Things To Do - Holidays in Dallas
It's the most wonderful time of year in Dallas - Fort Worth, and there is so much to do. We put together 10 of our favorite holiday activities around the Metroplex. Happy Holidays!
December 7
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Reliant lights up the holidays at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, so bring your entire family for an evening of holiday magic. We’ll be illuminating the Center’s campus with dazzling LED lights to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season! This FREE festival includes kids’ arts and crafts, a gigantic fireworks show and holiday concert featuring WAR, Mariachi Rosas Divinas & SANTA!
Dec 8 - 24
Klyde Warren Park
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down Olive and Pearl. St. Nick will be available for photos and queries about the nice or naughty list this December!
thru December 31
The Gaylord Texan, Grapevine
Lone Star Christmas has an outdoor ice skating rink, indoor snow tubing, Santa Claus appearances, a build-a-bear workshop, and other Christmasy activities. But the main highlight, as always, is ICE!, a refrigerated walkable attraction featuring lots of fun, vibrant, and brilliantly colorful ice sculptures. This year’s ICE! theme is “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
thru January 7
Dallas Arboretum
It's a beautiful walk in the park during the holidays at the Dallas Arboretum, featuring 12 Victorian-style gazebos decorated for the 12 Days of Christmas. Always a family favorite. This year, visitors can also enjoy visits from Santa, the "Christkindlmarket Treasures” and Christmas Village.
thru January 1
3966 Vitruvian Way, Addison, TX
Vitruvian Park is one of the areas most fabulous light displays, with millions of LED lights decorating 550 trees.
thru January 17
Farmer's Branch
Enjoy ice skating under the stars, tree lighting and a Christmas market.
thru January 6
8874 Coleman Blvd., Frisco, TX
The largest choreographed holiday lights and music show in the state of Texas! It's a winter wonderland with snow machines and outdoor ice skating.
thru Dec 31
The Meyerson Center
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a variety of musical holiday experiences on offer this year, from Christmas Pops to a New Year's Eve concert.
thru December
The Majestic Theatre
A fabulous series of classic holiday movies, concerts and performances from Elf to the Polyphonic Spree Annual Christmas Bash.
thru December 24
Celebrate the holidays with Texas Ballet Theater with thrilling choreography by Artistic Director, Ben Stevenson, set to Tchiakovsky's familiar score.
Looking for more options for things to do in Dallas? Check out this list from Exploreist!