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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.
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 - TBA
6:00pm - TBA
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 - TBA
6:00pm - TBA
3:00pm-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
5:30pm-8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
Friday, December 3
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
95th Annual Christmas Festival
Louisiana’s Premiere Holiday Event!
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. Admission armbands are required for entry to the Downtown Riverbank.
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 TBA
3:00pm-9:00pm -Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
5:00pm-8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes ()
5:30pm-8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
Friday, December 10
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
Thursday December 9
Free Admission to Front Street and Downtown Riverbank
6:00pm -Lessons & Carols: Trinity Episcopal Church
10:00am-4:00pm - Cookies with Santa
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
1:00pm-4:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes ()
5:30pm - Lighted Boat Parade
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - TBA
6:00pm - TBA
Saturday December 11
1:00pm-4:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes ()
Thursday, December 16
5:30pm - 8:30pm - DJ on the Riverbank Stage
5:00pm - 8:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes ()
Friday, December 17
10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank
1:00pm-4:00pm - Christmas Tour of Homes ()
7:00pm - Fireworks over Cane River Lake
Music on the Riverbank Stage
3:00pm - TBA
6:00pm - TBA
Saturday, December 18
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 - TBA
6:00pm - TBA
Friday, December 24
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
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!