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Shillito’s Elves at Findlay Market

Findlay Market
1801 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Generations that grew up visiting Downtown Cincinnati to see the Elves as part of their annual tradition can now introduce a new generation to the much loved, hardworking elves. The Shillito’s Elves first made their appearance in the 1950s and have been set up several...

Generations that grew up visiting Downtown Cincinnati to see the Elves as part of their annual tradition can now introduce a new generation to the much loved, hardworking elves. The Shillito’s Elves first made their appearance in the 1950s and have been set up several...

A 19th Century Holiday Guided Tour

Heritage Village Museum
11500 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, OH 45241

Dec. 1-4 & 8-10 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Celebrate the season with a holiday guided tour of the Village! Visit Kemper House, Fetter General Store, Schram Print Shop, Vorhes House, Chester Park Train Station, Elk Lick House, and Hayner House and learn how Christmas celebrations...

Dec. 1-4 & 8-10 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Celebrate the season with a holiday guided tour of the Village! Visit Kemper House, Fetter General Store, Schram Print Shop, Vorhes House, Chester Park Train Station, Elk Lick House, and Hayner House and learn how Christmas celebrations...

Scuba Santa's Water Wonderland

Newport Aquarium
1 Aquarium Way, Newport, KY 41071

South

Celebrate a Cincinnati holiday tradition with Scuba Santa at Newport Aquarium! It’s a Water Wonderland full of playful penguins, colorful holiday lights, and a flurry of magical bubbles. See Scuba Santa swim underwater with a tank full of sharks and tell him what you want...

Celebrate a Cincinnati holiday tradition with Scuba Santa at Newport Aquarium! It’s a Water Wonderland full of playful penguins, colorful holiday lights, and a flurry of magical bubbles. See Scuba Santa swim underwater with a tank full of sharks and tell him what you want...

Ornament Blow

Neusole Glassworks
11925 Kemper Springs, Forest Park, OH 45240

The weather outside is frightful, but the fire in our hotshop is so delightful. If you have nowhere to go, make ornaments in our Ornament Blow! With the help of our professional glassblowers, you will blow your own ornament out of hot molten glass. Experience the wonder that is...

The weather outside is frightful, but the fire in our hotshop is so delightful. If you have nowhere to go, make ornaments in our Ornament Blow! With the help of our professional glassblowers, you will blow your own ornament out of hot molten glass. Experience the wonder that is...

Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction

EnterTRAINment Junction
7379 Squire Court, West Chester, OH 45069

Create a holiday tradition for your family with the magic of Christmas at the home of the World’s Largest Indoor Train Display. Take a “Journey to the North Pole” to meet Mrs. Claus and enjoy a virtual meeting with Santa himself while admiring a winter wonderland of train...

Create a holiday tradition for your family with the magic of Christmas at the home of the World’s Largest Indoor Train Display. Take a “Journey to the North Pole” to meet Mrs. Claus and enjoy a virtual meeting with Santa himself while admiring a winter wonderland of train...

Trains and Traditions, A Cincinnati Holiday

Krohn Conservatory
1501 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Uptown

The annual Holiday Show returns to the Krohn Conservatory on November 6th through January 9th. Walk into the majestic floral showroom and revel in the intricately designed Cincinnati theme and laced with lush green foliage, beautiful red poinsettias, holiday trees and, of...

The annual Holiday Show returns to the Krohn Conservatory on November 6th through January 9th. Walk into the majestic floral showroom and revel in the intricately designed Cincinnati theme and laced with lush green foliage, beautiful red poinsettias, holiday trees and, of...

Great Circle Line and Points North Railroad--A Holiday Model Train Display

Glenwood Gardens, a Hamilton County Park
10397 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45215

All aboard for a vintage holiday train display sure to delight both children and serious rail enthusiasts! Take a whimsical journey through Snug Harbor to the resort town of Chillyvilly nestled within the Brawny mountain range. Powered by Digital Command Control (DCC), visitors...

All aboard for a vintage holiday train display sure to delight both children and serious rail enthusiasts! Take a whimsical journey through Snug Harbor to the resort town of Chillyvilly nestled within the Brawny mountain range. Powered by Digital Command Control (DCC), visitors...

Holocaust Speaker Series

Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203

Downtown

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Visit the website for a list of upcoming speakers and to register. Generously sponsored by...

The Holocaust Speaker Series, held each Wednesday at 11 am, features Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors sharing stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Visit the website for a list of upcoming speakers and to register. Generously sponsored by...

Lumaze Christmas Light Festival

Duke Energy Convention Center
525 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

For the first time ever in Cincinnati, the Lumaze Christmas Light Festival and Market is coming to the Duke Energy Convention Center.  The 2021 theme for Cincinnati is “Glow Around the World.” Guests will explore magnificent world landmarks and...

For the first time ever in Cincinnati, the Lumaze Christmas Light Festival and Market is coming to the Duke Energy Convention Center.  The 2021 theme for Cincinnati is “Glow Around the World.” Guests will explore magnificent world landmarks and...

ChristmasTown

Creation Museum
2800 Bullittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, KY 41080

South

Stroll through the Creation Museum’s botanical gardens and view the breathtaking display of thousands of multi-colored lights. New designs and more color are added each year throughout the garden trails. Enjoy a live nativity, petting zoo, skating on the Glice® (synthetic...

Stroll through the Creation Museum’s botanical gardens and view the breathtaking display of thousands of multi-colored lights. New designs and more color are added each year throughout the garden trails. Enjoy a live nativity, petting zoo, skating on the Glice® (synthetic...

Light in the Forest

Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, OH 45150

Join us for a new winter tradition! Walk through an enchanting display of lights and illuminated trees, reflecting peace and inspiration. Featuring: * A beautifully lit forest * Installations by Brave Berlin, the creative team behind Cincinnati's Luminosity and BLINK...

Join us for a new winter tradition! Walk through an enchanting display of lights and illuminated trees, reflecting peace and inspiration. Featuring: * A beautifully lit forest * Installations by Brave Berlin, the creative team behind Cincinnati's Luminosity and BLINK...

Journey BOREALIS

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum
1763 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton, OH 45013

Journey BOREALIS, an artful adventure through the holiday lights, is Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum’s annual light exhibition. Enjoy this 2.5 mile drive-through holiday light show with over one-million LED lights! Journey BOREALIS is open every evening now through...

Journey BOREALIS, an artful adventure through the holiday lights, is Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum’s annual light exhibition. Enjoy this 2.5 mile drive-through holiday light show with over one-million LED lights! Journey BOREALIS is open every evening now through...

ParkLights at Caesar Ford Park

Caesar Ford Park
520 S. Stringtown Rd, Xenia, OH 45385

Forget deck the halls, we’ve decked the park with dazzling lights! You’ll wind your way through our Winter Wonderland, North Pole Car Show, Winter Farm, and Festive Festival, then wave to Santa at the North Pole. Drive through once, and you’ll want to do it again. We...

Forget deck the halls, we’ve decked the park with dazzling lights! You’ll wind your way through our Winter Wonderland, North Pole Car Show, Winter Farm, and Festive Festival, then wave to Santa at the North Pole. Drive through once, and you’ll want to do it again. We...

Journey BOREALIS 2021 Holiday Light Show

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum
1763 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton, OH 45013

The 2021 Journey BOREALIS Holiday Lights is a 2.5 mile drive-through light show that will take visitors on a journey to the North Pole. The journey includes over 1 million LED lights -- including an LED light tunnel, a Candy Cane Forest, projections by Brave Berlin (the creators...

The 2021 Journey BOREALIS Holiday Lights is a 2.5 mile drive-through light show that will take visitors on a journey to the North Pole. The journey includes over 1 million LED lights -- including an LED light tunnel, a Candy Cane Forest, projections by Brave Berlin (the creators...

Christmas Nights of Lights

Coney Island
6201 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45230

East

The annual two-and-a-half-mile drive-through light show synchronizes the lights to both traditional and rocking holiday music through your car radio. Visitors of all ages will be awed by the larger-than-life trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and fantastic tunnels of...

The annual two-and-a-half-mile drive-through light show synchronizes the lights to both traditional and rocking holiday music through your car radio. Visitors of all ages will be awed by the larger-than-life trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and fantastic tunnels of...

A Christmas Carol

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
962 Mount Adams Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Uptown

A holiday family favorite! Our production of A Christmas Carol combines faithful storytelling with spellbinding stage magic to bring to life the familiar story of a sinner given one last chance at redemption by four persuasive ghosts. Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a miraculous...

A holiday family favorite! Our production of A Christmas Carol combines faithful storytelling with spellbinding stage magic to bring to life the familiar story of a sinner given one last chance at redemption by four persuasive ghosts. Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a miraculous...

Wicked (Special Engagement)

Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut, Cincinnati, OH 45202

So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.   WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another girl, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and...

So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.   WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another girl, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and...

The Science Behind Pixar

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203

Downtown

Take your imagination to infinity… and beyond! Since Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story debuted in 1995, generations have grown up with the studio’s films and characters. Now discover the science that brings them to life. The interactive exhibition showcases the boundless limits...

Take your imagination to infinity… and beyond! Since Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story debuted in 1995, generations have grown up with the studio’s films and characters. Now discover the science that brings them to life. The interactive exhibition showcases the boundless limits...

Holiday Junction Featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203

Downtown

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains have been a Cincinnati holiday staple for 75 years. Track-level views reveal intricate details of the display, which features over 300 rail cars and 60 locomotives. New for 2021,guests will be able to flip through 75 years of Duke Energy Holiday...

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains have been a Cincinnati holiday staple for 75 years. Track-level views reveal intricate details of the display, which features over 300 rail cars and 60 locomotives. New for 2021,guests will be able to flip through 75 years of Duke Energy Holiday...

Exhibition: The Golden Ticket

Clifton Cultural Arts Center
2728 Short Vine, Cincinnati, OH 45219

THE GOLDEN TICKET JURIED ART EXHIBITION 2021 presented by Summerfair Cincinnati, Inc. Clifton Cultural Arts Center’s Golden Ticket Juried Art Exhibition is in its twelfth year of celebrating artists living or working within a 25-mile radius of CCAC. Since its inception,...

THE GOLDEN TICKET JURIED ART EXHIBITION 2021 presented by Summerfair Cincinnati, Inc. Clifton Cultural Arts Center’s Golden Ticket Juried Art Exhibition is in its twelfth year of celebrating artists living or working within a 25-mile radius of CCAC. Since its inception,...

Elves on Elder

Findlay Market
1801 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

The Shillito’s Elves will be set up at Findlay Market from Black Friday at 11 A.M. through the end of the year in the old Leader Furniture building.  In addition to visiting the Elves, Findlay Market will have robust programming in the space, appropriately called Elves...

The Shillito’s Elves will be set up at Findlay Market from Black Friday at 11 A.M. through the end of the year in the old Leader Furniture building.  In addition to visiting the Elves, Findlay Market will have robust programming in the space, appropriately called Elves...

DISCORD and CONCORD: Examining Ancient Stories

The Annex Gallery at Pendleton
310 Pendelton St., Cincinnati, 45202, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Two Concurrent Exhibitions of Paintings, Works On Paper and Sculpture. Open to the public.

Two Concurrent Exhibitions of Paintings, Works On Paper and Sculpture. Open to the public.