It’s the holiday season and that means lots of events across the state. Whether you want holiday strolls, open house tours, winter carnivals or first night celebrations it’s all here in Massachusetts.
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STATEWIDE | GREATER BOSTON | METROWEST | NORTH OF BOSTON | SOUTH OF BOSTON | CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS | CENTRAL MASS | WESTERN MASS
TREE LIGHTINGS STATEWIDE
- Nantucket – November 25: 2022 Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. 4:30 p.m. Main Street
- Provincetown – November 26: Lighting of the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Lopes Square, Commercial and Standish Street
- Boston – November 28: Copely Square Tree Lighting. 5-6 p.m. 560 Boylston Street
- Boston – December 1: Boston Common Holiday Tree Lighting. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Boston Common, 139 Tremont Street
- Plymouth – December 2: Kiwanis Christmas Tree Lighting in Historic Plymouth. 5-8 p.m. Main and Court Street
- Lenox – December 2: Lenox Winterland Tree Lighting. 6 p.m., Lilac Park
- Billerica – December 3: Billerica’s Annual Tree Lighting. Festivities begin a 2 p.m. and tree lighting takes place at 4:25. Billerica Center, 15 Concord Road
- Revere – December 3: City of Revere’s Tree Lighting. 1-6 p.m. Revere City Hall, 281 Broadway
- Middleboro – December 3 Christmas Market Fest and Town Hall Tree Lighting, Middleborough Town Hall, 12-5 p.m.
- Canton – December 2: Tree Lighting and Caroling, 7 p.m. Irish Cultural Centre, Route 138
- Newburyport – December 2: Maritime Tree Lighting, Custom House
- New Bedford – December 3: Tree Lighting , 5 p.m., City Hall, 133 Williams Street
- Concord – December 4: Tree Lighting & Holiday Parade, 4:45 p.m., Concord Center
- Quincy – December 4: Tree Lighting, 5 p.m., General Bridges Park, 100 Parkingway
- Rockport – December 4: Tree Lighting, 5 p.m., Dock Square
STATEWIDE
Trustees of Reservations
12/17-21
Winter Holiday Celebrations
Trustees of Reservations
Through 12/31
Ice Skating Rinks
Dept of Conservation & Recreation (DCR)
Through 12/31
GREATER BOSTON
The Holiday Market at the Snowport
Seaport, Boston
11/11-12/31
SoWa Winter Festival 2022
SoWa Art & Design District, Boston
11/25-12/11
Holiday Creator Market 2022
Boston Public Market, Boston
11/25-12/24
The Nutcracker
Boston Ballet
11/25-12/31
The Immersive Nutcracker: A Winter Miracle
Lighthouse Artspace at the Castle, Boston
11/26-1/1
2022 Holiday Pops
Symphony Hall, Boston
12/1-12/24
Carolers & Cocoa at the Prudential Center
Prudential Center, Boston
12/2-12/23
Kilroy Square Holiday Market
Artisan Pop-Up Shops, Quincy
12/2-3
Black Nativity
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston
12/2-12/18
Light up Seaport
Seaport Common, Boston
12/2
Harpoon Holiday Market by Boston Women’s Market
Harpoon Brewery, Boston
12/3
Illuminations 2022
City of Somerville
12/8-1/1
Aardvark 50th Annual Christmas Concert
Church of the Covenant, Boston
12/10
Christmas in Harvard Square
St. Paul’s Church, Cambridge
12/11 + 12/18
Candlelit Labyrinth Walk
Armenian Park
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston
12/11
Christmas Gathering at the Crèche
Hancock Adams Common, Quincy
12/13
Christmas Cheers
Eustis Estate, Milton
12/18
METROWEST
14th Annual Festival of Trees
Mass Horticultural Society
Elm Bank, Wellesley
Through 12/31
Hopkinton Holiday Stroll
Downtown Hopkinton
12/3
NORTH OF BOSTON
A Christmas Carol
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell
Various
The Rink at Market Street
Lynnfield
Monday-Saturday, 3-8 p.m.
Winter Lights on Cape Ann
Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport
11/26-1/1
Deck the Halls by Candlelight & Illumination at Hammond Castle Museum
Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester
12/1-12/29
Deck the Halls by Candlelight
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
12/1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Marblehead Christmas Walk
Downtown Marblehead
12/1- 12/4
For King & Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas
Tsongas Arena, Lowell
12/1
12th Annual Holiday House Tour
Concord Museum
12/3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Christmas in Salem Holiday House Tours
Downtown Salem
12/3-4
We Three Kings: An Irish Tenors Christmas
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell
12/4
Gloucester Lobster Trip Tree Lighting
Main Street, Gloucester
12/10
Salem Holiday Trolley
Catch the Gingerbread Man
Downtown Salem
12/10
Santa in Salem
Phillips House, Salem
12/17
Solstice ‘Scapes
Discovery Museum, Acton
12/17, 1-3 p.m.
Holiday Stroll & Caroling
Salem Main Street
12/18
Yule Ceremony
Fisherman’s Statue
Gloucester
12/21
SOUTH OF BOSTON
Winterlights at Stevens-Coolidge
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover
Wednesdays-Sundays, 11/25-1/7
Downtown Holiday Stroll
New Bedford
12/3
Black in Business Pop Up Holiday Market
Visit from Black Santa
Whaling Museum, New Bedford
12/3
New England Holiday Craft Spectacular
Hanover
12/3-12/4
A Christmas Carol at the Hedge House
Hedge House, Plymouth
12/3, 12/4
Pilgrim Hall Indigenous Artisan Festival
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
12/4
Light The Night in Brewster Gardens
Brewster Gardens, Plymouth
12/5
Breakfast with Santa
Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Plymouth
12/10
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan
The Zeiterion Theatre
New Bedford
12/10
King Caesar House Decorated House Tours
King Caesar House, Duxbury
12/11
CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS
Holiday Gift Show
Featherstone Center for the Arts
Oak Bluff, Martha’s Vineyard
Through 12/18
13th Annual Glassblower’s Christmas
Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich
Various dates, 11/18-12/30
The Polar Express™ Ride
Hyannis
11/25-12/23, various times
Gardens Aglow
Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sandwich
Thursdays-Sundays, 11/26-12/26
Nantucket Christmas Stroll
Nantucket
12/2-12/4
Cape Symphony Holiday on the Cape Concert
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
12/2
21st Annual Cape Cod Enchanted Village
Cape Codder Resort & Spa, Hyannis
Various dates, 12/2-1/1
Main Street Holiday Stroll
Downtown Hyannis, Cape Cod
12/3
Bass River Artisan Winter Market
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth
Various days, 12/8-12/17
Amplify POC Holiday Vendor Market
Hyannis
12/9
Mashpee Christmas Parade
Mashpee Commons
12/10
A Celtic Christmas Concert
Chatham Theatre Guild
Chatham, Cape Cod
12/17
CENTRAL MASS
Winter Wonderland with the Festival of Illumination
Southwick’s Zoo, Mendon
11/12-12/31
Christmas by Candlelight
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
11/25-12/30
Night Lights 2022 at New England Botanic Garden
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston
11/25-12/31
Deck the Halls at WAM!
Worcester Art Museum
11/25-1/1
Festival of Lights 2022
Worcester Common
12/2
Music Worcester Presents: The Worcester Chorus | Handel Messiah
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
12/3
A Very Lamb Chop Holiday
The Center at Eagle Hill, Hardwick
12/3
25th Annual Uxbridge First Celebration
Uxbridge
12/3
Grafton Celebrates the Holidays
Grafton
12/4
Photos with Santa
Samuel Slater Experience
Webster
12/4
Hanukkah
Worcester Art Museum
12/4
West Boylston Holiday Gift Market
The School Yahd, West Boylston
12/4
We Three Kings: An Irish Tenors Christmas
Hanover Theatre, Worcester
12/7
Parranda Puerto Rican Christmas Party
Nuestra Restaurant, Worcester
12/10-11
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan
Hanover Theatre, Worcester
12/12
American Originals: A Moravian Christmas
Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester
12/11
Annual Family Holiday Concert
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
12/17
A Christmas Carol
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Worcester
12/17-12/23
WESTERN MASS
28 Annual Bright Nights at Forest Park
Springfield
Through 12/31
Virtual Santa Visit
Yankee Candle Village
South Deerfield
Through 12/23
Downtown Pittsfield Festive Frolic
Downtown Pittsfield
12/2-12/3, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Stockbridge: Main Street at Christmas
Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce
12/2-12/4, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Holiday Marketplace and Gallery of Wreaths
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
12/2
North Adams: First Friday Holiday Festivities
North Adams Chamber of Commerce
12/2
Holiday Walk Weekend Jazz Concert
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
12/2
Visit from Santa
Irish Cultural Center of Western NE
Springfield
12/4
Berkshire Museum: Carols of the Bell
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
12/4
Lenox Winterland: Artist’s Holiday Market
Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum, Lenox
12/10
Holidays at Canyon Ranch
Canyon Ranch, Lenox
12/18
Come Home for the Holidays: A Colonial Family Concert
Colonial Theater, Pittsfield
12/18