It may be the middle of summer, but it’s never too early to start looking for Christmas events in Little Rock! It’s one of my favorite times of the year and I’m already bursting with excitement at all the cozy and festive activities we’ll be doing. Especially with our kids-the holidays are just so magical with them. Consider it my Christmas in August gift to you! I’ve done all the work for you and compiled an exhaustive list of events and activities during the Christmas season in the Little Rock area. I hope this saves you time and energy so you can worry about making memories instead. This list will be updated as we get closer to Christmas, so bookmark this page to easily come back!

• 2024 Festival of Trees– November 14-November 16, 2024 at the Statehouse Convention Center
• Sugarplum Ball-November 14, 2024. Perfect for a fun dad-daughter date!
• Festival of Fashion-November 15, 2024
• Tux ‘n Trees Gala-November 16 , 2024
• Southwest Little Rock Christmas Parade-December 7, 2024
• Very Merry Maumelle Christmas in the Park-December 6, 2024
• Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet at the Robinson Center-December 31, 2024
• 2024 Ugly Sweater Race at Twin Rivers Park-December 21, 2024
• Tree Lighting Ceremony at Garvan Woodland Gardens-November 23, 2024
• Mistletoe Kisses Market, Hot Springs Convention Center Hall-December 13-14, 2024
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the Robinson Center-November 9-10, 2024
• Mountains and Mistletoe Holiday Market, Mountain View, AR-November 16, 2024
• Cabot’s Celebrate the Season Holiday Shopping Event-December 7, 2024
• Wreath’s Across America at Little Rock National Cemetery-December 14, 2024
• Holiday High Tea-Garvan Woodland Gardens-December 5, 2024
• Land of the Sweets Nutcracker Tea at Robinson Performance Hall-December 14-15, 2024
• Nutcracker Spectacular with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra at Robinson Center-December 13-15, 2024
• Harbor’s Lighting Ceremony at Mountain Harbor Lodge-November 29, 2024
• A Christmas Story: The Musical-Argenta Contemporary Theater-December 4-22, 2024
• Little Rock Zoo GloWild-December 2024
• Little Rock Zoo New Year’s Gloeing Eve-December 31, 2024
• Cabot 2024 Christmas Parade-December 14, 2024
• Holiday Express/Pajama Train-December, 2024
• Children’s “The Road to Bethlehem” Experience-December 2024
• Motley’s Christmas Tree Farm-December 2024
• Holiday Forest Christmas Tree Farm-November 2024
• Capitol Hotel Christmas Tree Lighting-December 2024
• Sherwood’s Trail of Lights-December 1-30, 2024
• Sherwood Christmas Parade-December 7, 2024
• Sherwood’s Winter Fest at City Hall Park-December 7, 2024
• See the lights at the Arkansas State Capitol in downtown Little Rock-December 2024
• Holiday Tea at the Capitol Hotel-December 2024
• Sundays with Santa at the Capitol Hotel-December 2024
• Merry and Bright Celebration at the Promenade at Chenal-November 2024
• Big Jingle Jubilee-December 2024
• Hot Chocolate with homemade marshmallows at Loblolly’s Creamery (bonus: they have GF options!)
• Beebe Christmas Parade-December 14, 2024
• Jacksonville Christmas Parade-December 7, 2024