Iowa Holidays
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Mar 15 2025The Official Lucky's St Patrick's Day Bar Crawl - Davenport - Davenport
Get ready to experience the ultimate St. Paddy's Day celebration! On March 15, join us for an unforgettable bar crawl filled with green drinks, shamro ... more » -
May 26 2025VFW Memorial Day Service - Burt
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May 26 2025American Legion Memorial Day Service - Wesley
At South Park. -
Sep 20 2025Columbus Day - Columbus Junction
Parade, food, children's rides. -
Sep 27 - 4 2025Spirit in the Gardens - Ames
Come in costume and collect treats throughout the gardens. Children's crafts, storytelling, and creepy crawly stations. Children ages 3-10. -
Oct 9 - 11 2025Holiday Open House - Stratford
Holiday traditions in downtown Stratford. -
Oct 14 2025Winter Welcome - Waterloo
Entertainment, refreshments, horse-drawn trolley rides throughout the historic Grout Museum District. -
Oct 21 2025Sample Corning - Corning
An evening pre-holiday event. Stroll through businesses, sample holiday treats, and pick up recipes. Register for door prizes and shop for gifts befor ... more » -
Oct 23 2025Santa Day - West Bend
Visit Santa, see live Nativity at the Grotto of the Redemption. -
Oct 25 2025Holiday Open House - West Bend
Holiday activities, soup and pie supper, retail promotions. -
Oct 25 - 7 2025Christmas Walk - Pella
Festival of trees in the decorated buildings of the Historical Village. Victorian decorations and trees, Dutch traditions, refreshments. 9 to 4 daily ... more » -
Oct 26 2025Christmas Downtown Open House - Clinton
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Oct 27 2025Downtown for the Holidays - Sioux City
Holiday season kickoff with soup supper, entertainment, Santa Claus, and fireworks high above downtown. -
Oct 27 2025De Kerstdagen - Pella
Victorian carolers, retail open houses, refreshments, in downtown Pella. -
Oct 27 - 7 2025Country Christmas Light Display - Pella
Two-acre drive-through display with more than 55,000 lights, Dutch village, pond with live swans, luminaries. -
Oct 31 2025Lighted Parade - Newton
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Oct 31 2025Holiday Lighting Extravaganza - Carroll
Animated lighted scenes at Swan Lake State Park, viewed from your vehicle. -
Nov 1 2025Victorian Christmas - Red Oak
Horse-drawn carriage rides, mini-train rides, living Christmas windows, Festival of Trees, musical entertainment, children's cookie decorating, Santa ... more » -
Nov 1 2025Festival of Lights - Lorimor
Soup supper, caroling, activities and holiday lighting. -
Nov 3 2025Live Greeting Card Windows - Algona
Windows come alive with holiday scenes. Strolling entertainment, horse-drawn wagon rides, food. 7:00 to 8:30pm. -
Nov 5 2025Festival of Trees - Postville
Christmas trees, refreshments, and treats with Santa. -
Nov 6 2025Holiday Open House - West Des Moines
Santa arrives in Historic Valley Junction. Enjoy carolers, shopping in over 120 distinctive shops, and viewing thousands of lights adorning the area. ... more » -
Nov 6 - 12 2025Symphony of Lights - Clinton
This 1.1-mile Christmas lighting extravaganza is set on the hillsides of Eagle Point Park, located off Hwy. 67 north of Clinton. Includes over 500,000 ... more » -
Nov 6 2025Lyons Christmas Walk - Clinton
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Nov 6 2025Lighted Holiday Parade and Holiday Living Windows - Knoxville
Live displays in windows throughout historic downtow. Carriage rides, arrival of Santa, lighted holiday parade, food. -
Nov 6 2025Living Windows - Burlington
More than 60 decorated downtown window fronts, drama, carolers, church choirs, live Nativity, storytellers, Santa and Mrs. Claus, horse-drawn trolley ... more » -
Nov 7 - 8 2025Tiny Tim Tree Festival - Marshalltown
More than 50 decorated trees, chili supper, crafts, pictures with Santa, music. Friday - participants set-up their trees. Saturday is packed full ... more » -
Nov 7 2025Jingle Bell Holiday - Grinnell
Carolers, carriage rides, live Nativity scenes, entertainment, Santa portraits, soup supper, open houses at area businesses. -
Nov 7 2025Santa Claus Day - Algona
Cookie walk, tree display, Santa's workshop. -
Nov 7 2025Holiday Open House - Chariton
Lighted parade, live window displays, Miss Merry Christmas, Mr. St. Nick and Mr. and Mrs Santa Claus. -
Nov 7 2025Indianola Holiday Extravaganza - Indianola
Fun, food, music and holiday shopping. Please join us for our annual Holiday Extravaganza lighted parade as we welcome Santa and his reindeer Mistleto ... more » -
Nov 8 - 9 2025Memories of Christmas Past - Festival of Trees - Knoxville
Historical village decorated in period holiday style. Music and programs in Valley Chapel and country school. Christmas shopping in the country store. ... more » -
Nov 9 2025Christmas Walk at Pioneer Village - Davenport
Enjoy the buildings beautifully decorated for the holidays. Visit with Santa Claus, make-and-take crafts, hot cider, hot cocoa and cookies in the Olde ... more » -
Nov 9 2025Christmas Open House and Santa's Workshop - Guttenberg
Stroll and shop the festively adorned shops; children enjoy holiday fun with Santa. 12:00-4:00 p.m. -
Nov 9 2025Holiday Celebration - Rockwell City
Santa Claus, horse and buggy rides, entertainment, food. -
Nov 14 - 16 2025Christmas Past Weekend - West Branch
Music, horse-drawn rides, food and entertainment at the Hoover Museum, Hoover Historic Site and throughout the town of West Branch. -
Nov 14 - 17 2025Veterans Hospital Foundation Christmas Fantasy - Waukon
Decorated Christmas trees, food, music and other holiday events. -
Nov 15 2025Annual Holiday Stroll - Marshalltown
The Annual Holiday Stroll, 4:00-8:00pm, will present its Annual Lighted Holiday Parade. The parade will start at Farmer's Savings Bank at 5:00 pm on M ... more » -
Nov 21 - 23 2025Annual Christmas Antique Walk - Walnut
"CHILDREN LAUGHING, people passing, meeting smile after smile, in the air there's a feeling of Christmas..." may be lines from an ever popular holiday ... more » -
Hometown Christmas - Saint Ansgar
SANTA & Mrs. Claus Tour of Homes Hot Dogs & Popcorn on 4th St. Movies at the Elementary Horse & Wagon Rides - Strolling Carolers White El ... more » -
Nov 7 2025Holiday Open House - Adel
Merchants will be open late, offering samples and recipes for collecting. Santa arrives on the square, with tree lighting, carolers. -
Nov 7 - 7 2025Holiday Lighting of the Grotto of the Redemption - West Bend
World-famous grotto outlined in lights. -
Nov 7 - 1 2025Festival of Trees - Carroll
Tour the beautiful selection of Christmas trees on display at the First United Methodist Church. -
Nov 8 2025Breakfast with Santa - Hudson
Horse-drawn sleigh ride to a cabin in the woods for breakfast with Santa and his helpers. -
Nov 9 2025Old-Fashioned Christmas - New Vienna
Enjoy caroling, see rug braiding and sausage making. At the Heritage House. -
Nov 9 - 11 2025Santa, Snacks, and Stories - Cedar Rapids
Fond memories await children at this annual Brucemore holiday event. The fun includes storytelling in the nursery, crafts, and an interactive theater ... more » -
Nov 9 2025Christmas at the Lakota Museum - Lakota
Holiday open house with treats and decorations. -
Nov 9 2025Holiday Home Tours - Corning
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Nov 10 2025Miracle on Lake Avenue - Storm Lake
Downtown lighted parade, entertainment in each store window, street carolers, and Santa. -
Nov 11 2025Holiday Open House - Storm Lake
Retailers offer holiday merchandise, refreshments, displays, and samples. -
Nov 13 - 16 2025Celebrate The Season - Waterloo
Family festival begins at the Grout Museum and includes events at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo Public Library, and Main Street Waterloo. ... more » -
Nov 14 - 23 2025Mills County Historical Society Parade of Trees - Glenwood
A Christmas celebration of community decorated trees. First two weekends. The theme is Homespun Holidays. -
Nov 15 2025Holiday Tour of Homes - Stratford
Tour four homes decorated for the holidays and enjoy refreshments at a local church. -
Nov 15 2025Holiday Celebration - Nashua
Santa Claus, retail specials, refreshments. -
Nov 15 - 16 2025Holidays on the Trail - Council Bluffs
Holiday history programs, shopping, children's activities, and refreshments. At the Western Historic Trails Center. -
Nov 15 2025Festival of Lights - Exira
Cookie walk, soup supper, entertainment, tree lighting, and a visit from Santa Claus. -
Nov 16 - 15 2025POW Nativity Scene - Algona
Large Nativity scene built by German prisoners of war in 1944. Open First Sunday through December 31 (Weekdays & Saturday - 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. / S ... more » -
Nov 16 2025Christmas Tea at Liberty Hall - Lamoni
Tour, refreshments, entertainment at the historic home. -
Nov 21 2025Old-Fashioned Christmas on Main - State Center
Visit from Santa, horse-drawn trolley rides, holiday food, craft & gift bazaars, instrumental, vocal, and dance performances, spaghetti supper, chili ... more » -
Nov 21 - 23 2025Holiday Happenings - Traer
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Nov 22 2025Christmas in Conrad - Conrad
Pancake breakfast, Christmas crafts, festival of trees, open houses, trolley rides, window displays, entertainment. -
Nov 22 2025Leon Noel - Leon
Decorated trees, Santa, soup supper, entertainment, horse and buggy rides, crafts. -
Nov 22 2025Victorian Stroll - Albia
Holiday home tour, Christmas musical, live Christmas card scenes and Victorian window displays. Horse-drawn carriage rides, trolley rides. Visit with ... more » -
Nov 28 - 30 2025Festival of Trees - Clear Lake
Kick off the holiday season with the One Vision Festival of Trees! Over 100 trees and wreaths decorated by volunteers are for sale throughout the week ... more » -
Nov 29 2025Christmas in the Village - Davenport
For over 25 years people have celebrated the Village event: Santa Claus, Living Windows Carolers & Musicians throughout Village Horse D ... more » -
Nov 29 2025Holiday Open House at Effigy Mounds National Monument - Harpers Ferry
Refreshments, free crafts to make in the visitor center. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. -
Nov 29 2025Milos Annual Small Town Country Christmas - Milo
Tour of Homes, City wide craft show, Santa workshop, Horse Drawn Rides, Country Store and lots of Good Food!!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php ... more » -
Nov 30 2025Christmas Festival - Lake City
Christmas concert at the Union Church, window displays, soup supper, night parade. Weekend following Thanksgiving. -
Dec 4 2025Christmas Eve at the Barn - Fort Madison
Take a horse and wagon ride to an old-fashioned family Christmas Eve service at this historic barn. -
Dec 4 - 20 2025There's No Place Like Creston Holidays - Creston
"There's No Place Like Creston" Festivities continue through Sunday, including parade on Thursday night, Soup suppers, quilt show, carolers, living wi ... more » -
Dec 6 2025Lighted Christmas Parade Activities in the Alley - Oskaloosa
Soup suppers, craft shows, famous lighted Christmas parade. 4:30pm. -
Dec 6 2025Winter Wonderland - West Point
Horse-drawn carriage rides, caroling in the town square, tours of Arctic Glacier Ice. -
Dec 10 2025Christmas at the Depot - Independence
50 decorated trees, auction, refreshments, gifts.