Top Colorado Upcoming Events Happening this December
Enjoy this month's winter events featuring Christmas markets, tours and holiday cookie baking
Photos courtesy of Georgetown Christmas Market
Georgetown Christmas Market
Strousse Park, Georgetown – December 2-3
Visit historic Georgetown for the 63rd annual outdoor European Christmas Market, featuring holiday crafts and foods from near and far. Glimpse Victorian ladies and gents strolling through the streets and shops of Georgetown and hear the Santa Lucia Children’s Procession before chatting with St. Nicholas as he mingles with the crowd.
Kids Holiday Cookie Baking
PACE Center, Parker – December 2
What better way to celebrate the season than by making delicious holiday cookies? Grab the kids and learn how to measure ingredients and become a great cookie-baker. Students will prepare and enjoy snowflake cookies, pinwheel cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies, while sipping on a hot cup of cocoa. They’ll leave with delicious recipes and decorated cookies to share with their families.
Photo courtesy of Meeker Skijor
Celtic Women: The Best of Christmas Tour
Boettcher Concert Hall – December 12
Prepare for an enchanting and festive evening filled with mesmerizing music, performance and holiday cheer with the celestial voices of multi-platinum Irish singing sensation Celtic Women with the Colorado Symphony. The program will feature the all-female ensemble’s most favorite Yuletide songs.
Denver Performing Arts Complex – December 16-17
Experience the full majesty of Handel’s masterpiece–one of the most revered oratorios of all time–when the Colorado Symphony and Chorus exalt Messiah skyward to soaring new heights. Nicholas Krae- mer returns to Denver to lead the orchestra and chorus in this the soul-stirring holiday classic.
Photo courtesy of Hans Watson Photography
Meeker Skijor
Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds, Meeker – December 29-31
The fourth annual Meeker skijoring event at Ute Park will host riders and racers from mountain towns across the West. Teams of a horse, rider and skier race through themed snow courses.
National Western Stock Show
National Western Complex, Denver – January 6-21
Since 1906, the National Western Stock Show has provided Western heritage and entertainment with professional rodeos, horse shows and Colorado’s largest Western trade show. This historic event strives to strengthen American agriculture through enrichment programs and youth education in livestock, equestrian, farm- ing, ranching, animal awareness and appreciation, providing life-long memories and family traditions.
