KidsOutAndAbout is Milwaukee's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families! The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!
If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Mindy Mangan at mindy@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!
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Santa Sightings
Old-Time Christmas
Light Displays
| Multiple dates starting Nov 15, 2024 |
COUNTRY CHRISTMAS at The Ingleside Hotel |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 21, 2024 |
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival |
| Nov 23 & 24, 2024 |
Christmas Carnival of Lights |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 |
Christmas at Shalom Wildlife Zoo |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Enchantment in the Park |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Candy Cane Lane |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2024 |
Tannenbaum Trail sponsored by Fleet Farm |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 26, 2024 |
Country Christmas Bikes and Lights |
| Nov 29, 2024 |
Holiday Events Milwaukee | The Pfister Tree Lighting |
| Nov 29, 2024 |
Greendale Tree Lighting Ceremony |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Enchantment in the Park |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2024 |
Wild Lights - Milwaukee County Zoo |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2024 |
Wagon Rides through Country Christmas |
| Dec 5, 2024 |
Sensory Friendly Holiday Tree Lighting at Mukwonago Community Library Registration |
| Dec 6, 2024 |
Hartland Lights and Holiday Drone Show! |
| Dec 6, 2024 |
Light the Square | City of Oak Creek |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
City of Greenfield Holiday Tree Lighting |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
Festival of Lights |
Holiday Theatre
| Nov 22, 2024 |
Hip Hop Nutcracker - Dinner & Show | Saint Kate Arts Hotel |
| Nov 23 & 24, 2024 |
The Nutcracker presented by North Shore Dance Studio - Germantown PAC |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2024 |
'Twas The Night Before.....By Cirque Du Soleil |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 26, 2024 |
A Christmas Carol - Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The Musical |
| Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2024 |
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 4, 2024 |
Holiday Dinner and Show Milwaukee | Saint… | Saint Kate Arts Hotel |
| Dec 5 - 8, 2024 |
Annual Black Nativity By Langston Hughes at The Wilson Theater |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2024 |
A Martian Christmas Carol |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin following a screening of Home Alone |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2024 |
Milwaukee Ballet presents The Nutcracker |
| Dec 13, 2024 |
Dean Z - The Ultimate Elvis Christmas |
| Dec 13 - 15, 2024 |
The Little Matchstick Girl Ballet |
| Dec 20, 2024 |
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Christmas Caravan |
| Dec 28, 2024 |
An Evening with Peter Billingsley & A Christmas Story |
Holiday Concerts
| Nov 22 - 24, 2024 |
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 5, 2024 |
Canadian Brass - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 6, 2024 |
The Commercialists: Charlie Brown Christmas - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
Adrian Dunn’s WONDERFUL: A Soulful Celebration - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 12, 2024 |
The Donna Woodall Group Holiday Shows “Sounds of the Season” |
| Dec 13 - 15, 2024 |
Christmas in the Basilica - Voices of Glad Tidings |
| Dec 14, 2024 |
Tuba Christmas Milwaukee 2024 | The Bavarian Bierhaus |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 14, 2024 |
Hometown Holiday Pops - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| Dec 17, 2024 |
Pentatonix: Hallelujah! It's a Christmas Tour |
| Dec 22, 2024 |
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve |
Holiday Festivals and Parades
| Nov 16, 2024 |
Germantown Christmas Festival - Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce , WI |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 |
FEZTIVAL OF TREES |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 |
Christmas Carnival of Lights |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
Allis in Winterland Christmas Parade |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
WCHS - Festival of Trees - Dec 7, 2024 - Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce , WI |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
Christmas Parade Train |
| Dec 11, 2024 |
Sirens & Sleigh Bells |
| Nov 16, 2024 |
Christmas in the Park at Firemen's Park |
Holiday Races
Día de los Muertos
Diwali
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Nov 2, 2024 |
Holiday Craft Fair at Wilson Commons |
| Nov 3, 2024 |
Holiday Craft Fair at the Gables of Germantown |
| Nov 10, 2024 |
Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair at Brookfield East |
| Nov 16, 2024 |
Holiday Market at Story Hill FireHouse |
| Nov 23, 2024 |
Celtic Christmas Boutique |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2024 |
German Christmas Market of Oconomowoc |
| Nov 30 & Dec 1, 2024 |
2024 Holiday Marketplace | Saint Kate Arts Hotel |
| Dec 6 & 7, 2024 |
Christkindlmarkt |
| Dec 7, 2024 |
Annual Wintermarkt at German Immersion Foundation |
| Dec 8, 2024 |
Sugarplum Wishes |
| Dec 8, 2024 |
2024 FBBG Holiday Gift Fair - Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens |
| Dec 15, 2024 |
City of Greenfield Holiday Makers Market |
New Year's Eve
Christmas Tree Experience
Ice Skating
Miscellaneous
| Nov 10, 2024 |
Raffle Fundraiser for the West Allis Christmas Parade |
| Nov 11, 2024 |
Origami Ornaments with Kristina Paris |
| Nov 15, 2024 |
Handmade for the Holidays: Teens Edition |
| Nov 16, 2024 |
Handmade for the Holidays: A Gift Ming Gathering |
| Nov 22 - 24, 2024 |
Holiday Folk Fair International |
| Nov 22, 2024 |
Create a Thanksgiving Centerpiece |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Letters to Santa - The Pfister Hotel |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 |
Twilight Tours at Pabst Mansion |
| Nov 28, 2024 |
Thanksgiving Harvest Dinner | Saint Kate Arts Hotel |
| Nov 28, 2024 |
Thanksgiving Dinner Events Milwaukee | Mason Street Grill |
| Nov 28, 2024 |
Thanksgiving Brunch Milwaukee | The Pfister Hotel |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2024 |
Daytime Christmas Trains |
| Dec 6 & 7, 2024 |
Yule Log Dinner & Hunt |
| Dec 6, 2024 |
Create Handmade Greeting Cards |
| Dec 8, 2024 |
Holiday Train Stops in Hartland |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 14, 2024 |
Winter Picnic in a Snow Globe at Racine Zoo |
| Dec 11, 2024 |
Gift Wrap Get Together |
| Dec 13, 2024 |
Winter Wonderland Jars |
| Dec 16, 2024 |
Ornament Painting Class: Winter Trees on Frosted Glass |
| Dec 24 & 25, 2024 |
A Mason Street Grill Christmas - The Pfister Hotel |
| Dec 25, 2024 |
Christmas Celebration Brunch |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 26, 2024 |
Frosty Free Week 2024 - Milwaukee County Zoo |
| Dec 28 & 29, 2024 |
Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off |
Below are items that have been posted to our calendar. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!
