Rochester Christmas Dickens Festival 2024 Schedule. Browse unique gifts, crafts, food & drinks while enjoying entertainment. To celebrate its association with charles dickens, every year the historic town of rochester, in kent, stages a summer dickens festival and a dickensian christmas festival.

Running each day between 10am and 6pm, rochester’s cobbled. Step back in time and start the festive season in dickensian style at the popular rochester dickensian christmas festival, where you can experience street entertainment, readings, song.