Noel Holiday Light Festival and Market

The Noel Holiday Light Festival & Market brings Christmas cheer to Surrey’s Cloverdale Fairgrounds with light displays, rides, market vendors, food and more.

It’s an amazing event! When we went, the variety of activities included for free with general admission and the number of characters in costume was impressive. There are also so many pretty light displays, both indoors and outside.

Visit noelfestival.com or continue reading below to learn about the Noel Holiday Light Festival & Market.

The Noel Holiday Light Festival in Surrey

The Noel Holiday Light Festival & Market is a massive Christmas celebration in Surrey. It opened its doors for the first time last year at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds which is at 17905 62 Avenue in Cloverdale. The event operated on select dates from November 28th to December 23rd. Details about the event in 2025 are to be confirmed.

The Noel festival is new to the Lower Mainland, but the company organizing it has held the event in other cities before. There was Noel Calgary in 2019 and 2020, and Noel Milwaukee in 2021.

The festival is quite a big endeavour. The Christmas village covers 30,000 square feet and features over a million lights, a full Christmas market, a 50-foot tall Ferris Wheel and other rides and vendors to explore.

Noel Holiday Light Festival

Hours and Admission

Noel Surrey was open from November 28th to December 1st, December 5th to 8th, and then every day from December 12th to 23rd in 2024. The festival ran from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm each day that it was open.

Tickets are available both online and in-person, although these will only be sold at the box office on-site if they don’t sell out online should the festival return in 2025. Admission is sold for specific timeslots. If you arrive more than 20 minutes after your designated time, there’s a chance you could be denied entry (but only if the festival is very full). The last new entries each night are at 9:00 pm.

Last year’s admission prices to Noel Surrey (before taxes and other fees) were as follows:

Adults (19-64): $20
Seniors (65+): $15
Youth (7-18): $15
Kids (under 7): Free

Should the event return this year, prices will likely be comparable, although this is to be confirmed.

Parking at the venue is free. The Cloverdale Fairgrounds are near intersections of multiple highways which makes it a straightforward place to drive to. It takes about 30 minutes to get there by car from downtown Vancouver.

Visit noelfestival.com for tickets and full details about the event.

Noel Holiday Light Festival

What to Expect

There’s quite a lot to explore at Noel Surrey. The biggest part of the festival is the light displays. There are over a million lights at the site in all sorts of configurations, from LED forests to see-saws to a 150-foot light tunnel.

There’s live music, the opportunity to take pictures with Santa, and dance performances to enjoy. There are also roving character actors, like maybe fairy princesses or the Grinch. The Kidsville section is where you’ll find a candy cane slide, balloon twisting and face painting.

One of the highlights of the festival is the Ferris Wheel which is 50 feet tall. Last year it ran from November 28th to December 19th. For the final few days of the festival it was replaced by a merry-go-round and bumper cars.

In addition to the above, there’s a sizeable Christmas Market to shop at. Access to the market (as well as the food and drinks areas) is included with admission, but everything sold there costs extra (obviously). There’s also a 50/50 jackpot raffle where proceeds go to the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society. The winner is drawn at the end of the festival.

Noel Surrey is a licensed event, which means only people aged 19+ can buy alcoholic beverages. There is an LED Igloo Bar at the site alongside firepits and other dining areas.

See the Noel Festival‘s official website for tickets and full details about the event.