Natchitoches Christmas Festival

Celebrate the Christmas season in Louisiana’s oldest city. Enjoy our daylong festival filled with music, entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and our famous firework show choreographed to holiday music over Cane River Lake.

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, November 23

*Downtown Riverbank $15 admission after 1pm, ages 6 and under are FREE

10:00am-9:00pm - Holiday Kids Fest on the Downtown Riverbank $

10:00am-4:00pm - Cookies with Santa $ (Tickets go on sale Nov. 1st)

4:30pm-9:00pm  - “Turn on the Holidays!” – Join us for the official start to the Natchitoches Christmas season. This event features musical entertainment and fireworks!

4:00pm-7:00pm - Holiday Open House – Historic District Business Association

Shops Open Late

7:00pm -  Drone Show & Fireworks over Cane River Lake

Music on the Riverbank Stage 

3:30pm - 2 Easy

6:00pm - Kelli Roberts Band

Date: November 23rd, 2024 - January 6th, 2025