Tickets for Christmas by Candlelight at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland go on sale at midday on Wednesday 30 September, from £35, for six sing-along concerts in a purpose-built 1,000-seat arena between 5 and 23 December.
Tickets go on sale at midday on Wednesday 30 September, starting at £35. That buys a seat at Christmas by Candlelight at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, a run of six sing-along concerts between 5 and 23 December 2026, with a gala performance opening the series on Saturday 5 December.
The concerts are staged in a purpose-built 1,000-seat Candlelight Arena in Show Town, the performance quarter of the Hyde Park fairground, and all six begin at 8.30pm. It is the first time Simon Gordon and Daniel Wood have brought their Concerts by Candlelight series to Winter Wonderland, after two years of the Christmas show in the West End.
Four West End singers make up the bill. Rachel John, whose credits include Hamilton at the Victoria Palace, is joined by Dean John-Wilson, who originated the title role in Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre, Katie Hall, whose credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Tosh Wanogho-Maud, who has played the alternate Lola in Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum. A live band accompanies them.
The programme is built from familiar carols and Christmas standards rather than show tunes, among them White Christmas, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, O Holy Night and Winter Wonderland, with the audience expected to join in.
Daniel Wood said: “After 2 years of sell-out shows in the West End with ‘Christmas by Candlelight’, we are so excited to be bringing the West End to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland this Christmas for 6 very special shows! What a brilliant way to get into the festive spirit - Hyde Park Winter Wonderland and a sing-along Christmas show! We can’t wait!”
Suzy Griffiths, vice president and head of UK events, arts and entertainment for Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Concerts by Candlelight to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland this season. With an exceptional line-up of talented artists performing in the beautiful glow of candlelight, we know our visitors are in for a truly magical and unforgettable festive experience.”
Concerts by Candlelight is the work of Kinda Dusty, which puts on more than a thousand performances a year and has run the series past the three-thousand mark, playing to some 1.3 million people. Its venues have included the London Palladium, Carnegie Hall in New York and arenas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The company is also behind A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight, which plays the Aldwych Theatre this December.
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland itself opens on 19 November 2026 and runs until 3 January 2027.
The performance dates, all at 8.30pm in the Candlelight Arena at Show Town, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, Louisa Duckworth Walk, London W1K 7AN:
- Saturday 5 December (gala performance)
- Sunday 6 December
- Friday 11 December
- Sunday 13 December
- Sunday 20 December
- Wednesday 23 December
