Upcoming Northern Festival Weekend: November 13-16, 2025

Holiday Light Festivals, Christmas Tree Festivals, Christmas Markets, Bird Festivals, Food Festivals, Vikings, Pow Wows and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

Festivals this weekend really pick up in terms of the Christmas theme.

You will see the start of many multi-week-long Holiday Light Festivals, not to mention Christmas Tree Festivals and a few Christmas Markets.

But as you look a little closer, you’ll see some Bird Festivals, a few Food Festivals (ie Pierogi, Chocolate), a Viking Fest, a Pow Wow and more.

Here are some other interesting festivals on this weekend:

the Wilmington Festival of Trees in Delaware
Humane Indiana Festival of Owls in Indiana
Waterfowl Festival in Maryland
Flapjack and Flannel Festival in Michigan
VikingFest in Missouri
Honoring Our Veterans Pow-Wow in Missouri
Secaucus Coffee and Chocolate Festival in New Jersey
Wine ‘n Shine Pierogies Palooza in Pennsylvania
Christmas by the Bay in Wisconsin

And more!

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

If you happen to be in Ohio this weekend, check this weekend’s post at OhioFestivals.net to see what’s going on. You can find this week’s post at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-111625/

And here are the other two sections again…
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-111625
Western Section (Arizona and Nevada added. Working on New Mexico now.): https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-111625

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: November 13-16, 2025

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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.

If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.

DELAWARE

11/14-11/16 – Wilmington Festival of Trees – Wilmington
11/15-11/16 – Schellville I – Rehoboth Beach

ILLINOIS

11/14-11/16 – Wonderlight’s Christmas in St. Louis I – Fairmont City
11/14-11/16 – Lightscape at the Chicago Botanical Garden I – Glencoe
11/14-11/16 – Old Tyme Christmas Presents: A Festival of Lights I – Vandalia
11/15 – Christmas Craft and Holiday Bazaar – Galva
11/15-11/16 – Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum I – Lisle

INDIANA

11/10-11/16 – Christmas Nights of Lights II – Indianapolis
11/14-11/15 – 3 Little Birds Holiday Market – Valparaiso
11/14-11/16 – Festival of Trees I – Indianapolis
11/14-11/16 – Shipshewana’s Lights of Joy I – Shipshewana
11/15 – Frankton Christmas Festival – Frankton
11/15 – Wildflower Christmas Market – Terre Haute
11/15 – Humane Indiana Festival of Owls – Valparaiso
11/15-11/16 – Ferdinand Christkindlmarkt – Ferdinand

IOWA

11/14-11/15 – Miracle on Main – Reinbeck

MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC

11/14-11/16 – Waterfowl Festival – Easton
11/14-11/16 – LuminoCity Festival at Montgomery County Fairgrounds I – Gaithersburg
11/14-11/16 – DC Holiday Market I – Washington, DC
11/15 – BAIC Pow-Wow – Timonium

MICHIGAN

11/14-11/15 – Merry Market GR – Grand Rapids
11/14-11/16 – Christmas Through Lowell – Lowell
11/14-11/16 – Festival of Trees – Midland
11/15 – Flapjack and Flannel Festival – Traverse City

MINNESOTA

11/15-11/16 – Festival of Trees – Duluth

MISSOURI

11/10-11/16 (Closed 11/11, 11/12) – An Old Time Christmas at Silver Dollar City III – Branson
11/10-11/16 – Let there Be Lights III – Branson
11/10-11/16 – Lights of Joy III – Branson
11/10-11/16 – The Trail of Lights III – Branson
11/10-11/16 – Winter Magic III – Kansas City
11/12-11/16 – GloWild at the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium XI – Kansas City
11/14-11/16 – North Pole Adventure I – Branson
11/15 – Honoring Our Veterans Pow-Wow – Springfield
11/15 – Chili Cook Off at Riverwalk Market – St. Charles
11/15 – VikingFest – St. Joseph
11/15-11/16 – Santa’s Magical Kingdom I – Eureka
11/15-11/16 – Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden I – St. Louis

WISCONSIN

11/14-11/15 – Christmas in the Village – Ripon
11/14-11/16 – Country Christmas I – Pewaukee
11/15 – Christmas by the Bay – Sturgeon Bay

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