What's Happening Weekend of December 6-8, 2024

Christkindl Beer Garden Party -Friday 5:00 p.m., DESTIHL Brewery

December First Friday: Once Upon a Holiday-Friday 4:45 p.m., Various locations throughout Downtown Bloomington

Bloomington Normal Jaycees Holiday Parade-Saturday 10:00 a.m., Kingsley Jr. High School to the McLean Museum of History

Christmas Under the Dome-Friday 5:00 p.m. & Saturday 11:00 a.m., McLean County Museum of History

Visits with Santa in Uptown Normal-Friday 5:00 p.m., Saturday 1:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m., Uptown Normal

Wild Lights at the Zoo-Friday & Saturday 5:00 p.m., Miller Park Zoo

Christmas on the Prairie in Lexington-Saturday 9:00 a.m., Lexington

Boondocks Barn Sales-Saturday 9:00 a.m., Hudson Town Hall

Jammies & Jingles-Friday 6:00 p.m., Children’s Discovery Museum

Candy Cane Drop-Saturday 10:00 a.m., Miller Park Pavilion

Twin Cities School of Dance presents The Nutcracker Ballet!-Friday 7:00 p.m., Saturday 1:00 p.m. & Sunday 2:00 p.m., Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University

Christkindl Market-Saturday & Sunday 10:00 a.m., DESTIHL Brewery

Skate with Santa Open Skate-Saturday 12:30 p.m., Bloomington Ice Center

11th Annual Ugliest Sweater Run-Saturday 1:00 p.m., Miller Park Pavillion

Holiday Luminary Stroll and Winter Warming Night-Saturday 5:00 p.m., Mackinaw Valley Vineyard

The Pantagraph’s Holiday Spectacular-Saturday 7:30 p.m. & Sunday 2:00 p.m., Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

Goats + Yoga Ugly Christmas Sweater Party-Sunday 11:00 a.m., The Old Rugged Barn, Towanda

Candlelight Carols: Faces at the Manger-Sunday 3:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church

Illinois Wesleyan University Titan Choirs Present: Holiday Vespers Choral Concert.-Sunday 4:00 p.m., Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Heartland Jazz Orchestra: A Christmas Concert-Sunday 5:00 p.m., Korean Presbyterian Church