Join community members and the Apex Town Council as the tree is lit for the very first time on Town Hall Campus! Southbound Santa and Mrs. Claus will join in on the fun for attendees to grab the season’s first photos.
This year’s event features:
- Entertainers like Poetry Fox and Cirque de Vol
- Craft stations to make reindeer food and write your letter to Santa
- Holiday vendors from the Apex Farmers Market
- Food vendors such as Arepa Culture, Cream and Sugar, Little Blue Bakehouse, and Mac Daddy’s Food Truck.
Schedule of Events
- 4:30 pm: Middle School bands performance
- 5:00 pm: Apex High School Dance Program performance
- 5:25 pm: Apex Friendship Elementary Chorus performance
- 5:45 pm: Academy for the Performing Arts Show Choir performance
- 6:10 pm: UNC’s The Tarpeggios performance
- 6:30 pm: Tree Lighting with Apex Town Council members
Know Before You Go:
- View the downtown parking map for walkable parking locations.
- The lighting of the tree is a rain or shine event; however, youth performances may be cancelled due to inclement weather. In case of poor weather conditions, photos with Southbound Santa and Mrs. Claus will move indoors.
- GoApex Route 1 will operate on normal schedule during this event.
- Town staff may be on site during the festival taking photos/video of festival events and attendees.