\u201cThis festival is part of our vision to create more free experiences in the Frontyard, one of the 1,000 annual free events planned as part of our master plan,\u201d said Kathy Ramsberger, President and CEO at Dr. Phillips Center. \u201cThese events are designed to bring our community together while creating new opportunities that attract visitors and contribute to Orlando\u2019s vibrant tourism economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three-acre grassy area overlooking Orlando City Hall \u2014 dubbed Dr. Phillips Center\u2019s \u201cfrontyard\u201d \u2014 was transformed last year<\/a> by Christmas lights, food vendors, fire pits for roasting s\u2019mores, nightly snowfalls and free movies and performances on an outdoor stage. More than 150,000 visitors<\/a> attended the inaugural year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n Dr. Phillips will announce more details about the festival\u2019s holiday 2026 lineup later this year on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe holidays invite us to slow down, reconnect and make memories with the people who matter most,\u201d said Sharon Line Clary, senior vice president of community impact and partnership engagement at AdventHealth, which is sponsoring the event.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re honored to be part of Frontyard Holiday Festival and to help create a welcoming space where our community can come together and celebrate the season. Through experiences that spark joy and connection, we\u2019re helping nurture body, mind and spirit while creating meaningful moments that can help our community feel whole.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Phillips Center also said the festival is supported by the city of Orlando\u2019s Downtown Development Board, the Main Law Firm, OUC, Massey Services Inc., and Neal and Jan Dempsey, in addition to Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.<\/p>\n Since opening in 2014, Dr. Phillips Center has played a major role in the Central Florida arts scene and economy. It generated $227.6 million last year and drove $13.2 million in state and local tax revenue, the organization said earlier this Summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is returning its free Christmas festival in downtown Orlando this year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1191,23925,32496,139,141,140,16677,153398],"class_list":["post-382329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-christmas","tag-dr-phillips-center-for-the-performing-arts","tag-kathy-ramsberger","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-tourism","tag-sharon-line-clary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/728x90-LO_Gif1.gif\")
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