 2026 centres on Sunday 6 December, when the free Barnet Christmas Fayre takes over High Barnet’s High Street from noon to 5pm. The Bull Theatre’s pantomime, Aladdin, opens the day before and runs to Christmas Eve, and the Brent Cross On Ice rink is open until Sunday 3 January.

The three dates to know

Saturday 5 to Thursday 24 December: Aladdin at The Bull. The Bull Theatre’s family pantomime plays at 11am and 2.30pm on selected dates, with an extra 10.30am show on fayre day. Tickets are £18, or £15 for concessions (The Bull Theatre).

Sunday 6 December: Barnet Christmas Fayre. It is free and runs from noon to 5pm in High Barnet town centre. The Mayor of Barnet has been invited to open it on the Main Stage near Barnet Church, and the plans include the Christmas Courtyard, a climbing wall and Santa’s Grotto (The Bull Theatre, Barnet Christmas Fayre 2026).

Until Sunday 3 January: Brent Cross On Ice. The rink in the John Lewis car park at Brent Cross is open daily except Christmas Day, in 45-minute sessions on the hour. Adults pay £15 and children £13, with skates included (Brent Cross).

See

  • Barnet Christmas lights: the council lights about sixteen high streets together in late November, and puts up its menorah at Hendon Town Hall for Chanukah, which starts on 4 December.
  • Carol services in Barnet: candlelit carols at St Mary’s East Barnet on 29 November and 20 December, Nine Lessons at Monken Hadley on 20 December and a carol service for dogs in New Barnet on 12 December.
  • RAF Museum London at Christmas: free entry at Colindale, plus Elf Cadets on 5, 6, 12 and 13 December at £7 a child.

Do

  • Barnet Christmas Fayre: the stages, the grotto and the parking trap on December Sundays.
  • Santa’s grotto in Barnet: Father Christmas at St Mary’s Hendon on 28 November, Breakfast with Santa at the Old White Lion on 5 December, and the free fayre grotto on 6 December. John Lewis Brent Cross has sold out.
  • Barnet pantomime: Aladdin at The Bull and artsdepot’s three Christmas shows in North Finchley, from £13.75.
  • Barnet ice rink: Brent Cross On Ice, its sessions and prices.
  • Ice rinks near Barnet: seven rinks, from Brent Cross to Somerset House.

Eat

Shop

  • Christmas shopping in Barnet: 18 shops, markets and fairs, including the OWL Christmas Market on 21 November, the Frost Fair at Stephens House and Gardens on 22 November and the Hampstead Garden Suburb Christmas Designer Market on 12 December.
  • Christmas trees near Barnet: eight places selling real trees, from the Finchley pitch to rent-a-tree firms.

Travel and bins

Not announced yet

On 12 November nothing had been announced in the borough for New Year’s Eve 2026, by the council or by any venue. Barnet Council had not published its 2026 switch-on dates or its Christmas bin changes, and The Bull had not yet published the fayre’s stage programme or grotto hours.