100+ Holiday Events this Weekend: Christmas Festivals, Christmas Markets, Holiday Light Shows and More.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
It’s an event-filled Holiday Weekend in California.
Not only do you have all the multi-week Holiday Light Shows that have been starting up over the past few weeks, but plenty of other Holiday Festivals going on as well.
For instance, if you want a Christmas Market, you can find some in cities that include Cambia, Los Angeles, Los Altos, San Diego, Petaluma, and Sacramento.
Christmas Festivals, meanwhile, are all over, including the following…
- Nevada City Victorian Christmas
- Cardiff Kringle Mingle
- The Great Dickens Christmas Fair (Daly City)
- Mad Hatter Holiday Festival (Vallejo)
- San Dimas Holiday Extravaganza
- Spirit of Christmas (Lakeside)
- Patterson Christmas Festival
- Downtown Gilroy Holiday Festival
- and many more!
There are also Tamale Festivals in La Habra, Oxnard and Indio, a Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley, Tree Lighting Ceremonies, Light Up Festivals and TONS of Holiday Light Shows.
Be sure to go through the guide and use the map, as a festival may be closer than you think!
If you’re out of state this weekend, you can find festivals in 25 other states in this week’s post at: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/festival-weekend-120824
Are you in Ohio this weekend? Then you can find this weekend’s festivals here: https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-120824.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
California Holiday Festival Weekend: December 5-8, 2024
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
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CALIFORNIA FESTIVALS
12/2 – Westminster Tree Lighting Ceremony – Westminster
12/2-12/8 – Bakersfield Christmas Town II – Bakersfield
12/2-12/8 – Knott’s Merry Farm III – Buena Park
12/2-12/8 – Winter Fest OC III – Costa Mesa
12/2-12/8 (Closed 12/4, 12/5) – Sparkling Holiday Spectacular II – Ferndale
12/2-12/8 – Magic of Lights: Coachella Valley III – Indio
12/2-12/8 – Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens IV – La Cañada Flintridge
12/3-12/8 – Prime Lights II – Lancaster
12/2-12/8 – Griffith Park Holiday Lights Train Ride II – Los Angeles
12/2-12/8 – LA Zoo Lights Animals Aglow IV – Los Angeles
12/2-12/8 – Festival of Lights at Mission Inn Hotel and Spa III – Riverside
12/2-12/8 – Christmas at Santa’s Village IV – Skyforest
12/3 – Surf City Nights XLVIII – Huntington Beach
12/3-12/8 – Enchant: Reindeer Games III – San Jose
12/4-12/8 – Cambria Christmas Market II – Cambria
Weekend continues below…
12/4-12/8 – Lightscape at the San Diego Botanic Garden IV – Encinitas
12/4-12/8 – Hikari: a Festival of Lights at Tanaka Farms II – Irvine
12/4-12/8 – Christmas in the Park III – San Jose
12/4-12/8 – Santa Barbara ZooLights IV – Santa Barbara
12/4-12/8 – Los Angeles Christmas Market II – Los Angeles
12/4-12/8 – Redding Garden of Lights III – Redding
12/4-12/8 (Closed 12/6) – Holiday Festival at Torrance Memorial – Torrance
12/5 – Fair Oaks Tree Lighting Celebration – Fair Oaks
12/5 – Los Altos Holiday Market I – Los Altos
12/5 – Holiday Snow Village – Monterey Park
12/5 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XLIX – Oceanside
12/5 – Palm Springs Village Fest XLIX – Palm Springs
12/5 – Roseville Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration – Roseville
12/5 – San Francisco Holiday Tree Lighting – San Francisco
12/5 – Windsor Holiday Celebration – Windsor
Weekend continues below…
12/5-12/8 – Holiday Road II – Calabasas
12/5-12/8 – Newport Dunes Fire and Lights Festival II – Newport Beach
12/5-12/8 – Astra Lumina Los Angeles V – Palos Verdes Estates
12/5-12/8 (Closed 12/6) – Holiday Market at Petco Park I – San Diego
12/6 – Winter Wonderland and Holiday Tree Lighting – Artesia
12/6 – Grass Valley Cornish Christmas II – Grass Valley
12/6 – Merry Healdsburg: Tree Lighting Celebration – Healdsburg
12/6 – Lakewood Tree Lighting – Lakewood
12/6 – Monrovia Street Fair and Market XLIX – Monrovia
12/6 – San Carlos Night of Holiday Lights – San Carlos
12/6 – Night Market 831 XII – Seaside
12/6-12/7 – Beaumont Winterfest – Beaumont
12/6-12/7 – Calistoga Holiday Village and Christmas Faire – Calistoga
12/6-12/7 – Humboldt Artisans Crafts and Music Festival – Eureka
12/6-12/7 – The Living Desert WildLights II – Palm Desert
12/6-12/7 – Balboa Park December Nights – San Diego
12/6-12/7 – San Diego Floral Association Festival of Trees – San Diego
Weekend continues below…
12/6-12/7 – SYV Holiday Lights Festival I – Santa Ynez
12/6-12/7 – Winters Tractor Parade and Festival – Winters
12/6-12/8 – Night of 1000 Lights I – Corona del Mar
12/6-12/8 – Festival of Lights at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens II – Fort Bragg
12/6-12/8 – Sawdust Winter Fantasy III – Laguna Beach
12/6-12/8 – The Yuletide Medieval Festival I – Lakeside
12/6-12/8 – SnowSide Winter Festival – Oceanside
12/6-12/8 – Pine Valley Camp Christmas IV – Pine Valley
12/6-12/8 – Holiday Lights at Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds II – Watsonville
12/7 – Alameda Winter Market – Alameda
12/7 – Christmas Tree Lane Lighting Ceremony and Winter Festival – Altadena
12/7 – Holiday at the Rancho – Carlsbad
12/7 – Diamond Bar Winter Snow Fest and Craft Fair – Diamond Bar
12/7 – Elk Grove Illumination Festival – Elk Grove
12/7 – Winter Wonderland – Fort Bragg
12/7 – The Mountain Communities Holiday Faire and Fantasy of Lights Parade – Frazier Park
12/7 – Winter Market at Fullerton Plaza – Fullerton
Weekend continues below…
12/7 – Winter in the Grove – Garden Grove
12/7 – Downtown Gilroy Holiday Festival – Gilroy
12/7 – Goleta Holiday at the Ranch – Goleta
12/7 – Graegle Holiday Festival – Graegle
12/7 – La Habra Tamale Festival – La Habra
12/7 – Lake Elsinore Winterfest – Lake Elsinore
12/7 – Spirit of Christmas – Lakeside
12/7 – Los Alamitos Winter Wonderland – Los Alamitos
12/7 – Creative Communal Merry and Bright Market I – Los Angeles
12/7 – Manteca Christmas in the Park – Manteca
12/7 – Murrieta Festival of Trees, Tree Lighting and Ugly Sweater Party – Murrieta
12/7 – Oxnard Tamale Festival – Oxnard
12/7 – Patterson Christmas Festival – Patterson
Weekend continues below…
12/7 – Petaluma Downtown Holiday Marketplace and Shopping Stroll – Petaluma
12/7 – Point Arena Hometown Holidays – Point Arena
12/7 – Redondo Beach Harvest Festival – Redondo Beach
12/7 – Redwood City Hometown Holidays – Redwood City
12/7 – Little Italy Tree Lighting and Christmas Village – San Diego
12/7 – San Dimas Holiday Extravaganza – San Dimas
12/7 – San Marcos Tree Lighting Celebration – San Marcos
12/7 – Christmas on the Waterfront – Suisin City
12/7 – Mad Hatter Holiday Festival – Vallejo
12/7 – Victorville Festival of Lights and Tree Lighting – Victorville
12/7 – Holiday on Main Street – Yorba Linda
12/7 – Yreka Night of Lights – Yreka
12/7-12/8 – Burbank December Arts Festival – Burbank
12/7-12/8 – Christmas Night at 123 Farm V – Cherry Valley
12/7-12/8 – The Great Dickens Christmas Fair III – Daly City
12/7-12/8 – Escondido Winter Wonderland – Escondido
12/7-12/8 – Indio International Tamale Festival – Indio
12/7-12/8 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert XXXI – Palm Desert
Weekend continues below…
12/7-12/8 – Sacramento Turn Verein Christkindlmarkt – Sacramento
12/7-12/8 – Wild Holidays at the San Diego Zoo II – San Diego
12/7-12/8 – Holidays at the Farm I – Santa Clarita
12/8 – Nutcracker Holiday Village & Tree Lighting – Anaheim
12/8 – Cardiff Kringle Mingle – Cardiff
12/8 – Corona del Mar Christmas Walk – Corona del Mar
12/8 – La Jolla Christmas Parade and Holiday Festival – La Jolla
12/8 – It’s a Wonderful Life in Lafayette – Lafayette
12/8 – Nevada City Victorian Christmas I – Nevada City
12/8 – SoNo Fest and Chili Cook-Off – San Diego
Are you interested in more state festival guides?
Find them below!
Alabama | Arkansas | California | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Pennsylvania
South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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