2 South Bond Street.
Enjoy local shopping, festive bites, seasonal drinks and time spent with your favorite artisans, neighbors, friends and family. Celebrate the season in the heart of Bel Air and soak up the holiday magic. Noon to 6 pm.
Get into the Christmas spirit with a trip through the magical and unique train garden designed especially for Bel Air! The garden features a lighted Christmas train, ice skaters, and plenty of town and countryside scenes that are sure to delight people of every age! Admission is free. The train garden will be open starting the Friday after Thanksgiving during the following hours:
November 27 @ 5-8 p.m.
November 28 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 4 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 5 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 6 @ 1-7 p.m. – Special Sunday hours on the day of the Bel Air Christmas Parade!
December 11 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 12 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 18 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 19 @ 2-8 p.m.
Special thanks to volunteer and town resident, Joe Bragg, and his team of volunteers for bringing this amazing display to life for our community.
Bel Air Armory, 37 N. Main Street.
Visit the Winter Wonderland Craft Fair featuring dozens of artisans who will have unique gift items for everyone on your list. 3 to 8 pm.
Spirit of Christmas Merrymaking
November 27 – December 19
The Historical Society’s annual Christmas Merrymaking event continues! Participants will enjoy Christmas stories of days gone by, and much more! Dates begin Friday, November 27 and run every Friday and Saturday until December 19. Merrymaking begins at 7:00 PM and lasts until 8:45 PM. Tickets are limited. Participants meet at the Hays House museum at 324 Kenmore Avenue in downtown Bel Air and explore the stories of Christmas past.
Tickets are non-refundable unless canceled by the Historical Society.
Registration $20 per person.
The SSO’s 50th Season holiday concert features one of our most-requested pieces: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite in Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up arrangement! Brian Folus conducts his enjoyable “Taste of Chanukah” and there will be audience participation in Maestro Bair’s “Twelve Days of Christmas” and a new sing-along, plus the usual SSO hijinks!
11 am: shortened family concert
doors open at 10:15 am
Emceed by Whitney McConkey and her daughter Lucy
7 pm: evening concert
doors open at 6 pm
Both concerts will feature lots of bustling activity in the lobby: Concessions from Coffee Coffee
Tables with local artists, authors, and artisans
This is a great way to shop local/shop small for holiday gifts and meet creative folks in our local community! (Items are for all budgets from $5 to $100.)
Tickets:
Presale for SSO 50 Members through Friday, October 23 at 10 am
General sale begins Friday, October 23
Visit website for tickets!
A Bel Air Holiday Tradition
For generations, families throughout Harford County have kicked off the Christmas season with a visit to the Bel Air Lions Club Christmas Tree Lot — our biggest fundraiser of the year! Every tree purchased helps fund the Lions Club’s programs right here in our community, supporting vision care, youth initiatives, local nonprofits, and much more.
Each year, we sell approximately 1,000 premium-quality trees, helping families bring the scent and spirit of the holidays home while supporting a great cause.
A Big Thank You!
A big thank you to the high school students, the Bel Air Explorers, the scouts and other volunteers for coming out to help unload the trucks bring the Christmas Trees to Bel Air!
Rise of Christmas Traditions
December 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm at the Hays House Museum
The Hays House is decked out with beautiful seasonal decorations. But where did these traditions start? The Christmas tree! Decorations, gift-giving, caroling! You may be surprised at the answers.
This event is free to attend. Donations are always encouraged!
Special Sunday hours during the day of the Bel Air Christmas Parade! Get into the Christmas spirit with a trip through the magical and unique train garden designed especially for Bel Air! The garden features a lighted Christmas train, ice skaters, and plenty of town and countryside scenes that are sure to delight people of every age! Admission is free. The train garden will be open starting the Friday after Thanksgiving during the following hours:
November 27 @ 5-8 p.m.
November 28 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 4 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 5 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 6 @ 1-7 p.m. – Special Sunday hours on the day of the Bel Air Christmas Parade!
December 11 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 12 @ 2-8 p.m.
December 18 @ 5-8 p.m.
December 19 @ 2-8 p.m.
Special thanks to volunteer and town resident, Joe Bragg, and his team of volunteers for bringing this amazing display to life for our community.