Peterborough
Christmas time in Greater Sudbury is a time where colorful lights illuminate the streets and the yards of houses in the neighborhood, and the festive events and beauty of the outdoors are a wonderful reminder of the holiday season. Here are some exciting things to do during the Christmas season in the Sudbury area, including parades, markets, music events, and plays.
Sudbury Santa Claus Parade
This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Sudbury Santa Claus Parade. Come out and watch the parade of lights and sounds leading up to our very special guest Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and their reindeer.
Drop by the Santa Watch Party at the TD Parking lot(Dalron Lot at the corner of Durham and Cedar) before the Santa Claus Parade to enjoy a ton of family fun. Event includes Festival Foods, Jumper the Clow(Balloon Animals), Free Wagon Rides, Children Activites and A Maze N Fun Bouncy Inflatables.
Live music by The Chanelle Albert Trio, Stewart Doran and Thea May!
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Santa Watch Party | 2 PM – 5:30 PM
Parade | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Fireworks | 5:15 PM
Santa Watch Party at TD Canada Trust Parking Lot, corner of Durham/Cedar
Parade Route: The Parade begins at the intersection of Notre Dame Ave and St. Anne’s Road and concludes on Notre Dame and Ste Annes. Notre Dame – right on Ste Anne Rd – left on Elgin – left on Cedar – left on Durham – right on Elm – back to Notre Dame.
Fireworks from the Van Horne Hill (by All Nations Church)
Capreol Santa Claus Parade
The Annual Tree Lighting activities will begin at 5pm with the Candle Walk at the Northern Ontario Railway Museum. Attendees will then participate in a Candle Walk to the Cenotaph where Carol Singing will be led by the Capreol Community Choir. The Tree Lighting will follow. Mr & Mrs. Claus will visit with children at the Cenotaph Gazebo and then they will be whisked away to their float in the parade. Immediately following the PARADE & FIREWORKS — join us at the Capreol Arena Hall for hot chocolate, cookies, Tim Bits, popcorn, and treats – all compliments of our Sponsors! There will also be a variety of fun crafts for the kids to enjoy as well as an opportunity for kids to write their “Letters To Santa!”
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Candle Walk | 5 PM
The Tree Lighting | 5:30 PM
Parade | 6:00 PM
Candle Walk: the Candle Walk will start at the Northern Ontario Railway Museum on Bloor Street.
The Tree Lighting: Capreol Cenotaph.
Parade Route: From CR Judd Public School, the Parade will follow Sellwood Street to Dennie Street; at Mazzuca Motors (corner of Dennie & Hanna) the Parade will turn right on Young Street and then left on Kelly Street, up to Meehan Street and end at the Capreol Community Centre/Arena.
Christmas Markets
Sudbury Winter Market
Locally grown and locally made, we’ll be at the South Ridge Mall every Saturday. Details
Saturdays, November 3rd to December 15th | 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Southridge Mall, 1933 Regent Street, Sudbury
Free
Makers North: Handmade Holiday Market
The Handmade Holiday Market celebrates local art, craft, and makers of handmade things and is happening at the McEwen School of Architecture. Known for a highly curated mix of Northern Ontario made clothing, jewelry, artwork, pottery and more; Makers North markets feature talented makers from Northern Ontario. Details
Saturday, November 24 | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday, November 25 | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
McEwen School of Architecture, 73 Elm Street
Sudbury
Entry $3 one day
$5 two days
Children under 14 free
Christmas Craft Show
Start your Christmas shopping at Amberwood Suites’ Christmas Craft Show. Crafts, baked goods, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Sunset Gourmet and more. Details
Saturday, November 17 | 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Amberwood Suites, 1385 Regent Street South, Sudbury
Free
R.L. Beattie Public School Craft Fair
Come and join the annual Christmas Craft Fair at R.L. Beattie Public School on November 17th! There will be amazing vendors, delicious baking, tasty food, penny table, silent auction, and more! Details
Saturday, November 17 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
RL Beattie Public School, 102 Loach’s Rd, Sudbury
$3.00 and children are free.
Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl – Holiday Edition!
Join us for an afternoon of Visual Art and more in Sudbury’s downtown core. Explore the downtown and the many art venues within the City’s Core with the Free Art Crawl. Details
Saturday, November 24 | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Downtown Sudbury
Free
Winter Bazaar & Vendor Show
The Veselka School of Dance presents its Winter Bazaar and Vendor Show. The bazaar will include large holiday bake sale, various vendors in upper and lower halls, kids area, raffles (penny table, 50/50), coffee bar (with our infamous Kozak Coffee) and live performances by the Veselka School of Dance. Details
Saturday, November 24 | 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Ukrainian National Federation 130 Frood Rd. Sudbury
Free
Annual Indigenous Art Sale
Second annual art sale with plenty of exciting items, face painting and story telling. Details
November 24 & 25 | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Laurentian University – Université Laurentienne, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury
Free
St. Charles College Vendor Event
Tons of local vendors, Door Prize, Raffle, Penny Table, Fresh Food and more. ALL Proceeds go back to St. Charles College to support student needs. Details
Saturday, December 1 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
St. Charles College, 1940 Hawthorne Dr, Sudbury
$2.00
Countdown to Christmas
Come Out & Enjoy the Spirit of the Season! There will be vendors and crafters to find those amazing gifts for the special people in your life, as well as a penny table. Get your FREE picture with Santa and create crafts to take home. Granny Cookie will be here selling fresh baked cookies to raise money in support of the Walden Food Bank. Details
Saturday, December 8 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
TM Davies Community Centre / Arena 325 Anderson Drive Sudbury
$2.00 for adults and $1.00 for children 12 and under, or donations of non-perishable items for the Walden Food Bank.
Northern Holiday Shopping Expo
Come on out to shop with 100 amazing local vendors & crafters at the northern holiday shopping expo. Details
Satuday, December 15, 2018 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Sunday, December 16, 2018 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Cambrian College 1400 Barrydowne Road, Sudbury
Free
Markets North Annual Christmas Vendor Event
Sudbury’s #1 Bi-weekly market presents the 3rd Annual Christmas Vendor Shopping Event. First 100 people receive a grab bag, door prize to be won. We will also be drawing the tickets for our Baskets For Babes Christmas Baskets. Details
Sunday, December 16, 2018 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Lexington Hotel, 50 Brady St, Sudbury
Free
Sudbury’s Holiday Shopping Expo
Come finish your Christmas shopping with us!
Door prizes to be won and penny table. Details
Saturday & Sunday December 22nd & 23rd | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
United Steelworkers Hall & Conference Centre, 66 Brady St, Sudbury
Christmas Carols/Holiday Concerts
CP Holiday Train
Holiday Train is about 1,000 feet in length with 14 rail cars decorated with hundreds of thousands of technology-leading LED lights and a modified boxcar that has been turned into a traveling stage for performers.
Performers: Kelly Prescott will join three time Juno award-winner Terri Clark and Sierra Noble.
Friday, November 30, 2018 | 8:50 PM
VIA Train Station, Elgin Street, Sudbury
Free/Donation to foodbank
Holiday Family Matinee & A Classic Noël
All of your holiday favourites in one remarkable concert! The SSO returns to its traditional holiday concert, inviting you to take a magical journey with us as we perform heartwarming holiday favourites. Sudbury’s own Pamela Teed joins us for an unforgettable evening of celebration and good cheer. Warm up your singing voices, as we once again, invite everyone to join in on our holiday sing-along. Details
Saturday, December 1, 2018 | 02:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Fraser Auditorium
935 Ramsey Lake Road , Sudbury
$10 to $44
The Ennis Sisters Christmas Concert
The Ennis Sisters Christmas tour is recognized as one of Canada’s leading Christmas Concerts for large venues. The Ennis Sisters of Newfoundland will bring their stunning five piece Christmas Concert to All Nations Church. Details
Wednesday, December 5th | 7 PM
All Nations Church, St. Raphael Street,, Sudbury
$30.Tickets may be purchased at All Nations Church office on St. Raphael Street, Long & McQuade Music on King Street (formerly Prom Music) and at Dynamic Insurance on Regent Street (beside Eddie’s Restaurant).
A Celtic Christmas
Celebrate the holiday season with a mix of traditional Christmas with music a mix of favourite folk music from Scotland and Ireland. The Nickel City Wind Ensemble is joined by special guest the Lockerby Highlanders Pipe Band and Highland Dancers. This is the one seasonal performance you don’t want to miss. Details
Sunday, December 9, 2018 | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Lockerby Composite School, 391 Ramsey View Court, Sudbury
$10.00 to $12; Children 12 and under : free. Tickets are available by visiting Long & McQuade, Gourmet World, calling 7056262601 or emailing [email protected]
Sultans of String Christmas Caravan
Celebrate the season with an adventurous musical trip around the world! 3x JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String deliver an exuberant performance featuring band originals, world-music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night. From fiery fiddle tunes to a Caribbean sleigh ride, this surprising and delightful holiday fiesta heats up when Sultans of String bring their signature sound to well known gems such as Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, The Huron Carol (with newly-translated Indigenous lyrics), a djembe-driven Little Drummer Boy, a Feliz Navidad ska party, a Turkish twist on Greensleeves, as well as a Gypsy-jazz inspired Django Christmas, and a Rumba Flamenca-fuelled Jingle Bells. Details
Friday, December 14, 2018 | 7:00 PM
Collège Boréal Concert Hall, 21 Lasalle Blvd., Sudbury
$30 to $35
Lunch at Allen’s
Lunch At Allen’s is a musical powerhouse comprising four remarkable Canadian talents: Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas. These three artists have come together adding the incredible voice of Cindy Church (Quartette, Great Western Orchestra) to form Lunch At Allen’s. Attending their stage show is to embark on an intimate musical journey replete with laughter and personal anecdotes, familiar favourites and new material, fashioning an unforgettable evening’s entertainment …from their hearts …to your soul. And, as a nod to the season, there’s sure to be a dash of Christmas spirit mixed in as well. Details
Sunday, December 16, 2018 | 7:30 PM
Fraser Auditorium
935 Ramsey Lake Road , Sudbury
$52.15
Holiday Live Theatre
No Snows for Christmas
Theatre Cambrian is showing No Snows for Christmas, an original Christmas production that has been written by Simon Landry, Hannah Watterson and Blaine Thornton. They not only wrote the heartwarming story of a family and their efforts to come together for Christmas, they put together original choreography, wrote some original music, created a couple of mash-ups of classic Christmas songs and wrote some original harmonies. Details
November 29 – December 9, 2018
Theatre Cambrian, 40 Eyre St.,
Sudbury
$10-$15
CIRQUE MUSICA presents WONDERLAND
CIRQUE MUSICA presents WONDERLAND is a concert and visual experience where the audiences will journey into a world of high-flying adventure with amazing acrobats, aerialists, hilarious hijinks and holiday cheer that is Wonderland. The show blends the spellbinding grace and daredevil athleticism of today’s greatest circus performers with the sensory majesty of a symphony orchestra performing the greatest holiday music of all time. Details
Thursday, November 29, 2018 | 7:00PM
Sudbury Community Arena, 240 Elgin St.
Sudbury
$56 to $96
Plaid Tidings
Francis, Jinx, Smudge and Sparky aren’t sure why they’ve returned to Earth, but a phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know that they’re needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world. Sprinkled among the Christmas standards are audience favourites like their riotous three-minute-and-eleven-second version of The Ed Sullivan Show featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks and The Vienna Boys Choir, as well as a Plaid Caribbean Christmas that puts the “Day-O” in Excelsis! This truly “heaven-sent” holiday treat will lift your spirits with classic music sung in perfect harmony, all tied up in a nifty package with a big Christmas bow on top! Details
Thursday December 6 to Saturday December 22 2018
Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy Street
Sudbury
PWYC to $42
Other Holiday Themed Events
A Christmas Nativity Walk
View our collection of Nativity Crèches from near and far. Details
Thursday, November 15, 2018 | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Friday, November 16, 2018 | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
St. Andrew’s United Church, 111 Larch Street, Sudbury
FREE
KiSS Holiday Film Festival
Enjoy holiday themed movies! Details
December 1, 2018 to January 6, 2019
The Rise of the Guardians: December 14, 15 and 16 & January 4, 5 and 6 | 6:30 PM
Jingle all the Way: December 1, 2, 28, 29 and 30 | 6:30 PM
A Christmas Story: December 7, 8, 9, 21, 22 and 23 | 6:30 PM
Science North, 100 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury
$10
Santa’s Family Fun Day
Join in for a for fun day of activities: Waffle Bar, Professional Selfies With Santa, Grinch Movie, Holiday Vendors, Letter to Santa Activity Table, Colouring Contest, Christmas Carols & Story Time, Gingerbread Cookies and Hot Chocolate. Details
Sunday, December 9, 2018 | 9 AM – 2 PM
Grinch Movie: 10 AM & 12 PM
SANTA until 1:00PM
St. Charles College, 1940 Hawthorne Dr., Sudbury
$3 – $6
Murder Under the Mistletoe
A holiday party with a chilling discovery! You find yourself in the middle of a murder investigation with multiple suspects, no clear motive and each piece of evidence is a puzzle that needs to be cracked. Question, compare and analyze to solve the ultimate science centre whodunit. Discover a different night out. Details
December 7, 2018 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Science North, 100 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury
$60