Where:
Downtown Missoula
Higgins Avenue Missoula, MT
Description:
Holidays on Higgins 2025 is coming up! Join us for a full day of admission-free festivities in Downtown Missoula on Saturday, December 6, 2025, as we kick off the holiday season. Discover all the magic and activities happening throughout the day below.
Don’t miss the evening highlight for Holidays on Higgins between 4:00–7:00 pm, including an official tree lighting, stationary parade, and makers market on North Higgins Avenue from Broadway to the XXXXS. Get ready for four blocks of holiday fun!
Photos with Santa
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Santa at the Missoula Public Library. Enjoy FREE photos with Santa and share your holiday wishes. MUST be in line by no later than 2:15 pm, as Santa has to check on his reindeer at 3 pm sharp! A special thanks to Ace Hardware for helping decorate the space!
FREE Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Thanks to Out West Wagon Rides, you can line up on the corner of East Pine between Higgins Ave. and the Missoula Art Museum and take a free ride. These are first-come, first-served.
Beginning of Holidays on Higgins
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Holidays on Higgins kicks off! Enjoy stationary floats parked on Higgins from Broadway to the XXXXs, a Missoula Makers Collective Market with 30+ vendors, and cozy up to the burn barrels along Higgins. Stop by the Missoula Downtown Foundation tent for free hot chocolate.
Tree Lighting with Santa
6:00 pm
Make your way to the big tree by the XXXXs by 6:00 pm sharp on North Higgins, where Santa Claus himself will ascend a fire truck ladder to magically illuminate the tree and inaugurate the official start to the season in Downtown Missoula!
Holidays on Higgins concludes
7:00 pm.
Keep the party going by shopping and dining local at all the gems that Downtown Missoula has to offer.
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