{"id":3113,"date":"2015-11-24T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2015-11-24T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:06:12","slug":"downtown-yakima-winter-wonderland-events-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/downtown-yakima-winter-wonderland-events-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Yakima Winter Wonderland Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima.<\/p>\n

On Friday, November 27th Yakima’s Community Christmas Tree will serve as the centerpiece during a free Light Up the Plaza celebration at Millennium Plaza. The event will start at 6:00 pm with a musical performance by Tim Snider (6:00 pm \u2013 6:40 pm). At 6:40 pm, Santa will help Yakima\u2019s Community Christmas Tree spring to life during a special lighting ceremony. Free photos with Santa will also be available inside Ron’s Coin and Collectibles (6th N. 3rd Street) from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Joseph, a band consisting of three sisters, will then take the stage and entertain the crowd until 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, December 3rd, Yakima Valley Tourism will hold its 26th Annual Holiday Reception & Silent Auction from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Yakima Convention Center.<\/p>\n

Friday, December 4th will feature multiple First Friday activities at a variety of Downtown Yakima businesses and performances by Olate Dogs at the Capitol Theatre at 7:00 pm and Polyrhythmics at the Seasons Performance Hall at 7:30 pm. On Saturday, December 5th, Seattle Rock Opera presents: Led Zeppelin will take to the Seasons stage at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n

The activities on Sunday, December 6th begin with the Yakima Symphony Chorus performing traditional Christmas favorites during its Christmas Pops Spectacular starting at 4:00 pm at the Capitol Theatre. At 6:00 pm, the 16th Annual Holiday Lighted Parade will fill Yakima Avenue from 6th Avenue to 3rd Street. The parade will be led by runners and walkers participating in Dasher\u2019s Dash, a 1-mile race\/walk sponsored by the Yakima Roteract Club. Dasher\u2019s Dash will follow the parade route from 6th Avenue to 3rd Street. The cost is $15.00 per person. Registration can be taken care of ahead of time online at facebook.com\/yakimarotoract or before the race at the Salvation Army beginning at 5:00 pm. <\/p>\n

The Orion Cinema will feature A Christmas Story as its Tuesday, December 8th Classic Movie Night offering (all shows currently sold out). The Seasons Performance Hall will welcome Cataldo & the Marshall McLean Band on Friday, December 11th beginning at 8:00 pm.<\/p>\n

Free horse drawn carriage rides will be available on December 11th and 18th from
\n5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on December 5th, 12th, and 19th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm and will board at both the Millennium Plaza and the Train Depot on North Front Street. <\/p>\n

Second Saturday (Saturday, December 12th) will see the second opportunity for free pictures with Santa at Ron\u2019s Coin and Collectibles from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm and the Eugene Ballet Company performing The Nutcracker at the Capitol Theatre at both 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. <\/p>\n

The busy season in Downtown Yakima will also include the Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra\u2019s winter concert at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, December 13th at 3:00 pm and A Holiday Cabaret with Charlie and Al at the 4th Street Theatre on Tuesday, December 22nd at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n

A complete list of Downtown Yakima holiday festivities can be found on the Downtown Yakima website at www.downtownyakima.com.
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The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima. On Friday, November 27th Yakima’s Community Christmas Tree will serve as the centerpiece during a free Light Up the Plaza celebration at Millennium Plaza. The event will start at 6:00 pm with a musical performance by Tim Snider (6:00 pm \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3115,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/3115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}