Lights & Entertainment Bring Joy to Annapolis Over Holidays

Moments of placing the angel atop the tree or baking the Santa cookies are heartening, because they only come once a year. We yearn the for the variations of ornaments, garlands, and lights inside and outside of homes and in our town squares. Christmas decorating is an art form we can all partake in and appreciate. The high watermark of the season is trekking to and viewing the elaborate and unique decorations only Annapolis can offer. Visiting Annapolis to observe this expression of love for the season is a great family tradition. Here are ways lights, decor, and entertainment are fashioning a mood of merry.

Lights on the Bay – Sandy Point State Park

Drive-through holiday lights show beside the Chesapeake Bay. The event features dozens of animated & still displays. Rates for cars, vans, buses. Benefits AAC SPCA.

Midnight Madness

Select stores in downtown Annapolis will remain open until midnight to allow you to shop until the you drop! Also enjoy live music and holiday entertainment throughout the evening.

Fire and Ice

The Annapolis Towne Centre’s Fire & Ice Festival i on December 7, 2019, from 4-8 pm. Enjoy s’mores over a cozy fire, live music, a light show, on-site vendors, cocktails, shopping, and tasty bites.

Maryland State House by Candlelight 

Dec 6 enjoy the music of the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra Senior Flute Ensemble, the All Children’s Chorus of Annapolis, the Harbor City Music Company, and the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra Jazz Ensemble.

Dec 7 enjoy the performances of the Wiley H. Bates Performing Arts Chorus, the Wye Youth Chorale, the Watkins Mill High School Chamber Singers, and the Baltimore Vocal Jazz Ensemble.

Chocolate Binge Festival

Join other chocolate lovers as Annapolis fills West Street with local chocolate vendors ready to help chocoholics get through the holiday season. On Sunday, December 8th from noon to 5:00 PM on the first blocks of West Street will be the 5th annual Annapolis Chocolate Binge Festival, featuring family-friendly entertainment, chocolate, holiday shopping and the lighting of the West Street Holiday Light Canopy.

Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade

More than 30 brightly lit boats bedecked for the holiday season parade around the Annapolis waterfront and Spa Creek in one of the City’s signature events.

Holiday Candlelight Stroll 

Stroll through Annapolis alongside a colonial guide and learn about holiday traditions. Includes tour inside the historic Hammond Harwood House for additional seasonal spirit.