{"id":65380,"date":"2025-11-26T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/65380\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:32:12","slug":"weekend-to-do-list-holiday-light-displays-small-business-saturday-santa-meet-and-greets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/65380\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend to-do list: holiday light displays, Small Business Saturday, Santa meet-and-greets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for events to attend in the Austin-area this weekend? Check out the various holiday light displays, celebrate Christmas at the Farm, grab a photo with Santa or shop at a local market.<\/p>\n

This list is not comprehensive, and events are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Light Up the Plaza<\/p>\n

A tree lighting ceremony will be held in the Hill Country Galleria featuring live music, ice skating, an appearance from Santa, face painting, refreshments, giveaways and more.<\/p>\n

Christmas at the Farm<\/p>\n

Sweet Eats Farm will be open seven days a week for Christmas At The Farm, with family-friendly activities like pony rides, pig races, a petting zoo, breakfast with Santa and more.<\/p>\n

Bastrop Christmas Tree Lighting and River of Lights<\/p>\n

Attendees can enjoy live music and sweet treats while Santa Claus and Bastrop city officials light the Christmas tree at Fisherman\u2019s Park\u2014kickstarting the half-mile River of Lights display.<\/p>\n

Small Business Saturday and Coffee and Cocoa Crawl<\/p>\n

Local Georgetown businesses are celebrating Small Business Saturday with a variety of retail and dining specials. Coffee fans can unite for the Coffee and Cocoa Crawl happening in conjunction with Small Business Saturday. The ticketed event includes a keepsake mug and samples from 10 participating downtown businesses.<\/p>\n

Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.$25 (Coffee and Cocoa Crawl), free (Small Business Saturday)502 S. Main St., Georgetown (kick-off event)https:\/\/visit.georgetown.org <\/a>The Market LHTX: Christmas Holiday Edition<\/p>\n

Community members can shop over 70 vendors selling unique holiday gifts, visit five different food trucks and partake in family friendly crafts. Attendees can also shop a selection of offerings from young entrepreneurs and meet local business owners.<\/p>\n

Lost Pines Wassail Fest & Small Business Saturday<\/p>\n

Attendees can browse dozens of local shops while sampling wassail in a souvenir cup. Shoppers are encouraged to wear comfortable Christmas clothes.<\/p>\n

Autumn Art Park<\/p>\n

The event will highlight local artists and international gourmet food trucks. Families can find handmade items while checking out the venue\u2019s giant chess set and fenced children\u2019s play area.<\/p>\n

Nov. 29-30Free (admission)7221 McNeil Drive, AustinFacebook: Autumn Art Park<\/a>Photos with Santa<\/p>\n

Santa\u2019s Workshop will be set up in the Hill Country Galleria on select days in November and December for visitors to take their own photos.<\/p>\n

Sunday with Santa<\/p>\n

Santa is coming to Garey House. The festive event will include light snacks, a letter to Santa craft station and photo opportunities. Pre-registration is required and multiple time slots are available.<\/p>\n

2025 Zilker Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/p>\n

The lighting event will feature local entertainment, food and live music, including pre-event music from Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, and the main event, the lighting of Zilker Park’s 155-foot tree, with a circumference of 380 feet and a total of 3,309 lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for events to attend in the Austin-area this weekend? Check out the various holiday light displays, celebrate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,15540,134,133,7748,33972,33973,2786,16813,891,15167,33974,33938,5909],"class_list":["post-65380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-area","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-christmas","tag-events-near-me","tag-events-this-weekend","tag-holiday","tag-holiday-events","tag-lights","tag-photos-with-santa","tag-santa","tag-small-business-saturday","tag-weekend-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}