Step back in time and start the festive season in Dickensian style at the popular Rochester Dickensian Christmas festival taking place in December. Each year, the first weekend of December brings Victorian festivities to Rochester in the form of a Dickensian Christmas, where you can experience street entertainment, readings, song and dance. You’ll be captivated by Dickens’ characters as you explore the literary journey that was the great writer’s life. There will be various processions throughout the day