Hometown Holidays Festival

Join us for our annual Hometown Holiday Festival! There will be a multitude of activities including Santa & Mrs. Claus, live reindeer, a live Nativity, a drone light show, a Christmas Story Walk, dance performances by Paulynn’s, caroling, music, crafts, food and drink!

The 26′ artificial tree ordered for this year was not fabricated on time to make it here for the event. This year’s tree will be real, donated at the last minute by Roy and Sherri Swoboda. As planned, the city crew, headed by PJ Evans, decorated the tree on Saturday, after completing the lighting of the park and downtown medians earlier.

New this year is our first ever Drone Light Show by Fantasy Drone Shows. The 15-minute show will be at 8:00 over the Rail Road tracks across Norfolk Ave between 6th & 7th Street.

NOTES: Snow Date: Tuesday, November 29. Follow the event on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates, and make sure to mark as ‘Going’ to help us reach more people.

Schedule of Events

3:00 – Street Closes – 3rd Street North of Norfolk Ave for Live Nativity!
4:00 – Street Closes – Norfolk Ave 1st – 7th St
4:30 – Event Officially Begins!
4:45 – Santa Parade – Santa & Mrs. Claus will arrive in style on a vintage fire truck followed by fun characters of the evening including Nutcracker characters, Elsa & Anna, The Grinch, and more! From Norfolk Area Chamber (7th & Norfolk Ave) to River Point Square (3rd & Norfolk Ave) – Get in line for Santa at River Point Square!
5:00 – 8:00 – Santa & Mrs Claus at River Point Square (3rd & Norfolk Ave)
6:00 – Tree Lighting Ceremony
6:30 – 7:00 – Northeast Nebraska Jazz Ensemble – Roxi’s Bridal
7:10 – Nutcracker Performance – District Event Center
8:00 – Holiday Drone Light Show (Over RR Tracks btw 6-7th St) – See Video

Block by Block Fun

1^st – 2^nd Street

Hayrack Pickup/Dropoff – Kookaburras Kloset

Christmas Cookies and Cider – Kookaburras Kloset

Live Reindeer – Kookaburras Kloset

Bottomless Soup Bowls & Ornament Crafting – Smokin’ Stans BBQ

S’mores Station – next to Window World

Soup Supper – next to Window World

2^nd – 3^rd Street

Christmas Clowns, Temporary Glitter Tattoos, Selfie Station – Home Instead

Paulynn’s Dance Studio performing The Nutcracker, Cookies & Crafting – District Event Center

Community Gingerbread House – White Mulberry Bakery

Raffle for a 6ft Toy-Stuffed Stocking! – Healthy Paws

3^rd – 4^th Street

Christmas Tree, Santa & Mrs. Claus, Performance Stage, Santa’s Mailbox – River Point Square

Live Nativity Scene – on 3rd St North of Norfolk Ave

Selfie Station – Smitten + Steel Boutique

Hot Chocolate Condiment Bar – Downtown Coffee Company

Coloring Contest – Poppin’ Delights Gourmet Popcorn

Selfie Station – Unhinged Boutique

Grand Opening {new location} – Added Blessings

S’mores Station – US Bank

4^th – 5^th Street

Hot Chocolate – Real Estate Solutions

Tea Eggs – Ravenwood Art Gallery

S’mores Cookie Crumble & Christmas Punch – V’z Oddz N Endz

Ornament Crafting – Viaero Wireless

Christmas Cookies – Franc’s Salon & Spa

Cider – Sixpence Gift Shop

Free Chili, $3 Kids Hot Cocoa, $6 Adult Hot Cocoa, $6 Hard Eggnog – Fenders Coffee Bar

Photos with Anna & Elsa, and Make Snow! – Magnolias Design & Décor

Hot Chocolate & Cake Pops, Northeast NE Jazz Ensemble 6:30 – 7:00 – Roxi’s Elegant Bridal

Holiday Story Time, Cookies & Cider – One Office Solution

5^th – 6^th Street

Hayrack Pickup/Drop-off – 5^th & Norfolk Ave, North Side

Trolley Pickup – 5^th & Norfolk Ave, South Side

Adult Cider, Coloring Contest – Boat House

6^th – 7^th Street

S’mores Station – Norfolk Daily News

Drone Show – 8:00 PM over RR Tracks on the Avenue (also visible from a distance)

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

This event would not be possible without:

Magnolia’s Design & Decor, Norfolk Visitors Bureau, Viaero Wireless, First Interstate Bank, Poppin’ Delights, DEG Enterprises Inc, DACO Construction Company Inc, Home Instead, Marathon Press, Norfolk Daily News, One Office Solution, KEXL, WJAG, 106KIX, US92, 94Rock, News Channel Nebraska, City of Norfolk