Your Week of Free Holiday Magic in the Piedmont Triad

December 5–11, 2025
Piedmont Triad Living: Your Guide to Local Life
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December’s first full weekend is here — and the Triad is absolutely packed with parades, markets, tree lightings, concerts, skating, Santa visits, and hometown traditions from every corner of the region. Whether you’re mapping out family fun, planning a cozy date night, or squeezing in holiday magic between errands, this guide makes it easy.

Below you’ll find Top Picks for quick choices and a Full Organized List sorted by date and city for fast scanning.
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⭐ TOP PICKS: DECEMBER 5–7

✨ Best Friday Night Festivities (Dec 5)

• Greensboro Festival of Lights + First Friday 
• Elkin: Light Up Elkin + Foothills Makers Market
• Reidsville: Hometown Christmas & Tree Lighting
• Kernersville: Christmas in the Garden + Journey Through Bethlehem
• Thomasville: Journey to Bethlehem
• Mocksville: Quad Christmas Lighting

✨ Best Saturday Holiday Highlights (Dec 6)

• Winston-Salem Holiday Parade
• Reidsville: Holiday Market at The Penn House
• Greensboro Holiday Parade
• Yadkinville: Yuletide Parade
• Lexington: Merry & Bright Christmas Market & Tree Lighting
• Summerfield: Christmastown
• Pilot Mountain: Parade & Tree Lighting
• Archdale: Community Christmas

✨ Best Sunday Events (Dec 7)

• Camel City Craft Fair – Handmade Holiday Market (Winston-Salem)
• Kernersville: Christmas Parade
• Graham: Tree Lighting Celebration + Ice Rink
• Thomasville: Journey to Bethlehem
• Rural Hall, Jamestown, Archdale, Pleasant Garden: Parades everywhere!

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**FREE EVENTS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD December 5–11, 2025**
Sorted by County → City → Date

ALAMANCE COUNTY

Elon
Sat, Dec 6

• 5–7:30pm — Hometown Christmas (100 W College Ave)

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Graham
Fri, Dec 5

• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)

Sat, Dec 6

• 10am–12pm — 64th Annual Christmas Parade (North Main Street)
• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)

Sun, Dec 7

• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)
• 5–7:30pm — Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration (201 S Main St)

Mon, Dec 8

• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)

Tue, Dec 9

• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)

Wed, Dec 10

• 5–7:45pm — Downtown Graham’s Ice Skating Rink (213 S Main St)

Mebane
Fri, Dec 5

• 6:40–9pm — Christmas Parade (Downtown Mebane)

Burlington
Thu, Dec 11

• 7–8pm — Alamance Chorale Christmas Concert (Grove Park Baptist Church)

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Caswell County

YANCEYVILLE
​Fri, Dec 5

• 7–9pm — First Friday (158 E Church St)

DAVIDSON COUNTY

Lexington
Sat, Dec 6

• 8–11am — Annual Pancakes & Pajamas with Santa (176 Black Dairy Rd)
• 9–11am — The Grinch at Finch (Finch Park)
• 4–10pm — Merry & Bright: Christmas Market & Tree Lighting (6957 NC Hwy 150)

Thomasville
Fri, Dec 5

• 6–9:30pm — Journey to Bethlehem (333 Faith Chapel Rd)

Sat, Dec 6

• 8am–2pm — Holiday Market (15 Elliott Dr)
• 9–10:30am — Pancakes with Santa (20 Stadium Dr)
• 9:30am–12:30pm — Santa & Storytime (101 Randolph St)
• 6–9:30pm — Journey to Bethlehem (333 Faith Chapel Rd)

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DAVIE COUNTY

Mocksville
Fri, Dec 5

• 6–8pm — Quad Christmas Lighting in Downtown Mocksville (101 N Main St)

Sat, Dec 6

• 2–3:30pm — Hometown Christmas Parade (806 N Main St)

Sun, Dec 7

• 2–5pm — Footprint Farm Winter Festival (2421 NC-801)
• 3–4pm — Christmas at the Brock (Brock Performing Arts Center)

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FORSYTH COUNTY

Winston-Salem
Fri, Dec 5

• 6–7pm — Pictures with Santa (5140 Yadkinville Rd)
• 6:15–7:15pm — Tuba Christmas (200 N Cherry St)
• 7–10pm — DADA 1st Friday Gallery Hop (Downtown Winston-Salem)
• 7–8pm — Holiday Concert: Comfort & Joy (2569 Reynolda Rd)

Sat, Dec 6

• 8:30–11am — Cobblestone Farmers Market (1007 S Marshall St)
• 12–2pm — A Very Merry Matinee (Forsyth Academy)
• 3–4pm — Annual Sounds of the Season Holiday Concert (646 W 5th St)
• 5–7pm — Holiday Parade (W 4th St & Poplar)
• 6–8pm — Family Movie Night (Star of Bethlehem Lutheran Church)

Sun, Dec 7

• 12–5pm — Handmade Holiday Market – Camel City Craft Fair (3800 Kimwell Dr)
• 3–4pm — UNCSA Cantata Singers Holiday Concert (Home Moravian Church)
• 7:30–9pm — UNCSA Guitar Studios Recital (Crawford Hall)

Thu, Dec 11

• 6–7pm — Winter Holiday Concert (4559 Ogburn Ave)
• 6:30–8:30pm — Game Night at Ardmore UMC (Ardmore United Methodist Church)

Kernersville
Dec 5–11 (Daily)

• 10am–6pm — Kernersville Arts & Crafts Guild Annual Christmas Store (611 N Main St)

Fri, Dec 5

• 6–8:30pm — A Journey Through Bethlehem (9856 McNeil Rd)
• 6–8:30pm — Christmas in the Garden (Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden)

Sat, Dec 6

• 10am–3pm — M & C Frosty Finds Craft Festival (245 N Main St)
• 10am–3pm — The Joy of Christmas Merry Market (VFW)
• 11am–12pm — Glenn High School Holly Day (Robert B Glenn High School)

Sun, Dec 7

• 2:30–4:30pm — Christmas Parade (136 E Mountain St)

Rural Hall
Sun, Dec 7

• 2:30–3:30pm — Christmas Parade (7700 Broad St)

GUILFORD COUNTY

Greensboro
Fri, Dec 5

• 5:30–9pm — First Friday during Festival of Lights (200 N Davie St)
• 5:30–8:30pm — Festival of Lights (111 Teakwood Dr)
• 6–9pm — First Friday (Downtown Greensboro Inc)

Sat, Dec 6

• 8am–12pm — Farmers Curb Market (501 Yanceyville St)
• 9–11:45am — Christmas at the Carolina (310 S Greene St)
• 10am–3pm — Deck the Halls at St Andrew's Episcopal Church (2105 W Market St)
• 10am–2pm — Best Friends Holiday Bazaar
• 12–2pm — Downtown Greensboro Holiday Parade (111 Teakwood Dr)

Sun, Dec 7

• 1–3pm — FREE Community Lunch (4615 Hilltop Rd)

Wed, Dec 10

• 1–3pm — Movie Day for Individuals of All Abilities (Xperience @ Caldcleugh)

High Point
Fri, Dec 5

• 5–7pm — Reel Winter Night at Oak Hollow Marina
• 6–7pm — Christmas Tree Lighting (1225 Chestnut Dr)

Sat, Dec 6

• 10am–2pm — Holiday Time at the Market (901 N Main St)

Jamestown
Sat, Dec 6

• 10:30am–12pm — Family Movies (Jamestown Public Library)

Sun, Dec 7

• 3–5pm — Christmas Parade (Jamestown)

Pleasant Garden
Sun, Dec 7

• 3–5pm — Christmas Parade (Pleasant Garden)

Summerfield
Sat, Dec 6

• 2–8pm — Christmastown (7200 Summerfield Rd)

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RANDOLPH COUNTY

Archdale
Fri, Dec 5

• 5–7pm — Photos with Santa (The Gathering Place at Archdale Manor)

Sat, Dec 6

• 4–8pm — Community Christmas (214 Park Dr)

Sun, Dec 7

• 3–6pm — Christmas Parade (Main St)

Asheboro
Fri, Dec 5

• 7–9pm — Christmas Parade (Downtown Asheboro)

Sun, Dec 7

• 12–4pm — Holiday Market (1759 Fairway Rd)

Tue, Dec 9

• 6:30–8:30pm — Holiday Soapmaking Class (Asheboro Public Library)

Franklinville
Sun, Dec 7

• 1–5pm — Sunday Puzzles (111 Sumner Pl)

Liberty
Sat, Dec 6

• 2:30–6pm — Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting Festival (130 N Depot St)

Randleman
Sat, Dec 6

• 9am–1pm — Petty’s Garage Christmas Cruise-In (311 Branson Mill Rd)

Trinity
Thu, Dec 11

• 6–8pm — Cookies with Santa! (609 Trindale Rd)

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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY

Reidsville
Fri, Dec 5

• 5:30–8pm — Wentworth’s Christmas in the Park (126 Peach Tree Rd)
• 6–9pm — Hometown Christmas & Tree Lighting (303 S Scales St)
• 6–8:30pm — Santa’s Workshop (140 S Scales St)

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Sat, Dec 6

• 9am–2pm — Annual Holiday Market at the Penn House (324 Maple Ave)

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SURRY COUNTY

Dobson
​Sat, Dec 6

• 2–4pm — Christmas Parade (Dobson)

Elkin
Fri, Dec 5

• 5–9pm — Foothills Makers Market
• 5–9pm — Light Up Elkin (Downtown)

Thu, Dec 11

• 6–9pm — Country/Blues Jam (129 W Main St)

Mount Airy
Sat, Dec 6

• 10am–5pm — Nativity Scene Display (123 Mt Carmel Church Rd)

Thu, Dec 11

• 4:30–5:30pm — TAPS Old-Time Dance Lessons (Historic Earle Theatre)
• 5:30–7pm — TAPS Youth Music Lessons (142 N Main St)

​Pilot Mountain
Sat, Dec 6

• 9–11am — Community Christmas Breakfast (210 W Marion St)
• 11am–4pm — First Saturday Arts (West End Arts Market)
• 5:30–6:30pm — Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting (Pilot Mountain)

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YADKIN COUNTY

Boonville
Sat, Dec 6

• 4–5pm — Christmas Parade (Boonville)

Yadkinville
​Fri, Dec 5

• 6–7pm — Yuletide in Yadkinville: Tree Lighting (Yadkinville)

Sat, Dec 6

• 9am–12pm — Saturday Morning with Santa (233 E Main St)
• 10–11am — Yuletide in Yadkinville Parade

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