Every tree lighting, holiday parade, Santa visit, holiday market, concert, and show on the county calendar, and the tree farms and light displays open all season.
The 2026 season runs November 15, 2026 to January 1, 2027.
Hosting a Christmas and the holidays event?
Sun, Dec 6 · South Mountain Park, Wernersville · Free to residents
The township welcomes the holiday season at South Mountain Park with its annual tree lighting, a short evening gathering built around the moment the lights come on.
Hosted by South Heidelberg Township
November 7, 2026 – January 2, 2027 · 782 Christmas Village Road, Bernville · Ticketed (ages 4–10 $11, 11–64 $13)
Tucked into the hills outside Bernville, Koziar's Christmas Village turns a quiet stretch of Berks County farmland into a valley of light.
November 28, 2026 · 7:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
The World Ballet Company brings its production of The Nutcracker to the Santander Performing Arts Center, with a live orchestra playing Tchaikovsky's score.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
December 6, 2026 · 12:00 PM · Daniel Boone Homestead, 400 Daniel Boone Rd, Birdsboro · Admission is charged. Children 5 and under and DBHA members are free.
Step into Christmas as the families of eighteenth century Pennsylvania would have known it.
Hosted by Daniel Boone Homestead
December 4, 2026 · 5:00 PM · GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading
The Handcrafted Holiday Market brings artists and makers together at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading for an evening of holiday shopping.
Hosted by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
December 5, 2026 · 10:00 AM · GoggleWorks, 201 Washington St, Reading
The Handcrafted Holiday Market fills GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading with artists and makers selling handmade holiday gifts, from the kind of pieces you keep to the kind you wrap up for...
Hosted by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
November 30, 2026 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
The Santander Performing Arts Center hosts A Christmas Story: The Musical on Monday, November 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
December 3, 2026 · 7:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · Family friendly. Attendees are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots collection in the lobby.
Country singer and songwriter Jessica Lynn brings her holiday production to the Santander Performing Arts Center on Thursday, December 3, at 7:00 PM.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
Other holidays: New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving.