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Elkhorn North 2nd Annual Holiday Craft Fair

Join for the 2nd Annual Holiday Craft Fair on November 15th, from 9 AM to 3 PM! Discover amazing crafters, vendors, bakers, and artists all in one place. Support our varsity cheerleaders while finding the perfect items just in time for Thanksgiving. Admission is only $3. Don’t miss out!

Family Gingerbread House Competition

Join for a fun-filled Family Gingerbread House Making Competition! You’ll have one hour to build, decorate, and design your ultimate gingerbread creation. 

Work together as a family to craft your sweetest masterpiece and see how your creation stacks up against others. All supplies are provided! Just bring your creativity and holiday spirit for a cheerful, hands-on hour of family fun.

A Motown Christmas

Bringing an all-star cast of picks from Motown’s most legendary groups, A Motown Christmas blends Christmas classics with hits from the groups The Miracles, The Contours, and more! 

Straight No Chaser

For more than two decades, Straight No Chaser has provided the soundtrack of the season, bringing millions of fans to their feet while putting them in the holiday spirit. Year after year, fans anxiously await the moment they can officially hit play on Straight No Chaser favorites. And now, the group is back on tour, serving up an all-you-can-eat buffet of holiday music (with none of the calories) as they cross the U.S. from October through December.  

Snack Attack (3rd-5th Grade)

Kids will have fun making some fun holiday snacks with their friends. Sorry we are unable to accommodate for allergies.  Registration begins: November 17th at 9:00am

Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show

The Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, December 6th-7th, at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs.

The show is billed as one of Iowa’s largest shows, with over 200 exhibitors presenting and selling thousands of unique, handmade products. Among the various products being sold at the show are leather goods, oak, pine and wine barrel furniture, paintings and prints, ceramics, kids teepees, wall hangings, toys, blankets, jewelry, metal art sculptures, pet products, etched and stained glass, yard and garden art, pottery, candles, clothing, quilts, aprons, pillows, fishing lures, doll clothes, baskets, rugs, place mats, table runners, purses, floral arrangements and wreaths, wood and metal signs, soap and lotions, emu oils and many more original products.

Exhibitors will also be selling coffee cakes, dips, salsa, barbeque sauce, soups, jams, jellies, cheese and sausage, wines, fudge, honey, food mixes and roasted nuts. All items offered for sale to the public are handmade by the exhibitor.

The hours of the show are from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Admission is $6 and children 10 and younger are free. Parking is free throughout the show. All patrons who attend the show on Saturday will receive a two-day re-entry stamp.

Farnam Winter Pop-Up

Discover a handpicked medley of 15 locally owned shops at Omaha’s newest urban holiday destination!  Shop handmade goods, artisan foods, boutique finds, curated gifts and more.

Holiday Cocktail Crawl

Savor the sips of the season at the 5th Annual Holiday Cocktail Crawl! Each participating establishment will offer a signature holiday cocktail. Visit as many stops as you like, in any order you like, and cast your vote for the best cocktail in midtown! And be sure to break out the festive attire — ugly sweaters, cocktail dresses, Santa suits welcome!

While you’re here, enjoy a stroll through the Season of Lights and make a visit to the 26’ holiday tree (in Farnam Court) and Santa Sleigh (on the southwest end of Turner Park).