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Visit Kelso Christmas Market

Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 December 2026 Opens in 56 days

Saturday and Sunday, 10am–3pm; entertainment in Kelso Square on Saturday 5 December

10am–3pm (2026)

The Tait Hall, Edenside Road, with entertainment in Kelso Square, Kelso, Scottish Borders · Scotland

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A tall Christmas tree beside Kelso's sandstone Town House, with its clock cupola, in the town square under a rippled blue sky
The Christmas tree beside the Town House in Kelso Square, where the Christmas market's entertainment is held; stalls are in the nearby Tait Hall (photo 2018) — Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0

Kelso's two-day indoor Christmas market in the Tait Hall, run by the town's Visit Kelso group, with festive entertainment in the cobbled town square.

Visit Kelso, the group that promotes the Borders market town, has run an indoor Christmas market each December in recent years (2023, 2024 and 2025). Stalls fill the Tait Hall on Edenside Road, just off Kelso Square, with many traders selling Christmas gifts, decorations and festive food.

On the Saturday there is entertainment in Kelso Square, close to the town's independent shops and cafés. In 2025 the event was branded 'Tinsel & Tweed – A Kelso Christmas Fayre'.

It is a modest, community-scale market rather than a big chalet market, and opens from 10am to 3pm on both days.

Dates by season

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2026–27 Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026Saturday and Sunday, 10am–3pm; entertainment in Kelso Square on Saturday 5 December Coming up
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2025–26 Sat 6 – Sun 7 Dec 2025'Tinsel & Tweed – A Kelso Christmas Fayre'; Saturday and Sunday, 10am–3pm at the Tait Hall Held

Dates are taken from the market’s own website or official announcements and were last checked on 6 October 2026. Plans can change, so please check with the organiser before you travel. Spotted a change? Tell us.

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