Best List of Holiday Events around Oldham County
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Gather your friends and family and make plans to enjoy the holiday season together!
Oldham County has several beloved holiday events happening in 2025! We will continue to update this list as more events are announced. We have included some favorite events near Oldham County as well!
NOVEMBER
The Sauerbeck Family Drive-In plans to play holiday movies all month long! Check out their schedule online!
11/4: FREE! Santa’s Wonderland at Cabela’s in Louisville. This goes until 12/24. Online Santa photo reservations.
11/14 & 15: Christmas Open House at Knock on Wood Country Mercantile in Westport, 10am-4pm
11/15: OCHS Holiday Craft Fair at Oldham County High School in LaGrange (Buckner area), 8am-4pm
11/15: Holiday Open House and 2nd Birthday at Crestwood Mercantile, 11am-7pm
11/17: Christmas Bazaar at the Oldham County Humane Society in LaGrange, 11am-4pm
11/22: Christmas Market at Ballardsville Baptist Church in Crestwood, 9am-4pm
11/22: Crestwood Civic Club Holiday Home Tour & Lunch, 10am-2:30pm
11/22: Yuletide Breakfast at Cabela’s in Prospect. Registration opens on 11/15.
11/22: FREE! Holiday Brite Nite at the Paddock Shops in Louisville (close to Oldham County), 5:30-8:00pm, Santa arrives at 6:30pm
11/28: FREE! Charlestown’s Christmas City in Charlestown, Indiana starts this day. Festivities start at 5pm, lights switched on at 6pm.
11/28-30: Oldham Gardens Christmas Market at Third Turn in Crestwood, 4-10pm on Friday, 12-10pm on Saturday and 12-6pm on Sunday.
11/28 & 29: Yuletide at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood. 5-7pm & 6:30-8:30pm
11/29: Shop Small Saturday. Support our local businesses!
11/29-12/21: FREE! Carriage Rides and Visits with Santa at the Paddock Shops in Louisville, 12-4pm
11/29: Unordinary Wonder Art Fair Winter Wonderland at City Place in LaGrange, 9am-4pm
11/29: Children’s Handprint Keepsake at Mudsplats Ceramics in LaGrange, 10am-3:30pm
11/29: ‘Tis the Season Holiday Book Fair in LaGrange, 10am-4pm
11/29 & 30: Holiday Tea at Hermitage Farm in Goshen, various times.
11/30: FREE! Sunday Funday: Gingerbread Bingo Bash at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 3-5pm
11/30: FREE! Light Up the Maples Park in Crestwood, 4:30-7pm
DECEMBER EVENTS
RECURRING
FREE!* Charlestown’s Christmas City in Charlestown, Indiana. Lights stay on every night 6-10pm until New Year’s Day. *Fee for optional activities.
FREE! Cabela’s in Louisville has holiday activities at the store daily until 12/21. Check their website for a schedule and reservation information.
12/1-14: Letters from Santa with Oldham County Parks & Rec at the John W. Black Community Center in LaGrange (Buckner area).
The Sauerbeck Family Drive-In plans to play holiday movies all month long! Check out their schedule online!
11/29-12/21: FREE! Carriage Rides and Visits with Santa at the Paddock Shops in Louisville, 12-4pm
12/4-7: Holiday Tea at Hermitage Farm in Goshen.
12/5-6: FREE! Festival of Nativities at the Crestwood Stake of Latter-Day Saints. 5:30-9:30pm on Friday and 10am-7pm on Saturday.
12/5-6: Yuletide at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood. 5-7pm & 6:30-8:30pm
12/5-7: Oldham Gardens Christmas Market at Third Turn in Crestwood, 4-10pm on Friday, 12-10pm on Saturday and 12-6pm on Sunday.
12/6: Grinch Holiday Sale at the Oldham County History Museum in LaGrange, 10am-8pm
12/6: Holiday Hayride and Santa Photos at Chestnut Hall Farm in Prospect, 12-3pm
12/6: FREE! 20th Annual Nature of Christmas at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen, 12-3pm
12/6: Holiday Craft & Sip at Goshen Mercantile Craft Room, 1-3pm
12/6: FREE! Santa at Reardon’s in Crestwood, 1-5pm
12/6: FREE! Gingerbread Junction/A Gingerbread House Exhibition at the LaGrange Railroad Museum. Create your own gingerbread house at home, drop it off on 12/5, display it on 12/6 during Light Up LaGrange, have a chance to win a railroad car rental.
12/6: FREE! Light Up LaGrange in Downtown LaGrange, 2-9pm Facebook event here.
12/6: FREE! A Night in Wonderland Holiday Festival at the Kroger in Prospect, 3-8pm
12/6: Holiday Open House at Norton Commons in Prospect, Pictures with Santa (4-6pm) and Carriage Rides (5-7pm) with a donation.
12/6: The Polar Express Experience at the Sauerbeck Family Drive-in in LaGrange, 6pm
12/6 & 7: Picture Your Pet with Santa at Feeders Supply in LaGrange, 12-4pm
12/6 & 7: A Dickens Christmas Festival at the Kentucky Renaissance Fairgrounds in Eminence, 12:30-6:30pm
12/7: Art Fair & Holiday Market in Prospect with Goodness Grows Goshen, 1-5pm
12/7: FREE! Yule Log in Pewee Valley, 6-8pm
12/8: Christmas Music Bingo at Ernesto’s Mexican Cuisine in LaGrange, 7pm
12/9: Holiday Bazaar at the Springs Oldham Reserve in LaGrange, 3:30-6:30pm
12/10: FREE! Santa at the Oldham County Detention Center in LaGrange (Buckner area), 5-7pm
12/11-13: A Christmas Carol at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center in Crestwood, 7pm. Also a 1pm show on the 13th.
12/12-13: Yuletide at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood. 5-7pm & 6:30-8:30pm
12/12 & 12/13: Grinch Experience at Sauerbeck Family Drive-in, gates open at 5pm.
12/13: FREE!*: Breakfast with Santa at the John Black Community Center in LaGrange (Buckner area), 9-11am (Bring a toy to donate!)
12/13: Ornament Clay Workshop at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center in Crestwood. 10am-12pm, $20per person.
12/13: Santa at the Merc at Crestwood Mercantile, 10am-1pm
12/13: FREE! Santa at Reardon’s in Crestwood, 1-5pm CANCELED
12/13: FREE! Living Nativity at Ballardsville Baptist Church in Crestwood, 6-8:30pm
12/13: Ugly Christmas Sweater Bingo at the Arvin Center in LaGrange (Buckner area) with the Oldham County High School Athletic Booster, doors at 6pm, Bingo at 7pm
12/13 & 14: A Dickens Christmas Festival at the Kentucky Renaissance Fairgrounds in Eminence, 12:30-6:30pm
12/15-19: Goshen Grinchmas at the Oldham County Public Library in Goshen, all week during open hours.
12/16: FREE! Ernie’s Lil’ Engines (Christmas) at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 9:30am-12pm
12/17-23: Holiday Tea at Hermitage Farm in Goshen.
12/18: Santa at Gustavo’s in LaGrange, 6-9pm
12/18: 3rd Annual Gift Wrapping Party at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 6-9pm
12/19: Sip & Shop in Downtown LaGrange, shops open until 8pm
12/19: Grinch Movie Experience at Sauerbeck Family Drive-in in LaGrange, 6pm
12/19-20: Yuletide at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood. 5-7pm & 6:30-8:30pm
12/19-21: Light Up the Night Home Tour in Pewee Valley
12/20: Holiday Yard Sale with the Humane Society of Oldham County, 9am-2pm
12/20: The Polar Express Experience at the Sauerbeck Family Drive-in in LaGrange, 6pm
12/20: Family Christmas Bingo at the Arvin Center in LaGrange (Buckner area) with the Oldham County Athletic Booster, doors at 6pm, Bingo at 7pm
12/20: FREE! Christmas Spectacular at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center in Crestwood, 6pm
12/20 & 21: Bad Elf on the Shelf at the Little Colonel Players in Pewee Valley, 2pm
12/22: Kid’s Night Fun with Frosty at Gustavo’s in Crestwood, 5:30-7:30pm
12/23: FREE! Ernie’s Lil’ Engines (Christmas) at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 9:30am-12pm
12/28: FREE! Family Fun-Day! Snowflake Disco Ball at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 3-5pm
12/30: FREE! Ernie’s Lil’ Engines (Noon Year’s Eve) at the LaGrange Railroad Museum, 9:30am-12pm
SAVE THE DATE:
January 1-4: Winter on the Rails at Springs Park in LaGrange, 4-9pm on the 1st-3rd and 1-5pm on the 4th
Do you know of another Holiday Event in or around Oldham County? Let us know so we can add it to our list! Email: nicolle@louisvillefamilyfun.net