This Weekend
Festival of Lights
Friday • November 24 • 5:00 – 7:00pm
Downtown Winterset
The day after Thanksgiving, celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season in downtown Winterset! Merchants will have lighted and live action window displays starting at 5:00pm. Venture into the warm, cozy stores on the square to find unique gifts for everyone on your shopping list! The lighted parade will start at 7:15pm with everyone’s favorite jolly ol’ elf on the last float of the parade. There will be a table on the courthouse lawn to write a letter to Santa. See “Elf” at the Iowa Theater following the lighted parade—FREE admission with the donation of a non-perishable food item for local food pantry.
Elf
Friday • November 24th • 8:30pm (Free with the donation of a non-perishable food item)
Saturday • November 25th • 7:00pm
The Iowa Theater
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Holiday Lights on the Hill
November 24th – January 1st
Madison County Historical Society
Load up the car and take a drive on the museum complex loop to enjoy lights and displays throughout the Madison County Historical Complex. This is a free event but donations in the mailbox are always appreciated to help defray the costs.
Graham’s Game Café – Holiday Hours
Friday • November 24 • 3:00 – 7:00
Saturday • November 25 • 5:00 – 9:00
123 W Jefferson, diagonal from the Library
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Small Business Saturday
Saturday • November 25th
#ShopLocal in Winterset!
Show your local love by shopping the Winterset downtown square and other businesses and enjoy special holiday festivities throughout the day.
7:00 – 11:00am – Fuel up with a pancake breakfast at the American Legion Hall hosted by the Winterset Kiwanis.
10:00am – 2:00pm – Enjoy a FREE horse-drawn carriage ride around the courthouse square. (gratuities accepted)
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Next Week
It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show
Thursday, Friday, Saturday • November 30, December 1 & 2 • 7:00pm
Sunday • December 3 • 2:00pm
The Winterset Stage at the Iowa Theater
Tickets are now on sale for The Winterset Stage’s next production: It’s a Wonderful Life. This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.
Community Christmas Hymn Sing
Friday • December 1 • 11:30am
Winterset First United Methodist Church
at the Winterset Public Library
Friends of the Library Open House
Saturday • December 2 • 10:00am – 1:00pm
Winterset Public Library
Winterset Community Band Concert
Sunday • December 3 • 4:00pm
Winterset High School, Henry Miller Auditorium
This year will feature the 20th annual Winterset Community Band Christmas Concert. Following the concert there will be a free will soup supper hosted by the Winterset Band Boosters. Enjoy some festive sounds of the season!
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Coming Soon
Winter Solstice Market
Friday • December 9 • 6:00 – 9:00pm
Saturday • December 10 • 10:00am – 4:00pm
The Winterset Livery
The Nutracker
December 9 – 11
Winterset Ballet & Dance
Enjoy this timeless holiday classic about a young girl, Clara, celebrating Christmas with her family, the Stahlbaums. When she receives a Nutcracker from her Godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, this sets off a memorable evening of magical events and characters.
Winterset Ballet and Dance Studio will present six performances of The Nutcracker from December 9-December 11 at the Iowa Theater. Each performance features of a different cast of dancers so if you have a favorite dancer(s) you want to see, be sure to check to see which cast(s) includes your favorite dancer! https://buy.tututix.com/WintersetBalletandDanceStudioLLC
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Holiday Tour of Homes
Saturday • December 9 • 11:00 – 6:00
Benefiting CRISP
Tickets are now on sale for the Christmas Tour of Homes and 100% of the ticket sales go to CRISP. The mission of CRISP is to guide families to resources that will enhance the well being of children and families. They work to ensure greater family stability and ready to learn children. A few of the programs that the Tour of Homes will help fund include: School supplies for kids, Winter Wear 4 Kids, and Christmas for kids. Other programs they assist include help with utility/rent payments and working closely with The Paw Pantry to provide additional food source for families. When you purchase your ticket you will get to tour 7 amazing homes AND help CRISP fund their programs.
Tickets can be purchased at: Spoons Full of Sugar Boutique, Pine Creek, Madison County Mercantile, Re:Home, Madison County Chamber, Madison County Realty and Salon 107.
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