The Shops of Lewisburg Holiday Festival will again transform the city into a holiday wonderland Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20. This year’s event will include a full schedule of holiday activities, celebrating traditions both new and old. Hosted annually by the Lewisburg Downtown Business Association, the event kicks off the holiday season in one of America’s Coolest Small Towns!
SATURDAY EVENTS
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Model Train Exhibit & Scavenger Hunt at North House Museum
12 noon to 3 p.m.
Horse Drawn Carriage Rides Throughout Downtown – $10 Adults/$5 Children – Starts at City National Bank
12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Visit With Santa! Our Special Guest arrives direct from the North Pole! at City National Bank
12 noon to 2 p.m./ All Day
Face Painting/Write a Letter to Santa at Love Child
l p.m.
Christmas Caroling – Visitor’s Center & Throughout Town
1:30 to 2 p.m.
United Way “Holidays Begin with a Book” Story Time at Visitor’s Center
6 p.m.
Tree Lighting Festivities – Hot Chocolate/Refreshments/Caroling at City Green Space
SUNDAY EVENTS
12 noon to 2 p.m./ All Day
Face Painting/Write a Letter to Santa at Love Child
12 noon to 3 p.m.
Horse Drawn Carriage Rides Throughout Downtown – $10 Adults/$5 Children – Starts at City National Bank
12 noon
“Elf on the Shelf” Read Aloud & Live Painting by Trahern Cook at Sunflower Soul
l p.m.
Christmas Caroling at Visitor’s Center & Throughout Town
1:30 to 2 p.m.
United Way “Holidays Begin with a Book” StoryTime at Visitor’s Center
2 to 8 p.m.
Merry Chrstimas to the Greenbrier River Trail Event – $20 at Hill and Holler
All weekend you can enjoy shopping specials, giveaway, holiday decorations and tantalizing treats & drink specials.
Make a Christmas Wish list at Wolf Creek while enjoying sparkling holiday punch and Christmas goodies. Stop by Sunflower Soul / Pretty White Trash for a Kaylajuka Jewelry Trunk Show on Saturday. Make a stop in Plants Etc. for some Mikki’s Mexican Wedding Cookies. At Harmony Ridge Gallery enter a drawing to win a $50 Gift Certificate, make your Christmas wish list and enjoy Hot Apple Cider and Holiday Treats. Be one of the first 60 customers to spend $60 at Bella The Corner Gourmet and receive a gift! For your taste buds, sample Wine, Tasty Hot Cocoa and Panettone! With your purchase of a Samuel Smith Chocolate Stout at the Irish Pub, receive a Cherry Chocolate Tart. Join Trillium Performing Arts Collective for Wassail Punch and holiday fun. Bodies in Motion Yoga will hold a drawing for a free class every hour and you can meet the instructors from noon until 4 p.m.
Swing by the French Goat for a specialty Cocktail-Brown Butter Bourbon for $5. Enjoy more holiday treats and enter to win a $50 gift certificate with any purchase at The Front Porch. Edith’s celebrates 30 years in business with all kinds of holiday treats for everyone to enjoy! Santa has been busy stocking up all kinds of great gifts at Yarid’s some even to be personalized! The Asylum will be serving up cookies and cocktails. The Visitor’s Center hosts live music by duo Robin and Doug on Saturday 3 to 4:30 p.m. HospiceCare celebrates its 33rd annual Love Light Tree season in honor and memory of all! Make a donation and fill out an ornament in your loved one’s name to be place on Love Light Trees, on display at the Greenbrier Valley Visitor Center!
Back by popular demand is the Lewisburg Holiday Recipe Collection! Stop by any participating shops or restaurants and pick up their unique holiday recipe. Once you have them all, stop by the Visitor’s Center for a token to keep all collected recipe cards.
From carriage rides to holiday treats sprinkled throughout the shops, event goers are sure to find a remembrance of their own holiday tradition.
“We’re very excited about this year’s event and all America’s Coolest Small Town has to offer! It will be a festive day in downtown Lewisburg and a great start to the shopping season” said Katherine Juker, Yarid’s INC For more information, phone 888-702-1076, find us on FaceBook or visit www.visitlewisburgwv.com