Santa Sightings
December 6: Santa Landing by helicopter at Pima Air and Space Museum
December 6: Santa at Bookmans Speedway
December 11: Spirit Night with Santa at Park Place Mall
December 13: Photos with Santa at Harlow Gardens
December 13: Santa's Holiday Experience at Clements Center
December 13: Santa at Bookmans Grant
December 20: Santa at the Historic Train Depot
Lights and Luminarias
November 28-December 31: Season of Light Planetarium Show at Flandrau Science Center
November 28-December 31: Holiday Music Laser Light Shows at Flandrau Science Center
December 5-7 & 12-14: Luminaria Nights at Tucson Botanical Gardens
December 5-6 & 12-13: Holiday Nights at Tohono Chul
December 5-23 & 26-28: Zoo Lights
December 13: Luminaria Festival at Tucson Presidio
December 13-27: Winterhaven Festival of Lights
December 18-16: Christmas in the Desert at Pantano Riding Stables
December 20: Downtown Tucson Parade of Lights
Holiday Performances
December 5: Merry Twistmas Tucson Radio Show at the Fox Theatre
December 7, 14, 21: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Holiday Sing Along
December 13: Tucson Girls Chorus Sounds of Winter
December 13 & 14: Tucson Regional Ballet Southwest Nutcracker
December 19 & 20: Ballet Rincon Nutcracker
December 22: Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
December 26-28: Ballet Tucson Nutcracker
Holiday Storytimes (all listed Storytimes are FREE)
December 5: Polar Express Storytime at Eastside Barnes & Noble
December 9: Christmas Puppet Show at Bookmans Speedway
December 12: Hanukkah Storytime at Bookmans Grant
December 12: Elf on the Shelf Storytime at Eastside Barnes & Noble
December 19: Christmas Classics Storytime at Eastside Barnes & Noble
December 5, 12, 19: Holiday Bedtime Stories at Bookmans Grant
Festivals, Fairs and Markets
December 5-20 (Fridays & Saturdays): Enchanted Snowfall at La Encantada
December 5,6 & 12: Live Manger (with visits from Santa, too).
December 6: Nordic Guild Holiday Fair
December 6: Tucson Waldorf School Farm and Craft Fair
December 6: Winter Wonderland at Children's Museum Tucson
December 7: Ballet Tucson Sugar Plum Tea
December 6: Path to Bethlehem Live Nativity
December 7: La Fiesta de Guadalupe
December 7: Weihnachtsmarkt Outdoor German Christmas Market
December 7: Hanukkah Mall Madness at Park Place Mall
December 12-14: 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair
December 20: Downtown Holiday Festival (before the Parade of Lights)
Visit our Calendar for even more holiday events, plus all the other family friendly happenings around Tucson this December Is there an event missing from this list or from the calendar? Submit it HERE.
