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101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Providence - 2024 (In Progress)

KidsOutAndAbout is Providence's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families!  The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!

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Santa Sightings

Nov 14, 2024 - Dec 24, 2024 Santa Pictures - Providence Place
Multiple Dates Nov 9th - Dec 29th, 2024 Santa Express - The VIP Train Experience - Edaville Family Theme Park
Select Dates  Nov 18 -  Dec 10 2024  Pet Nights with Santa - Providence Place
Nov 24, 30, & Dec 1, 21, & 22, 2024 Santa's 4th Annual Visit to the Farm - At Liberty Farm
Nov 29, 2024 Santa's Arrival - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Nov 30, 2024 Dinner with Santa - Ocean House
Nov 30, 2024 Santa Arrives By Tugboat - Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Nov 24 & 30,& Dec 1 2024 Visit Santa, Our friendly animals & Have a Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride - At Liberty Farm
Nov 27, 2023 Annual Christmas Tree Lighting & Santa! - With West Warwick, RI
Nov 29, 2024 Santa Lights Up Putnam - With Town of Putnam, CT
Nov 30, 2024 Santa at the Eustis Estate - Eustis Estate Museum
Dec 5, 12, & 19, 2024 Visit with Santa at Holiday Lights Spectacular - Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village
Dec 1 - 24, 2023 Photo Op with Santa and his Reindeer - Chepachet Village Wine & Spirits
   
Select Thursdays in Dec, 2023 Visit with Santa at Holiday Lights Spectacular - Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village
Dec 6, 2024 2024 Annual Tree Lighting - With Middleborough, MA
Dec 6,7,16,13,14,20 & 21, 2024 Santa Checks In - Ocean House
Dec 2, 2023  Santa's Aquidneck Island Holiday Party & Elves Workshop - With Knights of Columbus - Middletown/Newport Council #256
Dec 1, 2024  THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS Kids Dance Party With Characters - Seaport Resort and Marina
Dec 3, 2024 Holiday Stroll & Lantern Luminaria 2024 - Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Dec 7, 2024 Bristol’s Grand Illumination and Tree lighting - Town of Bristol
Dec 7, 2024 Coastal Queen Brings Santa and Mrs. Claus to Town
Dec 2, 2023 SANTA AT STILLWATER- With Burrillville Parks and Recreation - Rhode Island
Dec 2, 2024   Sing-Along with Santa - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum 
   
Dec 2,3,9,10, 2023 Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - Slater Memorial Park
Dec 1,8,15,21, & 22, 2024 Brunch with Santa - Buffet - Ocean House
Dec 3, 2023 Santa Cares Day - Providence Place
Dec 8, 2024 Breakfast with Santa & Friends - At The Olde Theater Diner - With Judi T Dance Studio DBA Party Line
Dec 6 & 7, 2024 Tree Lighting & Winter Wonderland Craft Fair - Coventry, RI
Dec 7,14, & 21, 2023 Photo Op with Santa & Mrs. Claus - At The Town Trader - With The Historic Village Of Chepachet
Dec 7, 2023 Santa Visit - At East Providence Public Library- Weaver Library
   
Dec 9, & 23, 2024  Children's Holiday Tea - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Dec 14, & 15, 2024 Meet Santa in the Meeting House - Olde Mistick Village - Mystic, CT
Dec 14, 2024 A Visit with Santa at the Library - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 15, 2023 Santa is Coming to Town - With Old Colony YMCA - Brockton
Dec 15, 2024 Breakfast with Santa - At Battleship Cove
   
Dec 10 & 17, 2023  Santa is Coming to the Village! - At Nature's Art Village
Dec 16, 2023  Santa in Salem - At Phillips House Museum
   
   

 

 

Old-Time Christmas

Nov 18, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 Holidays at the Newport Mansions
  Holiday Lantern Tours - Newport Historical Society
   
Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023 A Rough Point Holiday - Newport Restoration Foundation
Nov 29 - Dec 30, 2024 (select Days) Christmas By Candelight - Old Sturbridge Village
Nov 29 - Dec 30, 2024 16th Annual Festival of Trees - Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Select days Nov 24 - Dec 29, 2024 Holidays at The Haan - Haan Museum of Indiana Art
Dec 7, 2024 2024 TREE LIGHTING & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION - With East Providence, RI
Nov 30, 2024 2024 Victorian Holiday - With Downtown Pascoag & Neighborhood Association & Burrillville Parks and Recreation - Rhode Island
Dec 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, & 22, 2024 Music in the Living Room - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Dec 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, & 28, 2024 Holiday Lantern Tours - Newport Historical Society
Dec 7 & 8 , 2024 2024 Christmas at The Castle - Smith's Castle
Dec 5, & 19, 2024 Christmas Cheers - At Eustis Estate Museum
Dec 7, 2024 Holiday Carnival - Olde Mistick Village 
Dec 7, 8, 14, & 15,  2024 Step into the Holidays - At Clouds Hill Museum
Dec 7, 2024 Christmas Holiday Stroll in Pawtuxet - With Friends of Pawtuxet Village
Dec 7, 8, 14, & 15,  2024 Old-Fashioned Christmas - Self Guided Tours - Hearthside House - Lincoln, RI
Dec 8, 15, 16, & 17, 2024 Holiday Tea - At Eustis Estate Museum 
Dec 13, 14, & 15, 2024 Christmas in the Village Festival of Trees 2024 - North Scituate Village
Dec 7 & 8, 2024 Bristol Christmas Festival - Bristol, RI
Dec 13, 2024 CHRISTMAS AT LINDEN PLACE MANSION - At Linden Place
Dec 28 & 29 2024 Home for the Holidays - Hearthside House

 

Light Displays

Nov 8, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024 Christmas Festival of Lights - Edaville Family Theme Park
Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025 Holiday Lights Spectacular - At Olde Mistick Village
Nov 15, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 ZooLights - At Stone Zoo
Nov 22 - Dec 29, 2024 Sparkling Lights at The Breakers - The Newport Mansions
Nov 15 - Dec 31, 2024 2024 Holiday light show- At Confreda Greenhouses & Farms
Nov 29, 2024 -Jan 4, 2025 Holiday Lights Spectacular - At Roger Williams Park Zoo
Nov 24- Dec 30, 2023 Wawaloam's Festival of Lights - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
   
Nov 29, 2024 Santa Lights Up Putnam - With Town of Putnam, CT
Nov 29, 2024 2024 Newport Illuminated Boat Parade - With City of Newport RI
Nov 29 - Dec 31, 2024 Home for the Holidays - At Mystic Aquarium
Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023 Night Lights –An Illuminating Experience - Blithewold
Nov 23, 2024 4th annual Stonington Lobster Trap Tree Lighting - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Nov 30, 2024 Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony - Ocean House
Dec 1, 2024 Holiday Dazzle Light Parade - With Town of Putnam, CT
Dec 5, 6, & 7, 2024 Providence’s Three Nights of Lights
Dec 2, 2023 WaterFire's Holiday Celebration - At Waterplace Park - WaterFire Arts Center
Dec 7, 2023 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony - At the Pavilion at Kent Field - With The Historic Village Of Chepachet
Dec 6,7,13,14,20,21, & 22, 2024 Lantern Light Village - At Mystic Seaport Museum
Dec 7, 2024  54th Annual Tree Lighting - With Bowen's Wharf
Dec 2, 2023  All-Lit-Up Christmas Parade - With Town of Smithfield, RI
Dec 7, 2024 Bristol’s Grand Illumination and Parade - With Town of Bristol
Dec 2,3,9,10, 2023 Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - Slater Memorial Park
Dec 6, 2024 Festival of Lights - Olde Mistick Village
   
   
   
Dec 15, 2024 Westerly Light Parade - Downtown Westerly, RI

 

Holiday Theatre

Nov 8 - Dec 31, 2023 Miracle on South Division Street - At The Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant
Multiple Dates Nov 23, 2024 - Dec 29, 2024 Trinity Rep’s A Christmas Carol - At Providence Performing Arts Center
Nov 27 & 29, & Dec 1,3,4,5,6 2024 Newport Nutcracker - Rosecliff Mansion
Nov 25, 2023  A Magical Cirque Christmas - Veterans Memorial Auditorium 
Multiple Dates Nov 29 - Dec 15, 2024  A 1940's Radio Christmas Carol - At Granite Theatre
Nov 30 & Dec 1, 2024 The Nutcracker Ballet - Stadium Theatre
Nov 28, 29, 30, & Dec 1,2,3, 2023 DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at at Providence Performing Arts Center
   
Multiple Dates Dec 5, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024 Miracle on 34th Street - With The Arctic Playhouse - West Warwick, RI 
Dec 1-23, 2023 Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge! - At The Contemporary Theater Company
Dec 2, 2023 Newport Live Presents: The Sweetback Sisters Country Christmas - At Jamestown Art Center
Dec 15, 2024 RIPO Presents Handel's Messiah - With Providence Singers - At Veterans Memorial Auditorium - Providence, RI
   
Multiple Dates Dec 13 - 22, 2024 A Christmas Carol - Stadium Theatre
Dec 7 & 8, 2024 It's A Wonderful Life Radio Hour - at Stadium Theatre
Dec 13, 14, 15, & 21, 2024 A Christmas Carol - With RISE - At- The Assembly Theatre
   
Dec 20 & 21, 2024  Twas the Night Before Christmas - Providence Ballet Theatre
Dec 19 - 29, 2024 The Nutcracker at the VETS - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Dec 1-17, 2023 Miracle on 34th Street - At Granite Theatre 
   

 

Concerts

Nov 29, 2024 Ornament Presents an Evening of Music from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Stadium Theatre
   
Dec 7,8,15,15,21, & 22, 2024 Music in the Living Room Series - At Blithewold
Dec 6, 2024 Carpenters Tribute Christmas Show - Top of The World - At Stadium Theatre
Dec 3, 2023 Messiah at the Mansion - At Rosecliff Mansion - With Newport Classical
Dec 8 & 9, 2023 Michael DiMucci's Fireside Christmas Concerts - At Linden Place
Dec 6, 2024  MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS by Chip Davis - Providence Performing Arts Center
Dec 15, 2024 RIPO Presents Handel's Messiah - With Providence Singers - At Veterans Memorial Auditorium - Providence, RI
Dec 10, 2024 Trinity Presents The Christmas Show - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Dec 12, 2024 Gilded Glow Holiday Concert - At Eustis Estate Museum
Dec 14, 2024 Classical Christmas with Frisson - At Emmanuel Church - With Newport Classical
Dec 14, 2023 Lindsey Stirling - SNOW WALTZ tour- At Providence Performing Arts Center
   
Dec 21, 2023 Christmas Cocktail Cabaret - At The Towers - With The Contemporary Theater Company
   
Dec 23, 2024 Holiday Pops with the Stadium Theatre Orchestra - At Stadium Theatre

 

Christmas Tree Experience

Open Nov 10, 2023 Big John Leyden's ChristmasTree Farm 
Opens Nov 18, 2023  Riverside Christmas Tree Farm - Charlestown, RI
Opens Nov 23, 2024 Pachet Brook Farm - Tiverton, RI
Opens Nov 29, 2024 Arrowhead Acres - Uxbridge, MA
Opens Nov 29, 2024 Lockwood Christmas Tree Farm

 

Ice Skating

   
Year-Round  Blackstone Valley IcePlex
Year-Round  Connery Skating Rink
Year-Round   Cranston Veterans Memorial Ice Rink 
Year-Round    Dennis M Lynch Arena 
Year-Round    Gallo Arena 
Year-Round  Norfolk Arena 

 

Hanukkah

Nov 30, 2023 An Israeli Hanukkah Adventure - Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island
Dec 3, 2023 Hanukkah Celebration - Temple Beth-El
Dec 6, 2023 Hanukkah Music with Chaia May - At East Providence Public Library- Weaver Library
Dec 10, 2023 City of Providence Hanukkah Spectaculah
Dec 26, 2024 Lighting of the Village Menorah - Friends of Pawtuxet Village
   
   
   

Shopping & Crafting

Nov 3, 10, 17, 24, 29, & Dec 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, & 22, 2024  Holiday Markets - The Providence Flea
Nov 8, 9, & 10, 2024 Christmas Market - At Providence Place
Nov 10, 2024 2nd Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza - Crowne Plaza Hotel - With We Be Jammin' Events
Nov 16, & 17,  2024 Providence Artisans Holiday Premiere - At WaterFire Arts Center
   
Nov 23, 2024  Field of Artisans Curated for Big John Leyden's Tree Farm - Big John Leyden's Tree Farm
Nov 23 & 24, 2024 Rhode Island Christmas Festival 2024 West Warwick Civic Center - With Community Marketing
Nov 18, 2023 Holiday Market at the Eustis Estate - Eustis Estate Museum
Nov 18, 2023 Thanksgiving Shop & Stroll - Rocky Point State Park - With We Be Jammin' Events
Nov 23, 2024 Pop-Up Holiday Market - At Casey Farm
Nov 24, 2024 Holiday Market Sip & Shop - Newport Vineyards - Middletown, RI
Nov 29, & 30, 2024 Holiday Shop & Stroll - At West Place Animal Sanctuary
Nov 24, 2024  Thanksgiving Cranberry-Craze Specialty Farmers Market - With Tiverton Farmers Market 
Nov 24, 30, & Dec 1, 21, & 22, 2024 Liberty Farm's 4th Annual Holiday Extravaganza - At Liberty Farm
Nov 30, 2024 Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market) - German American Cultural Society of Rhode Island
Nov 26, 2023 Annual Winter Market - at Warwick Center for the Arts
   
Dec 5,12, & 19, 2024 Candlelight Shopping - With The Historic Village Of Chepachet
Dec 5,6,7,8,13,14, & 15, 2024 Foundry Artists Holiday Show & Sale - At Pawtucket Armory Arts Center
Dec 6, & 7, 2024  2024 Annual Trinity Christmas Bazaar - At Trinity Episcopal Church - North Scituate Village
Dec 7, 2024 Holiday bazaar - At North Providence Union Free Public Library
Dec 7, 2024 Audubon Holiday Craft Fair - At Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge - With Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Dec 7, 2024 Narragansett Holiday Street Faire - Town of Narragansett, RI
Dec 8, 2024 2024 Holiday Bazaar - At Newman YMCA
Dec 2 & 9 , 2023 Holiday shopping in the barn! - The Farm - Chepachet, RI
Dec 2, 2023 2022 Christmas Market Fest & Tree Lighting - With Middleborough, MA
Dec 14 & 15, 2024 12th Annual Providence Artisans Holiday Show - At WaterFire Arts Center
Dec 4, 2024 27th Annual Holiday Stroll & Artisan Marketplace Downtown Westerly Pawcatuck - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Dec 13 & 14, 2024 2024 Holiday Arts Market - At Jamestown Art Center
Dec 9, 2023 Holiday Magic Marketplace - At Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick (Airport) - With We Be Jammin' Events
Dec 7, 2024 Christmas by the Sea 2024 - At The Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina - With Community Marketing
Dec 8, 2024 Christmas by the Sea - At Harbor Lights - With Community Marketing
   
Dec 9, 2023 Holiday Bazaar - Southside Community Land Trust
Dec 9, 2023 Christmas by the Sea - At The North Beach Clubhouse- With Community Marketing
Dec 13, 2024 Winter Farmer Market - At North Scituate Baptist Church - North Scituate Village
Dec 13 & 14, 2024   10th Annual Whisky Wonderland Holiday Bazaar (21+) - At Sons of Liberty Spirits Co. - With Field of Artisans
   
Dec 15, 2024 A Very Merry Marketplace - Crowne Plaza Hotel - With We Be Jammin' Events
   
Dec 16, 2023 Holiday Artisan Fair - At Pivotal Brewing Company - With Mount Hope Farm
Dec 16, & 17, 2024  12th Annual Providence Artisans Holiday Show - At WaterFire Arts Center
Dec 22, 2024 5th Annual Christmas Specialty Market - With Tiverton Farmers Market

 

New Year's Eve

Dec 28, 2023 Noon Year's Eve - At Newport Public Library
Dec 30, 2024  Teen Center New Year's Party - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 31, 2024 Noon Years' Eve Party! - At North Providence Union Free Public Library
Dec 31, 2023 New Year's Eve Stargazing - At The Frosty Drew Observatory & Sky Theatre
Dec 31, 2023  Kids countdown to New Years with the BenAnna Band - At Mystic Seaport!
Dec 31, 2023 New Year’s Eve at Ocean House ( 21 +) – The House Party - Ocean House

 

Miscellaneous

Nov 9, & Dec 7, 2023 Cookie Decorating Class - Mount Hope Farm
Nov 9, 2022 - March 31, 2023 Festive Igloo Dining Experience - Gurney's Newport The Lounge & Firepit
November 14, 21 & December 4, 11, 18 2024 North Pole Limited - Edaville Family Theme Park
Nov 17, 2024 Family Day - Snowy Cheer - At Muse Paint Bar - Providence
Multiple dates beginning Nov 24 - Dec 31, 2023 SPARKLE! - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Multiple dates beginning Nov 24, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024 Winter Afternoon Tea in the Dining Room and Breakfast Porch - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Nov 29, 2024 Cruise with Coastal Queen to the Newport Illuminated Boat Parade - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Nov 30, & Dec 8, 2024 Holiday Bubbly Cruise from Newport - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Nov 25, 2023  Family Day - Snowy Cheer - At Muse Paint Bar - Providence
Dec 1 & 7, 2024 Coastal Queen’s Candy Cane Express - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Dec 1, 2023 Movie Series: Holiday Comedies - Home Alone - Newport Public Library
Dec 2, & 6, 2023 Friends and Family Photo Day - At East Providence Public Library- Weaver Library
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday Carnival at Olde Mistick Village
   
Dec 7,  2024 Cinema Under the Stars - Home Alone - At Weekapaug Inn - Ocean House
   
Dec 2, 2023 19th Annual Gingerbread Decorating Contest - Artists' Exchange
Dec 3, 2023  THE WOO JINGLE 5K - With Run Rhody
Dec 5, 2023 Family Friendly Paint "Block Party" - Bristol RI Parks and Recreation - With Town of Bristol, RI
Dec 10, & 11 2024 Homeschool Program: Deck the Halls: A Celebration of Christmas - Eustis Estate Museum ( Ages 5-14)
Dec 11,12 & 17,19, 2024 Divas of Drag - Deck the Halls (Ages18+) - at Stadium Theatre
Dec 1, 2023 Holiday Extravaganza - Newport Vineyards - Middletown, RI
Dec 9, 2023 Family Crafting: Holidays Around the World - at Warwick Center for the Arts
Dec 9, 2023 Family Fun: No-Sew Sock Snowman - At Newport Public Library
   
Dec 10, & 16, 2023 Holiday Cocktail Cruise - On the Coastal Queen
Dec 8, 2024 Downtown Jingle 5K - With Run Rhody
   
DEc 13, 2023 Geminid Meteor Shower 2023 - Under the Geminids at The Frosty Drew Observatory & Sky Theatre
Dec 14, 2023 Live Reading of A Christmas Carol - At Old Colony History Museum
Dec 14, 2023 Teen Cookie Decorating & Movie Night - At Newport Public Library
Dec 15, 2023 Reindeer Games Ages 2-5 - At Newport Public Library
 Dec 15, 2023 2023 Annual Christmas Story Time (Virtual) - Town of Bristol, RI
Dec 14, 2023 Gingerbread House Workshop - Ocean House
Dec 13, 2023 Holiday Tunes! - Pawtucket Public Library
   
   
Dec 15, 2023 2023 Annual Christmas Story Time - Town of Bristol, RI
   
Dec 17, 2023 The Little Naturalist's Holiday Party - At Norman Bird Sanctuary
Dec 17,2023 Community Carol Sing - At Mystic Seaport
   
Dec 20, 2023 Jingle Kids Preschool Storytime (Ages 3-5) - At Seekonk Public Library
Dec 20, 2023 Family Movie Night  - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 22, 2023 Cookie & Cupcake Decorating Class - Ocean House
Dec 21, 2023 Christmas Cocktail Cabaret - At The Towers - With The Contemporary Theater Company
Dec 21, 2024  Family Day - Festive Forrest - At Muse Paint Bar - Providence
Dec 21, 2024 Family Gingerbread Cookie Decorating - At North Providence Union Free Public Library
Dec 20, 2024 Holiday Stargazing Spectacular - At The Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center
Dec 28, 2024 Cinema Under the Stars - Happy Feet - At Weekapaug Inn - Ocean House

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