Holiday Lights & Boat Parades in Palm Beach

A waterfront holiday evening in Jupiter with school and dance-group performances, a holiday market and the amphitheater tree lighting, closing with an electric violinist.

A Thanksgiving-weekend Holiday Hoedown at the Abacoa Amphitheater in Downtown Abacoa. Full program details haven't been posted yet. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

Friends of Jupiter Beach marks its 32nd anniversary with local vendors, photos with Santa on the beach, a self-guided cleanup and dog-friendly holiday fun.

The Town's annual tree lighting moves to the new Town Green this year, with performances by local schools, music, a countdown to the lighting, food vendors and a giveaway. Please leave pets at home. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

An outdoor real-ice skating rink with a holiday market and tree forest on the waterfront.

CityPlace opens its holiday season with a Nutcracker preview by Ballet Palm Beach, The Sensational A Cappella Group, Richie Nuzz, Santa's Workshop, and the first snowfall and Wishing Tree lighting at 6:30 PM, with more shows at 7:30 and 8:30. RSVP through CityPlace. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

Real snowfall over CityPlace every evening through the end of the year.

The holiday-concert favorite returns to Dreyfoos Hall.

More than 500 handcrafted silk lanterns light up Mounts' tropical gardens on select nights through the holidays. Free on-site parking.

The zoo's after-hours holiday walk, reimagined this year in three lit sections (a traditional holiday area, a polar projection dreamscape and a bioluminescent pathway), with Santa and free crafts. Some nights are 21+.

Holiday music showcase presented by Lopez Music Lab, with three shows.

Before the drive-thru opens, Lights 4 Hope hosts two walk-around family nights with bounce houses, music and a synchronized light display, plus hayrides, food trucks and vendors. Cars cannot drive the route these nights. Enter at the park's west entrance on Eshleman Trail. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

A volunteer-run, two-mile drive-thru of dancing lights, talking props and music-synced displays at the back of Okeeheelee Park, benefiting local families with seriously ill children. Fridays and Saturdays 6–10 PM, other nights 6–9 PM, weather permitting; Dec 27 opens with a bikes-only night. Enter at the west entrance on Eshleman Trail. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

Saxophonist Dave Koz brings his holiday tour to Dreyfoos Hall with Jonathan Butler, Haley Reinhart, Dylan Chambers and Erin Stevenson.

West Palm Beach lights Sandi, its famous sand Christmas tree, with Phoenix5 live, photos with Santa and a holiday gift boutique. Nightly light shows follow through Dec. 30.

Designer and performer Isaac Mizrahi’s holiday music extravaganza with a six-piece jazz band, spanning Noël Coward to contemporary songs.

General Hospital’s Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson ring in the season with holiday songs, comedy and audience participation; VIP meet-and-greet options.

Wellington celebrates holiday traditions across cultures with food trucks, market vendors, holiday activities, a Santa visit and the tree lighting at 6:30 PM. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Hometown Holiday Toy Drive. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.

A free family afternoon in west Delray with Santa visits, crafts, a trackless train, face painting and cookie decorating, ending with the tree lighting at dusk.

Santa lights Delray's iconic 100-foot tree, with Santa's Holiday Village, carolers, vendors and a silent disco along a car-free Atlantic Avenue.

Santa arrives and the tree is lit in the courtyard between Tap42 and Rocco's Tacos, with a holiday DJ, LED dancing robots, cookie decorating and crafts. Santa photos are by donation to the Boca Raton Toy Drive.

The city's free holiday kickoff: the mayor lights the tree at 7:30 PM along with 50,000 LED lights on Mizner Park's palms, plus live bands (The Holidazed, Sekond Nature, Jam-X), a holiday market, crafts and Santa photos.

The Symphonia Boca Raton, led by John Gennaro Devlin, joins the FAU Chamber Singers and Schola Cantorum of Florida for holiday classics. New this year, a pre-show POPS Pop-Up for kids with Nutcracker characters, cookie decorating and glitter tattoos. Confirm details with the organizer before you go.