Fenwick Christmas Window 2026: Newcastle Public Viewing Opens Monday 2 November

Fenwick’s Christmas windows open for public viewing on Monday 2 November 2026 on Northumberland Street in Newcastle, after the live reveal at 6.30pm UK time on Sunday 1 November (1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)), according to Fenwick’s reveal page. Below: the Newcastle Christmas 2026 dates in one table, last year’s windows, and a printable.

Fenwick’s page says the windows stay open “throughout the festive season”. It gives no end date, viewing hours or accessibility details, so this story does not either.

What are the Newcastle Christmas 2026 dates?

Date	What happens	Source
Sunday 1 November 2026, 6.30pm UK time	Fenwick window reveal, live on Fenwick’s official Instagram and YouTube channels	Fenwick
Monday 2 November 2026	Fenwick Christmas windows open for public viewing, then throughout the festive season	Fenwick
Thursday 12 November 2026	Christmas Lights Switch-On (time and location not yet announced)	Newcastle City Council
Thursday 19 November 2026	Christmas Market opens, around the Monument and on Nelson Street	Newcastle City Council
Wednesday 23 December 2026	Christmas Market in place until this date	Newcastle’s Christmas website

The market is open from 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 10am to 5pm on Sundays, according to the Newcastle’s Christmas website, which is run by Newcastle NE1 Ltd. The council’s announcement of 13 August 2026 says the festive season begins with the switch-on and did not give a time for it.

When can you see the Fenwick window?

From Monday 2 November 2026, per Fenwick. The reveal itself was on Fenwick’s official Instagram and YouTube channels at 6.30pm on Sunday 1 November. For public safety, Fenwick says a section of Northumberland Street will be closed on the evening of the reveal.

The ballot for reveal-night places is closed, and Fenwick says all randomly selected winners have been notified. Anyone without a place can see the windows from Monday.

What is the Fenwick window theme for 2026?

Fenwick had not named the 2026 theme on its reveal page when we checked on 1 November. Some content sites name one, but no newsroom or Fenwick source confirms it, so we leave it out.

What did the Fenwick windows show in 2023, 2024 and 2025?

Year	Theme	Dates, per Fenwick
2025	Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, illustrated by Chris Riddell	Unveiled Sunday 2 November 2025; on view until early January 2026
2024	The 12 Days of Christmas reimagined by Chris Riddell	Open to view from Monday 4 November 2024 throughout the festive season
2023	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	Unveil date not given on the official page

The 2025 and 2024 details come from Fenwick’s releases of 2 November 2025 and 3 November 2024, and the 2025 Fenwick blog post. The 2023 theme is from Fenwick’s 2023 window page. Those are past years; the 2026 end date has not been published.

Which Newcastle Christmas dates should you mark?

The printable lists five dates: the reveal, public viewing, the switch-on, the market opening with its daily hours, and the market’s last day. Add them to the November 2026 printable calendar and the December 2026 printable calendar.

For other UK Christmas plans, see our Edinburgh’s Christmas 2026 dates and London Christmas lights switch-on dates stories, and Hyde Park Winter Wonderland 2026. The day itself is on our Christmas Day page. Dates can change; Fenwick, Newcastle City Council and the Newcastle’s Christmas website are the sources for every time above.