Holiday 2026 · Grand Rapids

Holiday events for kids in Grand Rapids, 2026

Tree lightings, light displays, Santa visits, Polar Express readings, gingerbread workshops, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa programmes in Grand Rapids for the 2026 holidays, read every night from the libraries' and venues' own calendars. Library programmes are free.

42 Holiday events on 18 days

Tue, Dec 1

Thu, Dec 3

Fri, Dec 4

Sat, Dec 5

Mon, Dec 7

  • Ready for Reindeer!4:00 PM and 1 more time · Caledonia Township Branch, Gaines Township Branch and 0 more places · Free

Wed, Dec 9

Thu, Dec 10

Sat, Dec 12

Mon, Dec 14

  • Ready for Reindeer!4:00 PM and 1 more time · Alpine Township Branch, Plainfield Township Branch and 0 more places · Free

Tue, Dec 15

  • Ready for Reindeer!4:00 PM and 1 more time · Comstock Park Branch, East Grand Rapids Branch and 0 more places · Free

Wed, Dec 16

Fri, Dec 18

Sat, Dec 19

Mon, Dec 21

  • Ready for Reindeer!2:00 PM and 1 more time · Grandville Branch, Wyoming Branch and 0 more places · Free

Wed, Dec 23

  • Ready for Reindeer!4:00 PM and 1 more time · Englehardt (Lowell) Branch, Alto Branch and 0 more places · Free

Tue, Dec 29

Wed, Dec 30

Thu, Dec 31

Holiday nearby: Lansing (5), Holland (2), Saginaw (1).

Know a Holiday event we are missing?

A pumpkin patch, a trunk-or-treat, a church fall festival: if it has a web page or a Facebook event, tell us and we will list it for Grand Rapids. Free, for anyone.

Read from each library’s and venue’s own calendar, plus tips a person has checked; a cancelled event disappears within a day. Check the organiser’s page for costume rules and registration.