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The many festivals and events that follow one another throughout the year offer wonderful opportunities to discover the Québec culture. Let yourself be drawn into a festive and colourful atmosphere on the occasion of a major event. Check our calendar of events for the complete list.
Nov 9, 2023 · Winter Spanish Market December 2 & 3. Get your holiday shopping done all weekend long at the Winter Spanish Market, held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, December 2 and 3, where adult and youth artists, who carry on the traditional work of Spanish Colonial New Mexico, feature their handmade, museum-quality works in a variety of media—including santos, precious metals jewelry ...
- German Christmas Market. November 23 to December 23, 2023 (2024 Date TBC) A classic Old Quebec City winter activity is the German Christmas Market. They have everything you need; whether you seek handmade gifts or simply want to bask in the charming atmosphere.
- Salon des Artisans de Québec. December 1 to 10, 2023 (2024 Date TBC) The Salon des artisans de Québec is an ideal destination for Christmas shopping. It showcases an array of locally made products: handcrafted items, artworks, local agri-food products, etc.
- Kaleidoscopes Festival. December 27 to 31, 2023 (2024 Date TBC) Every winter in Quebec City, the Kaleidoscopes Festival happens at the tail end of the German Christmas Festival.
- New Year's Eve Celebration. December 28 to 31, 2023 (2024 Date TBC) Every year, during the last week of December, the Grande-Allée gets ready to ring in the new year with its Toboggan Festival.
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Aug 22, 2023 · December 28 to 31. It’s on Grande Allée that New Year is being celebrated with a winter village, outdoor musical performances, and the famous countdown to the new year. 4. Québec Winter Carnival. January 25 to February 11, 2024. Québec Winter Carnaval is one of the world's largest winter carnivals!
- Let It Glow, Let It Glow, Let It Glow
- The Pageant of Las Posadas
- Fabulously Festive Farolitos
- Holiday on The Hill
- A Palatial Celebration
- Puppets on Parade
- Sacred Dances
Revel in the sight of thousands of twinkling lights at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardenduring GLOW-A Winter Lights Event. This annual tradition, held throughout December, will fill your heart with the spirit of the season as you wind your way on garden paths, admiring large-scale light installations and spectacular laser shows set against the nighttim...
The hallowed search by Mary and Joseph for a place of shelter before the birth of Jesus is commemorated with Las Posadas, a religious event celebrated around the world. A candle-lit procession will make its way around the Plaza as Mary and Joseph’s journey is re-enacted, ending in the Palace of the Governors’ courtyard with carols, hot cider, and c...
The annual Christmas Eve Farolito Walk on Canyon Road is understandably one of Santa Fe’s best-loved events. The one-mile stretch of this fabled road, lined with galleries and shops, is illuminated by thousands of farolitos that line the street, the adobe walls, the trees, and even the neighboring streets—as far as you can see. This holiday walk of...
Find tons of holiday fun at the annual Museum Hill Holiday Stroll. A trio of museums on the hill will offer free admission, live music, holiday refreshments, art-making, and much more. At the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, for instance, you can listen to a Tewa women’s choir, watch Native American dances, make your own ornaments, and marvel at ...
For nearly 40 years, Christmas at the Palace has brought joy and wonder to the hearts of locals and visitors alike. One of the best-loved holiday celebrations in Santa Fe, this free event brings people of all ages together to celebrate the season, with live music, hot cider and cookies and a chance to meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus, in the magical setting...
Puppets take front and center stage during the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Holiday Open House, an annual family tradition. Beloved printmaker Gustave Baumann began carving his marvelous marionettes in the 1930s to entertain his daughter at Christmas. Those marionettes are still entertaining children, thanks to the museum which has restored and repli...
Many of the northern New Mexico pueblos honor the season with sacred dances on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, dances that date back centuries, and honor the pueblo’s ancestral beginnings. The Deer Dance, the Buffalo Dance, Los Matachines, and many more honor the seasons and other significant dates in the Pueblo calendar. Some pueblos dance on Chr...
Dec 6, 2023 · Spending Christmas in Quebec City? Here are the best things to do in Old Quebec at Christmas, free family Christmas activities and magical Christmas events.
December Christmas through New Year's, Québec City. Celebrating the holidays a la française is a particular treat here, where the streets are almost certainly banked with snow and nearly every ancient building sports wreaths, decorated fir trees, and glittery white lights.
