Christmas lights and holiday events in Austin
Holiday lights, tree lightings, markets, Nutcrackers, carols and visits with Santa around Austin, with dates for each.
31 listed over the next 75 days, in and around Austin.
Friday
November 6
Saturday
November 14
Wednesday
November 18
Sunday
November 29
Thursday
December 3Friday
December 4
Saturday
December 5
Saturday
December 12
Sunday
December 13Saturday
December 19
Monday
December 21
Tuesday
December 22
Friday
December 25The holiday season around Austin
The holiday calendar around Austin starts the weekend after Thanksgiving and runs through New Year's. The first two weeks of December are the fullest: tree lightings, holiday concerts, the Nutcracker, craft markets and the breweries' holiday weekends all land then.
Places with holiday events listed right now include The Saxon Pub, Dripping Springs Community Library and Carousel Lounge and others.
Christmas lights
The big display is the Austin Trail of Lights, which fills Zilker Park through December and is ticketed. Neighbourhood light displays are not listed here; the ones on this page are events a venue has put on its calendar.
Trees, markets and shows
The Christmas tree farms east of the city open in late November. Holiday markets are mostly on weekends from late November to mid December; the theatres run holiday shows and the Nutcracker through the month, and the libraries run free storytimes and crafts for children.
Where to go
19 placesThe Saxon Pub
Austin
Dripping Springs Community Library
501 Sportsplex Dr, Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Carousel Lounge
1110 E 52nd St, Austin, TX 78723
Radio Coffee & Beer
4204 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78704
Copper Shot Distillery
809 Main St, Bastrop, TX 78602
Water 2 Wine Buda
304 S Main St #103, Buda, TX 78610
The Williamson Museum
716 S Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626
Rising Sun Vineyard
233 Edmonson Ranch Rd, McDade, TX 78650
Moody House Museum
114 W 9th St, Taylor, TX 76574
Vista Brewing
13551 Ranch to Market Rd 150, Driftwood, TX 78619
City of Round Rock
Round Rock
Lago Vista Brewing Company
8001 Bronco Ln, Lago Vista, TX 78645
Don Brimberry Pottery
8614 Millway Dr, Austin, TX 78757-6830
Georgetown Winery
715 S Main St, Georgetown, TX 78626-5700
German-Texan Heritage Society
507 E 10th St, Austin, TX 78701
LBJ Museum
131 N Guadalupe St, San Marcos, TX 78666
ZACH Theatre
Austin
Mercer Street
298 W Mercer St, Dripping Springs, TX 78620-5521
Missing a place? Tell us and we will add it.
Questions
- Where is the Austin Trail of Lights?
- In Zilker Park, through December. It is ticketed; the listing has this year's dates from the organisers once they are posted.
- Where can you see Christmas lights in Austin?
- 19 places have holiday lights, tree lightings, markets and seasonal shows listed over the next 75 days: ZACH Theatre, City of Round Rock, Vista Brewing, Lago Vista Brewing Company, The Long Center for the Performing Arts and LBJ Museum, and 13 more.
- When do holiday events start in Austin?
- The listings run from Friday, November 6 to Friday, December 25, with Saturday, December 5 the busiest day (6 listed). More dates get added as the season goes on.
- Are any of them free?
- 3 of the 31 listings are free, including Christmas on Mercer at Mercer Street, 🏠🍬 Family Gingerbread House Competition! 🎄✨ at Dripping Springs Community Library and Tea Light Snowman Craft Ornament at Dripping Springs Community Library.
- How up to date is this list?
- Every day. Events a venue cancels come off the page, and every listing links to the venue’s own page, which has the final word on the day.
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