Tree Lighting Events

12/1 5:30 City of New Haven Tree Lighting on the Green

12/2 6:30 p.m. North Branford Annual Tree Lighting

12/2 5:30 p.m. Guilford Tree Lighting on the Green

12/3 5:30 p.m. Seasons of Celebration and Wallingford Tree Lighting at Johanna Manfreda Fishbein Park

12/4 4 p.m. North Haven Tree Lighting

12/4 5 p.m. Walnut Beach Association Annual Tree Lighting

12/4 4 p.m. The MAC's Buoy Tree Lighting

12/9 6-7 p.m. Madison Tree Lighting

12/9-11 Meriden Yule Fest

12/10 11 a.m. Punk Rock Holiday Flea Market

12/10 7 p.m. Puerto Ricans United present Holiday Parranda

12/10 1-5 p.m. Silverbells and Tree Lighting at Town Center Park, Hamden

12/15 4:45 p.m. Town of Orange Holiday Festival – Tractor Parade and Tree Lighting

12/17 5-9 p.m. 5th Annual Solstice Luminary Event at Edgerton Park

12/18 5 p.m. Chanukah Menorah Lighting on the New Haven Green

12/18 Sundown Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremony on the West Haven Green

More Events

Holiday Village on the New Haven Green

December 1-3

Firelight Festival at the Henry Whitfield House State Museum

December 2 4-8 p.m.

Pantochino's Christmas Carol

December 2-18 - see website for show times

12/4 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

18th Annual Craft and Gift Fair at the Jewish Community Center

New Haven Ballet presents The Nutcracker at The Shubert Theatre

December 16–18 - see website for show times

New Haven Symphony Orchestra presents Holiday Extravaganza

December 17 3 p.m.

Holiday Market at NXTHVN

December 17 noon-5 p.m.

Stetson Branch Library presents: Holiday Music Celebration

December 17 3 p.m.

Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at the Shubert Theatre

December 22 8 p.m.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

December 30 7 p.m.

A Christmas Carol at the Legacy Theatre

Through December 11 - see website for show times

The Gilbert Project – Holiday Trains at the Eli Whitney Museum

Through January 15

Fantasy of Lights

Through December 31

Celebrate the Holidays in Guilford

Holiday Events at the Shops at Yale

Christmas in the Castle at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center

Through February 5, 2023

Kehler Liddell Gallery Holiday Events

Through December 24

Hubbard Park Festival of Silver Lights

Through December 31

Give Art at City Gallery

Through December 23

Through Holiday Expo at the Guilford Art Center

Through January 8

Visit our events calendar to keep up with the latest events.