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2020 Festival of Lights
Nov. 21, 2020 – Jan. 6, 2021
Tickets available for purchase November 9th on our site.
Food vendors will be available on the Riverbank 7 days a week.
There is no admission to enter the Riverbank area Sunday through Friday.
Vehicular traffic will be permitted on the Riverbank Sunday through Thursday only.
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
4:30pm-9:30pm - “Turn on the Holidays!” – Join us for the official start to the Natchitoches Christmas season. This event features musical entertainment and fireworks!
4:00pm-7:00pm - Holiday Open House – Historic District Business Association
Shops Open Late
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - Paul & Pete Band
6:00pm - Amanda Shaw
Saturday, November 20
Friday, November 26
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
3:00pm-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
5:30pm-8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
Saturday, November 27
9:00am-4:30pm - Fleur de Lis Christmas Craft Mall
Natchitoches Events Center | FREE
10:00am-4:00pm - Cookies with Santa $
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - LaCour Trio
6:00pm - 92 Twenty
5:30pm-8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
7:00pm-8:15pm - Northwestern State University Christmas Gala
9:00pm-10:00pm - Northwestern State University Christmas Gala
Friday, December 3
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
Celebrate the Christmas season in Louisiana’s oldest city. Enjoy our daylong festival filled with music, entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and our famous firework show choreographed to holiday music over Cane River Lake.
Saturday, December 4
7:00am - 7:00pm - Mistletoe Market (City Bank parking lots on Second Street)
1:00pm - Festival of Lights Parade
6:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
95th Annual Christmas Festival
Louisiana’s Premiere Holiday Event!
Tuesday December 7
7:30pm -Lessons & Carols: NSU Chamber Choir at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Church
3:00pm-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
5:00pm-8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - The Prud’homme-Rouquier House, The Sweet Cane Inn, Emma’s Cottage (www.natchitocheshf.com)
6:00pm - Gospel Night on the Riverbank Stage
Friday, December 10
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
10:00am-4:00pm - Cookies with Santa $ SOLD OUT
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
1:00pm-4:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - The Lemme House, Historic Cunningham Law Offices, Historic Trinity Episcopal Church (www.natchitocheshf.com)
5:00pm - Lighted Boat Parade
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - Kelli Roberts Band
6:00pm - Manhattan
Saturday December 11
Thursday December 9
5:00pm-8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - Historic Cunningham Law Offices,
Chaplin House, Historic Natchitoches Courthouse (www.natchitocheshf.com)
6:00pm -Lessons & Carols: Trinity Episcopal Church
5:00pm-8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - Historic Cunningham Law Offices, Chaplin House, Historic Natchitoches Courthouse (www.natchitocheshf.com)
Thursday, December 16
3:00pm-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
5:30pm - 8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
5:00pm - 8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - The Prud’homme-Rouquier House, The Sweet Cane Inn, Emma’s Cottage (www.natchitocheshf.com)
Friday, December 17
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
1:00pm-4:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes - The Lemme House, Historic Cunningham Law Offices, Historic Trinity Episcopal Church (www.natchitocheshf.com)
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - Becky & The Shuffle Kings
6:00pm - Chase Tyler Band
Saturday, December 18
4:00pm-8:30pm - Light the Way 5K (natchitocheschamber.com/run)
Sunday, December 12
10:00am-6:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
6:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - Chubby Carrier
Friday, December 24
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
Saturday, December 25
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
Santa Claus House, December 5th - 23rd
6:00pm - 8:30pm | FREE (Saturday visits will require an armband for Riverbank access)
Visit with Santa in his house on the South end of the Downtown Riverbank
8:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Friday, December 31
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
Only a 5 minute drive from downtown, Christmas In The Park is a family friendly environment with over two hundred and fifty thousand LED lights
and decorations, tasty holiday treats, nightly Christmas character meet and greets, the Mistletones singing
Christmas trees and much more!
Visit their website for more info!