Head to Logan to kick off the holidays in a spectacular fashion as soon as you’ve finished your pumpkin pie. On Friday and Saturday, usher in the Christmas season with a matinee or evening performance of The Nutcracker with live orchestra in the glorious Ellen Eccles Theatre. The Cache Valley Civic Ballet brings Tchaikovsky’s timeless ballet to life with beautiful costumes and talented and disciplined dancers.
If you’re shopping for unique gifts for family and friends, look no further than Novemberfest Arts and Crafts Fair located at the fairgrounds from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. More than a hundred vendors and artisans will have seasonal decorations, crafts, home décor, jewelry, handmade gifts and more for sale. An additional 20 youth entrepreneurs will be selling their creations, too. Santa will stop in several times and the food and treat vendors will be whipping up pure deliciousness.
And now, for the celebration guaranteed to make Hallmark jealous: The free Center Street Holiday Celebration! Start Saturday with breakfast in a cute cafe, then stroll through our vibrant Historic Downtown Logan and shop at our one-of-a-kind local businesses. The second annual Center Street Celebration begins at noon with a free Christmas movie and ice skating, which opens for the season around the corner at the Laub Plaza on Main Street.
Center Street will be closed for an outdoor winter market with 30 different vendors selling unique gifts, carolers and other performers, a choir performance, and free Christmas movies held all day in the Utah Theatre. The Bluebird Candy Company will unveil this year’s new giant Christmas ornament made entirely of candy. Then Santa will lead his mesmerizing twinkle light parade to the Center Street Arch. The official downtown tree lighting happens next when all the trees and decorations are illuminated. The Jolly Old Elf will greet youngsters inside the Utah Theatre. Don’t forget the fireworks. Sound too good to be true? It is, and that’s exactly why you should come. Here are the details.
Center Street Holiday Celebration
Noon-9:30 pm • Ice skating at the Laub Plaza
Noon • Free Movie • Kung Fu Panda Holiday • Utah Theatre
1-8 pm • Winter Gift Market • Food Trucks
1 pm • Free Movie • Madagascar Penguins Christmas Caper • Utah Theatre
2 pm • Free Movie • It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas • Utah Theatre
3 pm • Free Movie • Kung Fu Panda Holiday • Utah Theatre
4 pm • Free Movie • Madagascar Penguins Christmas Caper • Utah Theatre
4:30 pm • Live performance by American Festival Chorus
5 pm • Free Movie • It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas • Utah Theatre
5:15 pm • Holiday Window Unveiling at the Bluebird Candy Company
5:30 pm • Santa leads the Twinkle Light Parade • Center Street
5:50 pm • Tree Lighting Ceremony
6-7 pm • Visit with Santa in the Utah Theatre
7 pm • Fireworks on Center Street
7:30 pm • Free Movie • Arthur Christmas • Utah Theatre
And this is only the beginning! Logan is the place to be all December long. Take a dreamy horse-drawn wagon ride through a huge herd of elk and then visit Santa’s Workshop for elves’ Belgian waffles, Mr. and Mrs. Claus and an ornament craft, all at Hardware Ranch Fridays-Sundays Dec.6-Dec. 22. Elk viewing goes through Feb. 9. You’ll get to see hundreds of huge bulls and cows up close and personal. Dress warmly and bring your camera.
If the cold weather isn’t for you, head indoors for a variety of live performances in the Ellen Eccles Theatre to brighten your evenings: GENTRI Christmas, Jenny Oaks Baker and Family Four Joy to the World, comedian Shaun Johnson with the improv musical Twinkle Beds, Nathan Pacheco, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas and Juanito Bandito Shootout at Jingle Junction. The Eccles isn’t the only theatre in Logan! You can also catch live performances of A Christmas Carol, Ross Peterson’s Christmas in Montpelier, American Festival Chorus and Orchestra with guests Mat and Savanna Shaw, The Forgotten Carols and six free concerts at the Logan Tabernacle.
Keep fanning your holiday flame by visiting unique stores in downtown Logan to vote on your favorite creation at the parade of Gingerbread Homes Dec. 7-31. You’ll also be amazed by the precision, intricacy and beauty of 19 giant ornaments made of candy on display in our storefronts. There’s so much going on!
Whatever you do, Explore Logan! Just get here!