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Create Christmas magic with crafts, cookie decorating, hay rides through light displays, live music, food trucks, and more. There will also be a Texas-size snow globe, s'mores roasting, snow every hour, hot chocolate, apple cider and other fun activities. Handicap access available to the Farm Store, bathrooms, and on one of the hayride trailers. 

High school boys basketball tournament. 

The theme is 'A Dino-mite Christmas Night.' Enjoy train rides through scenes from Santa’s workshop, face painting, a snow machine, art activities, dino-bites and drinks. Performances by Abilene Community Band and ACS New Song. Watch a short animated Christmas movie, photo-ops, Mrs. Claus reads 'How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?' and meet Santa Claus. Presented by the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council. 

Watch athletes compete for the state championship. 

This mom and tot program for preschoolers combines different aspects of visual and verbal literacy by exposing the children to books and art based on the featured artist in the gallery.

Make plans to come out and see special live music guest, Bailey Hafner.

Join Abilene's premiere show choir on a joyful celebration of Christmas. 

Come see more than 100 outdoor displays, visit with Santa and enjoy food at the concession stand.

Enjoy Christmas lights and the tunes of classic jazz performed by the Wylie High School Jazz Band.

Come out and enjoy a night of country music performed live by Aaron Copeland.

Kick off the Holiday Season with the Abilene Philharmonic’s annual Christmas Concert. This year we are bringing back Abilene favorite, Bruce Ewing. Bruce will be backed by a massive choir made up of many Abilene church congregation choirs. This concert also has a shortened matinee performance with general admission pricing, making this a great opportunity to bring your kids for them to enjoy their favorite Christmas classics.

Enjoy breakfast time with Santa and other fun activities hosted by Chick-fil-A.

Experience a special live performance by music guest, Christy Patton.

An open air market with vendors of all kinds, face painting, food, gifts, and art. 

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Shop a wide variety of local vendors during this special, one-day holiday shopping extravaganza.

Come and explore this 'Live Nativity' that tells of the events leading to the birth of Jesus. A new journey begins every 15 minutes and soup and cookies will be served.

New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him. 1988, mystery/thriller, 2 hours and 22 minutes with intermission.

Bring your kids, ages 3 (potty-trained) to 12 years old, for a day of supervised playtime in the gym. Activities include tumbling floors, bars, beams, trampolines, and pit. 

Lace up your running shoes and come out for this annual fundraising event hosted by the Junior League of Abilene in partnership with The Abilene Downtown Association. Proceeds benefit the League's programs that offer services to help women and children in the Big Country.

Jackpot is a chance for the buyers of the lamb and goat sale, and pig sale to return with their animals they purchased from one of the West Texas Rehab animal sales and show them for prizes.

Providing a safe environment for the public to come shop for guns, knives and ammo.

Come out to Centennial Park and support the Wylie West Junior High Musical Theatre as they perform live at the Winterlights Festival.

Bring your friends & family to Centennial Park and enjoy a night of live music performed by Abilene's very own Beltway Park Worship Team.

Bring your furry friend for an exclusive photo session with Santa. 

Varsity basketball tournament featuring some of the top boys and girls' basketball teams in the state.

Come out to Winter Lightfest and experience a live performance by the Wylie High School Chorale and Show Choir.

Drop off your child (ages 4 through 11) for a fun night including a pizza dinner, activities and an animal encounter. 

Come out to Centennial Park and enjoy a live performance by Abilene's community show choir, Celebration Singers.

10 a.m. Commencement: Cynthia Ann Parker College of Liberal Arts, Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics, Logsdon School of Theology, and Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing. 

2 p.m. Commencement: Kelley College of Business, Irvin School of Education, and College of Fine Arts

Come out to Centennial Park and experience an orchestral concert featuring alternative music not traditionally performed by orchestra ensembles.

The classic 1954 holiday musical about two World War II veterans who are singers and performers. When the country Inn of their former commander falls under hard times because of lack of snow, the guys rally to present a musical in his refurbished barn to help him stay in business. Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera Ellen. Rated G.

There will be dinner, live entertainment, and a holiday dance. This fundraiser is to help benefit the Senior Services Division for the City of Abilene.

Enjoy a holiday show of metal and rock with a live performance by The Sons of Texas.

Experience an evening at Winterlight Fest listening to the Voice of Taylor Elementary in Centennial Park.

Come out to Centennial Park and enjoy the solos, duets, and group performances by student show choir Red, Rhythm & Blues.

Bundle up and come out to Centennial Park where you can enjoy a live performance by the Dyess Elementary Choir.

Take a drive through a winter wonderland of lights at each camp site. 

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Bring your friends and come out to listen to Josh Westman perform live at the Mill. 

Enjoy a night of live music with a performance by Mind Trip. 

Come out to Centennial Park where Paige Sproles will be performing live.

Bundle up and come out to Centennial Park for food trucks and live entertainment by Abilene Christian School's New Song.

Bundle up and come out to Centennial Park for food trucks and live entertainment by Abilene Christian School's One Voice.

Mark your calendar for a performance by the Beltway Park Ballet at Winter Lightfest in Centennial Park. 

Hark! Abilene Opera Association presents Handel's Messiah at the Historic Paramount Theatre. Following the performance, there will be an Afterglow Party with food and drinks on the city streets outside the theatre.

The Abilene Community Band will present their annual Christmas concert at the Paramount Theatre, featuring the Abilene ISD Soundwave Handbell Choir.  Donations will benefit the Joe Stephens Community Band Endowment Fund.

Bring your furry friend for an exclusive photo session with Santa. 

Get in the holiday spirit with a complimentary showing of Elf at Premiere Lux Cine 10.

Bundle up and come out to Centennial Park for food trucks and live entertainment by Abilene High School Band Ensemble.

Join the Chorus Abilene Youth Choir for a live performance in Centennial Park for Winter Lightfest. 

Experience Christmas magic at Centennial Park with food trucks and live entertainment by Johnston Elementary Jaguar Choir. 

Enjoy holiday sounds with a performance by the Soundwave Handbell Choir during their Winter Concert. 

Attend an fun evening of live entertainment by Abilene High School's Pure Gold in Centennial Park.

Celebrate the Christmas season with different activities such as an ice skating rink, real reindeer, Santa, s’mores stations, craft stations, a chili bowl cook-off, live performances, magical train rides and even a hot chocolate bar with adult beverages, too. Visit the website for the schedule of events.

Enjoy the twinkling lights, food trucks, and live entertainment by Craig Middle School's Concert Choirs at Winter Lightfest in Centennial Park.

Make plans to see special live music guest, Daniel Brown.

Come sit by the fire and hear some acoustic music from James Tuffs and the Southern Trouble.

Come out to Centennial Park and enjoy some live music performed by Abilene's own Beltway Park Worship Team.

Come out to Centennial Park for food trucks and live entertainment by Beltway Park's Kids' Park. 

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Come out to Centennial Park and listen to the unique sounds from Australian composer Rob Davidson.

Come out and enjoy fine wine and special live guest, Christy Patton.

Make plans to come out for special live music guest, Bailey Hafner.

Come out to Centennial Park and experience blends of Cosmic Americana and Bossa Rhythms by Mark Rogers & Friends. 

Cutting is an equestrian event where a rider and their horse work together to separate a single animal away from a cattle herd and keep it away a certain amount of time. The dynamic duo is judged on how well they accomplish that feat!

Come out and enjoy a live performance by Abilene's own, Eric Logan.

A come-and-go family program offered by our art educators who will help you and your little ones create a work of art using the style and medium of the featured artist in the gallery. Emphasis is on having fun while picking up valuable knowledge.

Bundle up and come out to Centennial Park for food trucks and live entertainment by Paige Sproles.

Come out to Centennial Park and be entertained by one of Abilene's own, Eric Logan.

A special New Year's Eve screening of the classic 1989 comedy about two college graduates who share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends. Starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. Rated R.

From the Gibson Girl to the Flapper, women's fashion evolution from the early 1900s to the 1920s in the United States was due to new economic and social factors for women. These three decades were a defining time as many women fought for the right to vote, joined the work force during World War I, and changed the traditional social norms for women from the previous century.

A solo exhibition of the recent work of Chinese-born American contemporary artist, Hung Liu in a variety of media including mixed media, resin, tapestry, oil and works on paper. She is best known for masterful recreations of historical Chinese photographs.

Russia American artist, Igor Melnivok, challenges traditional associations with portraiture through his haunting paintings of emotionally ambiguous children isolated on a dark background. Although he often bases his paintings on children he knows, he also relies old photographs as well as memories and dreams for details. He states that his main objective is not to record a likeness but rather to suggest the childlike innocence and vulnerability we once possessed.

Photographer Paul James Black presents an intimate group of Polaroids and black and white photographs of only one person; his wife Carol. The photographs in the exhibition, Paul Black: Carol, were taken in the first two decades of their marriage and offer an intimate record into their private world in the 1960s and 70s. Carol is the only subject in this chronicle.

Using 19th and 20th century photographic archives of mug shots, Sarah Ball creates a series of intimate portraits of anonymous protagonists. Her meticulously-rendered paintings in this solo exhibition feature expressionless faces taken out of context and reflect on contemporary issues of bias in an increasingly judgmental culture.

Up Close and Personal: Portraits from the Reaves Collection of Texas Art.

Artists have been creating paintings that produce the illusion of real objects for centuries. Trompe l’oeil—from the French phrase 'deceives the eye'—is the art term that describes the effect of their visual deception. Contemporary artists often create an additional level of content by adding visual references relevant to contemporary events, situations, and observations. Nobody’s Fool highlights the work of contemporary artists Kirk Hayes and Michael Bane.

Visit over 30 artists in their studios and shop original works of art at the Annual Christmas Open House Mini Art Show and Sale.