‘Tis the season to be merry! With only 10 DAYS left until Christmas, we have a great lineup of events for you to embrace the magic of the season! From holiday markets to help check off your Santa list, to Christmas shows, to fun workshops, and even carriage rides! Also, be sure to scroll to the bottom for our list of Christmas lights! We hope it’s helpful as family come into town and you’re searching for Christmassy things to do! 🎄
✨ Twinkling on the Terrace: Igloo & Chalet Outdoor Dining Experiences at The Hotel at Avalon | Fri & Sat, 5 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
🐪 Christmas Spectacular at Free Chapel Gainesville | Fri: 7pm, Sat: 12, 3 & 6pm, Sun: 9 & 11am, 6pm | Gainesville
🎁 Stuff the Stocking Bar at The Perfect Pigg | Sat, 11 am – 5 pm | Cumming
🍪 Christmas Cookie Decorating Workshop at Pine and Pigment | Sat, 1 pm | Cumming
🎠 Carriage Rides at North Point Mall | Sat & Sun, 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
☃️Flicks & Flurries on Town Green | Sat, 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
🧑🌾 Slow Pour Farmers Market – Last of the 2023 Season | Sun, 2 – 5 pm | Lawrenceville
Have a very merry weekend!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Total Fitness at Wills Park Recreation Center | 9:30 – 10:30 am | Alpharetta
- The Block Charity Railroad at Tannery Row Ale House | 11 am | Buford
- Free Christmas Necklace at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 12 – 6 pm | Jasper
- Wenceslas Project | Dunn Family at Reformation Brewery | 12 pm | Woodstock
- Ugly Sweater Salsa Weekends at Fogon and Lions | 4 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
- Happy Hanukkah at Painting With a Twist | 4:30 – 6:30 pm | Alpharetta
- Margaritaville’s Lakeside Lights Spectacular at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 5 – 9 pm | Buford
- License to Chill Snow Island at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 5 – 10 pm | Buford
- Twinkling on the Terrace: Igloo & Chalet Outdoor Dining Experiences at The Hotel at Avalon | 5 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
- Christmas Market by Wrightway at Northpoint Mall | 5:30 – 7 pm| Alpharetta
- Holiday Celebration at Indio Brewing | 6 – 9 pm | Sugar Hill
- Date Night Wine and Chocolate Pairing at Painted Horse Winery | 6 pm | Milton
- Boy Scout Holiday Gift Wrapping at Indio Brewing | 6:30 – 9 pm | Sugar Hill
- DIYwine Night: Gnome for the Holidays at Reeves House at Woodstock Arts | 6:30 – 8 pm | Woodstock
- Christmas Spectacular at Free Chapel Gainesville | 7 pm | Gainesville
- Winter Stroll at Painting With a Twist | 7 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
- Wicks + Sips with Woodstock Candle Co. at Made Mercantile | 7 – 9 pm | Woodstock
- The Nutcracker at Southern Ballet Theatre | 7 pm | Lawrenceville
- Bourbon and Cigar Night at American Legion Post 201 | 7 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
- A Christmas Carol at Woodstock Arts | 7:30 – 9:30 pm | Woodstock
LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS
- Dinner and Acoustics with Eddie Collis | 5:30 pm | Buford
- Jesse Williams at Hall & Hound Brewing Co | 6:30 – 9:30 pm | Cumming
- The Honkey Collective at NoFo Brew Co | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming
- Ben Jammin at Woodstock Beer Market | 7 – 9 pm | Woodstock
- Rod Stewart Tribute – Rod the Tribute at MadLife | 7:30 & 10 pm | Woodstock
- Ollie & Angie Jazz Music at Rootstock | 7:30 pm | Woodstock
- Happy Holidays with Rusty Hayes at The Velvet Note | 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
- She Loves Me at Act1 Theater | 8 pm | Alpharetta
- Hot Flash at Roaring Social | 8 pm | Alpharetta
- Eddie Owen Presents Michelle Malone/Canionland/The Hot Toddies | 8 pm | Duluth
- Band X & Ugly Sweater | 8:30 pm | Buford
- Dueling Pianos at Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub | 8:30 pm | Cumming
FAMILY EVENTS
- Night of Lights at Sweet & Sassy | 5 – 7 pm | Cumming
FARMERS MARKETS & FOOD TRUCKS
- Mutt & Jeff Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | 4 – 9 pm | Cumming
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Breakfast with Santa at Chick-fil-A | 8 am | Alpharetta
- Flight Line Dressage Shows Year End Championship Show | 8 am – 6 pm | Alpharetta
- Rumble In My Corner at Rumble Boxing Alpharetta | 9 – 11:30 am | Alpharetta
- Holiday Market at Duluth Town Green | 9 am – 3 pm | Duluth
- Football in the Food Hall at The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta | 10 am – 1 pm | Woodstock
- Creative Corner: Creative Adults at Reeves House at Woodstock Arts | 10:30 – 11:30 am | Woodstock
- License to Chill Snow Island at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 10 pm | Buford
- The Nutcracker at Southern Ballet Theatre | 11 am, 3 & 7 pm | Lawrenceville
- Stuff the Stocking Bar at The Perfect Pigg | 11 am – 5 pm | Cumming
- The Block Charity Railroad at Tannery Row Ale House | 11 am | Buford
- Candle Workshop at Pine and Pigment | 11 am – 8:30 pm | Cumming
- Ugly Christmas Sweater Party at NoFo Brew Co | 12 pm – 12 am | Cumming
- Merry Margaritas Tasting Event at Cumming City Center | 12 – 5 pm | Cumming
- Wenceslas Project | Dunn Family at Reformation Brewery | 12 pm | Woodstock
- Christmas Spectacular at Free Chapel Gainesville | 12pm, 3pm, 6pm | Gainesville
- Christmas Cookie Decorating Workshop at Pine and Pigment | 1 pm | Cumming
- Santa Paws at Cherry Street Taproom | 2 – 5 pm | Alpharetta
- Cheese & Wine Pairing at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 2:30 pm | Jasper
- Wine Tasting & Christmas Cookies at Sip Happens | 3 – 4 pm | Suwanee
- Christmas Cookie Decorating at Hall & Hound Brewing Co | 3 – 6 pm | Cumming
- Screen on the Green: The Grinch at Woodstock Arts Event Green | 3 pm | Woodstock
- Ugly Sweater Salsa Weekends at Fogon and Lions | 4 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
- Margaritaville’s Lakeside Lights Spectacular at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 5 – 10 pm | Buford
- Twinkling on the Terrace: Igloo & Chalet Outdoor Dining Experiences at The Hotel at Avalon | 5 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
- Carriage Rides at North Point Mall | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
- Monthly Spotlight at The Scene | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
- Flicks & Flurries on Town Green | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
- Let It Snow Rustic Snowman at Painting With a Twist | 7 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
- Wicks + Sips with Woodstock Candle Co. at Made Mercantile | 7 – 9 pm | Woodstock
- A Christmas Carol at Woodstock Arts | 7:30 – 9:30 pm | Woodstock
- Tacky Sweater Party with King Baby Live at From the Earth Brewing Company | 9 pm | Roswell
LIVE MUSIC
- Live Music: The Patriarchs at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 1:30 – 5:30 pm | Jasper
- Adrian Stover at Feathers Edge Vineyards | 2 – 5 pm | Ball Ground
- Kurt Wheeler Live at Hall & Hound Brewing Co | 6:30 – 9:30 pm | Cumming
- Dinner and Acoustics with Jesse Biondi at Tannery Row Ale House | 5:30 pm | Buford
- Them Ugly Ones at NoFo Brew Co | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming
- Head Games – A Tribute to Foreigner at MadLife Stage | 7 & 10 pm | Woodstock
- Innovative Percussionist Drew Tucker’s Tribute to The Legends of Vibes at The Velvet Note | 7:30 & 9:30 | Alpharetta
- She Loves Me at Act1 Theater | 8 pm | Alpharetta
- JUSTIN at Roaring Social | 8 pm | Alpharetta
- Back N Black – The ultimate AC/DC Tribute at Tannery Row Ale House | 9 pm | Buford
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
- Cookies & Cocoa with Santa at Festival Center | 10 am – 1 pm | Duluth
- Santa at FoxTale Book Shoppe | 11 am | Woodstock
- Winter Moon (Ages 7+) at Painting With a Twist | 12 – 2 pm | Alpharetta
- Cookies with Santa & Mrs. Claus at Pine and Pigment | 2 – 5 pm | Cumming
- Grinchmas Who-bilation Event at Sweet & Sassy | 2:30 – 4 pm | Cumming
FARMERS MARKETS & FOOD TRUCKS
- Farm. Fresh. Market | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Woodstock
- Peachtree Road Farmers Market | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm | Atlanta
- Winter Farmers Market at Town Center Park | 9 – 11 am | Suwanee
- Snellville Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Snellville
- Sandy Springs Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Sandy Springs
- Marietta Square Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Marietta
- DHA Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Dunwoody
- Jasper Farmers Market | 9 am – 1 pm | Jasper
- Downtown Alpharetta Farmer’s Market | 9:30 am – 12 pm | Alpharetta
- Spicy Desi Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 9 pm | Cumming
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17TH
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Jingle Jog 5K & Fun RUn at Cumming City Center | 8:30 am | Cumming
- Christmas Spectacular at Free Chapel Gainesville | 9am, 11am, 6pm | Gainesville
- Santa Brunch at Milton’s | 10 am – 3 pm | Milton
- The Block Charity Railroad at Tannery Row Ale House | 11 am | Buford
- License to Chill Snow Island at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 10 pm | Buford
- Mulled Wine at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 12 – 6 pm | Jasper
- Croissants with Chef Michelle at Leaning Ladder | 12 – 4 pm | Woodstock
- Wenceslas Project | Dunn Family at Reformation Brewery | 12 pm | Woodstock
- Paint Your Pet at Painting With a Twist | 1 – 4 pm | Alpharetta
- Brunch with Santa at Fogon and Lions | 1 – 3 pm | Alpharetta
- She Loves Me at Act1 Theater | 2 pm | Alpharetta
- The Nutcracker at Southern Ballet Theatre | 2 pm | Lawrenceville
- A Christmas Carol at Woodstock Arts | 2:30 – 4 pm | Woodstock
- Winter Doe at Painting With a Twist | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
- Margaritaville’s Lakeside Lights Spectacular at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 5 – 10 pm | Buford
- Carriage Rides at North Point Mall | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
- 5 Course Beer Dinner Featuring Creature Comforts Curious Collection at Hall & Hound Brewing Co | 5 – 8 pm | Cumming
- Holiday Glassware Set at Painting With a Twist | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
- A Muppet Christmas Carol at Lawrenceville Arts Center | 6 pm | Lawrenceville
- Team Trivia at Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Cumming
LIVE MUSIC
- Kassis Jazzy Brunch Session at Rootstock | 11:30 am | Woodstock
- Randy Dobson at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 1:30 – 5:30 pm | Jasper
- Christmas with Elvis – Presented by Travis LeDoyt at MadLife Stage | 2 & 5 pm | Woodstock
- Jennifer Wrobleski’s Christmas Show at The Velvet Note | 2 pm | Alpharetta
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
- Grinchmas Who-bilation at Sweet & Sassy | 2 – 3:30 pm | Cumming
FARMERS MARKETS & FOOD TRUCKS
- Black Market BBQ Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 7 pm | Cumming
- Slow Pour Farmers Market – Last of the 2023 Season | 2 – 5 pm | Lawrenceville
- Duluth Farmers Market | 2 – 6 pm (every 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month) | Duluth
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Drive-Thru Christmas Lights
🎄Lights Over Alpharetta
🎄Glow Light Show & Festival in Lawrenceville
🎄Magic of Lights at Historic Dixie Speedway in Woodstock
🎄Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland in Marietta
🎄A Country Christmas at Pettit Creek Farms in Cartersville
🎄Lights of Life in Marietta
🎄Holiday Lights at Veterans Park in Canton
Walk-Thru Christmas Lights
🎄Lights Over Alpharetta
🎄Lights of Joy in Kennesaw (FREE)
🎄Lakeside Lights Spectacular at Lake Lanier in Buford
🎄Garden Lights, Holiday Nights at Atlanta Botanical Gardens
🎄A Country Christmas at Pettit Creek Farms in Cartersville
WEEKLY FARMER’S MARKETS
Here is a list of farmers markets broken down by the day they are open, as well as the times.
*Please make sure to check links before you go, as they often cancel due to weather!
WEDNESDAYS
- Decatur Farmers Market | 4 – 7 pm | Decatur
THURSDAYS
- Waleska Farmers’ Market | 9 am – 1 pm | Waleska
SATURDAYS
- Farm. Fresh. Market | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Woodstock
- Peachtree Road Farmers Market | 8:30 am – 12:00 pm | Atlanta
- Snellville Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Snellville
- Sandy Springs Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Sandy Springs
- Marietta Square Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Marietta
- DHA Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Dunwoody
- Jasper Farmers Market | 9 am – 1 pm | Jasper
- Downtown Alpharetta Farmer’s Market | 9:30 am – 12 pm | Alpharetta
SUNDAYS
- Slow Pour Farmers Market | 2 – 5 pm | Lawrenceville
- Duluth Farmers Market | 2 – 6 pm (every 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month) | Duluth
