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Festival Highlights
The Queen's Parades
2pm Saturday & 3pm Sunday
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, escorted by a colorful guard of Beefeaters in her own royal parade, greets her subjects both festival days from an elegant horse-drawn carriage draped with garlands. Others joining the procession through historic downtown Galveston include skirling bagpipe bands, a host of costumed characters and Victorian attired ladies and gentlemen, on foot and riding in decorated carriages and on horseback.
GHF Members – enjoy the parade in comfort, with a great view and other amenities! Details
Pickwick’s Lanternlight Parade
6:30 pm Saturday
The glow of lanterns fills the streets during this delightful evening parade. Lantern carrying escorts accompany carriages and wagons while the melody of holiday carols and bagpipes echo through the crowd.
Dickens Costume Contest
4:00 pm Saturday
23rd and Strand
Ladies and gentlemen showcase their finest Victorian costumes at the Westminster Abbey stage at 23rd Street and The Strand. Winners of this annual event are featured in Saturday’s Pickwick’s Lanternlight Parade. Interested contestants may register at the Costume booth at 23rd and Strand the day of the contest.
Children's Activities
All day Saturday & Sunday
Piccadilly Circus, 21st Street and The Strand
Frolic and play the Victorian way! Children of all ages can participate in a number of activities including an elephant or pony ride, painting a monster mural or joining Scrooge’s Scavenger hunt! Be sure to pick up your scavenger hunt card at any entry gate.
London Wharf and the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa
10am to 6pm Saturday
Pier 22 (21st Street at Harborside Drive)
(INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE OF A DICKENS ON THE STRAND FESTIVAL TICKET)
Reflecting Back on times when the sun never set on the British Empire, London Wharf presents the jaunty tunes of a concertina as “old salts” share tall tales of life at sea. Don't miss this opportunity to see demonstrations of traditional maritime skills and purchase unique nautical crafts made by volunteer crew members of the 1877 tall ship Elissa, a National Historic Landmark. Free admission to those with a Dickens on The Strand festival ticket, including tours of the Elissa.
Continuous Entertainment & Holiday Shopping
All day Saturday & Sunday
There's no shortage of entertainment for royal revelers when magicians, musicians, hypnotists, acrobats and performers of all types take to the festival's stages for non-stop entertainment throughout the festival site.
Love to shop? A vast array of costumed vendors peddling their wares from street stalls and rolling carts laden with tasty culinary delights and Victorian inspired crafts clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations and gift items just in time for the holidays.
Want a great place to take pictures with your family and friends? The Queen's Christmas Tree at the Westminster Abbey stage located on 23rd Street and The Strand is the perfect setting.
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