Things to Do
Things to Do in Lancaster this December
Celebrate the holiday season with your neighbors this year!
December is here, and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the holiday season with your neighbors! Enjoy performing arts, art exhibitions, festivals and celebrations, open houses, and so much more. Don’t forget to grab a copy of the 2024 Retail Guide to finish off your holiday shopping while you’re out and about!
Performing Arts
- Frozen: The Broadway Musical | Through December 29 at Fulton Theatre
- Illumination | Through December 22 at Prima Theatre
- Servant Stage Company’s Sunday Night Cabaret Series, featuring Justin and Kelly Mazzella | December 15 at 7PM at Magic and Wonder Theatre
- A Night at the Oscars with Lancaster Symphony Orchestra | December 28 & 29 at Gardner Theatre
- Organic Reflections: O Come, Emmanuel | December 6 from 8-8:30PM at First Reformed Church
- Servant Stage Company presents Christmas Crooners | Through December 22 at Lancaster Alliance Church
Art in the City
- First Friday Art Show featuring Teets | December 6 from 6-8PM at Happy Happy Joy Joy
- 717 Squared Exhibit | Through December 20 at Third Story Art
- Embodied Emotions: Celebrating the Human Form | Through December 21 at Lancaster Art Vault
Holiday Festivals & Celebrations
- Greenfield Winter Celebration | December 4 from 4-7PM at Greenfield Park
- Tuba Christmas | December 6 at 8PM in Ewell Plaza
- Light Up Southeast | December 6 from 6-9PM at Crispus Attucks Community Center
- Handel’s Messiah with Lancaster Symphony Orchestra | December 6 & 7 at First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster
- Santa in the City | December 6, 7 & 14 at Ewell Plaza
- Dashing Through the Lights 5K | December 13 at 10PM at Clipper Magazine Stadium
- Winter Carnival with Lancaster Rec | December 19 from 6-8PM
- Christmas Eve Services at First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster | December 24
- Menorah Lightings | December 25-January 1 in Penn Square
- Yuletide | December 27-January 6 from 4-8PM at Historic Rock Ford
- Christmas Spirit Light Show | Through December 31 from 5:30-9:30PM at Clipper Magazine Stadium
- Christmas Tree Lane | December 6-23 (open from 5:30-10:30PM) at Clipper Magazine Stadium
- Ring in the New Year with the City of Lancaster and the Lancaster Stormers | December 31 from 8PM-12AM at Clipper Magazine Stadium
- Decades’ 3rd Annual New Year’s Eve Bash | December 31 from 10PM-1AM
Open Houses & Education
- Holiday Open House and Ornament Pop-Up | December 6 & 7 at Third Story Art
- Greenfield Winter Walk with the Lancaster Conservancy | December 7 from 9-11AM at Greenfield
- Pet Pantry’s Annual Light the Way Event and Food Drive | December 7 from 5-8PM at Pet Pantry of Lancaster County
- Vince Guaraldi: The Man Behind “Peanuts” | December 7 from 11AM-12:30PM at Lancaster Public Library
- Second Sunday Sound with Soundwise | December 8 from 6:30-8PM
- Night Sky Tour | December 21 from 1-2PM at North Museum
Holiday & Shopping
- Lancaster Best Kept Secrets Christmas Tour | December 5-14
- Book Swap at Lancaster Public Library | December 5 from 6-8PM
- Holiday Arts Market | December 6 from 5-8PM at Ewell Plaza
- Village Christmas Market | December 7 from 10AM-3PM at Garden Spot Village
- Creatively Lancaster Holiday Makers Market | December 7, 14, & 21 from 10AM-4PM at Greenfield
- Lancaster Shops Late | December 13 from 5-8PM at various shops in Lancaster City
- Thistle Finch Holiday Market | December 15 at Thistle Finch
Weekly Events
- Trivia at Annie Bailey’s | Monday at 6PM
- Trivia at Rural City Taproom | Monday at 6:30PM
- Trivia at Our Town Brewery | Tuesdays at 7PM
- Wellness Wednesdays at West Art | Wednesdays from 5:30–8PM
- Trivia Night at Spring House Brewing | Wednesdays at 7PM
- Trivia Night at Southern Market | Wednesdays at 7PM
- Trivia at Columbia Kettle Works 2nd Gear | Thursdays at 7PM
- Trivioke at Southern Market | Thursdays at 7PM
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