Use this helpful list, courtesy of City Magazine and Sponsor Hounds for Your Holiday Planning. We wish you all a Happy Holiday and Joyous New Year!
November 25 – January 1
Holiday Lights Display presented by the City of Bedford Parks & Recreation Department
5:30pm – 10:00pmNov 25 – Jan 1. 5:30pm to 10:00pm | Liberty Lake Park | 540-587.6061.
December 1-31
Fashions for Evergreens at Hotel Roanoke and The Inn at Virginia Tech
December 1 & 2
“Scrooge” presented by New Century Church
7:30 pm, December 1 | 7:30 pm, December 2 | 1:00pm & 6:00pm, December 3| Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre | 540.853.LIVE (5483) or roanokeciviccenter.com
Fridays, December 2,9 & 16
Dickens of a Christmas presented by Sun Trust Bank and Downtown Roanoke
6:00pm – 10:00 pm December 2, 9, and 16 in Downtown Roanoke
Major events
City of Roanoke Tree Lighting – December 2
City of Roanoke Christmas Parade – December 9
SPCA Pet Costume Contest – December 16
540.342.2028 or www.downtownroanoke.org
Saturdays & Sundays, December 3&4, 10&11, 17&18
Old Southwest Holiday Parlor Tour of Homes
5:00pm December 3, 9:00pm December 4 | Historic Old Southwest | 504.343.8794 or: http://www.oldsouthwest.org
Holiday Open House at Chateau Morrisette
12:00pm – 4:00pm , |540.593. 2865 or www.chateaumorrisette.com
Christmas Time’s A Coming Open House at Peaks of Otter Winery
12pm-5pm | www.peaksofotterwinery.com
Thursday, December 1
Vinton Christmas Parade
7:00PM-9:00PM Downtown Vinton | 540.343.1364 www.vintonchamber.com
Friday December 2
Salem Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting
6:00PM Salem Farmer’s Market | 540.375.3057 www.ci.salem.va.us
Winter Lights Festival with Tuba Christmas
4:00PM-7:00PM Downtown Blacksburg 540.951.0454 www.downtownblacksburg.com
Lexington Christmas Parade
6:30PM Corner of Main and Houston Streets, Downtown Lexington. (540)463-5375 www.lexrockchamber.com
Saturday, December 3
Ye Olde Salem Christmas presented by City of Salem Parks & Recreation
10:00am Downtown Salem, VA | (540) 375-3057 or www.ci.salem.va.us/depts/parks_rec
Santa by Rail… On an NS Caboose!
4:30-8:00 pm, O Winston Link Museum | 540.982.5465 or e-mail coordinator@linkmuseum.org.
Sunday December 4
Salem Museum Holiday Homes Tour presented by the Salem Museum and Historical Society
1:00pm – 4:00pm | Five spectacular homes along some of Salem’s most historic streets will be featured, plus the Carriage House in Longwood Park, which will host a special Gingerbread House contest, and the Salem Museum itself. | 540.389.6760 or http://salemmuseum.org/
Bedford Christmas Parade
2:00pm, Noon Centertown Bedford
Raindate : Sunday, December 4h @ 2 pm | 540-587.6061 or www.bedfordchristmasparade.com
White Gift Service
7:30 pm, duPont Chapel, Hollins University | www.hollins.edu
Monday, December 5
Roanoke County Christmas Tree Lighting presented by the Roanoke County Department of Parks and Recreation
6:00pm – 7:00pm, Green Ridge Recreation Center | 540.387.6078 or www.roanokecountyva.gov
Friday, December 9
Live Drive Through Nativity
6:00pm Gateway Baptist Church, Blacksburg | 540.552.2184 or gatewayva.org
Saturday, December 10
2011 Roanoke Jingle Bell Run/Walk® presented by the Arthritis Foundation
9:00am, Downtown Roanoke | Call Amy Dickstein at 804-665-9950 or e-mail ADickstein@arthritis.org
Heart of the Holidays at Chantilly Farm
11:00am, Chantilly Festival Farm, Floyd | 1 540.353.5898 or http://www.chantillyfestivalfarm.com
Saturday & Sunday, December 10 & 11
Holly Days at AmRhein’s Winery
11:00am – 5:00pm, Amrhein’s Winery | 540.929.4632 or www.amrheins.com
Monday December 12
Breakfast with Santa at Hotel Roanoke
Seatings are at 8:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. | Hotel Roanoke | For reserved seating call CHIP at 857-6993 or www.chiprv.org
Tuesday December 18
Christmas Concert presented by the First Baptist Church
Call (540) 224-3329 for more information
December 31
3rd Annual Bouncy Ball Drop presented Science Museum of Western Virginia
12:00 Noon, Center in the Square onto the ground-floor level. www.smwv.org.
New Year’s Eve at Chateau Morrisette
10:00 am – 6:00 pm, restaurant 5:30 – 8 pm | 540.593. 2865 or www.chateaumorrisette.com
New Year’s Eve Celebration
7:30PM, Mariner’s Landing Resort Community and Conference Center | 540.297.4900 www.marinerslanding.com
New Year’s Eve Gala
8:00PM Vinton War Memorial | 540.983.0645 www.vintonwarmemorial.com
Preceptor Omicron’s 34th Annual New Year’s Eve Gala at the Hotel Roanoke
7:00PM-8:30PM Dinner, 9:00PM-1:00PM Entertainment 540.342.5089 www.newyearsevegala.org
