Coastal Bend Holiday Event Calendar
- Urbend
- Dec 1
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 2
ROCKPORT-FULTON
Tropical Christmas Festival
Date: 12/05 & 12/06
Time: 7:00 PM & 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Rockport Beach, 319 S Broadway St
Santa sighting, night parade, tree lighting, fireworks, vendors, live music
Christmas by the Bay
Date: 12/11
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Fulton Harbor, 402 Fulton Beach Rd
Santa sighting, food, entertainment
2025 Christmas Boat Parade
Date: 12/13
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Rockport Harbor, 911 Navigation Cir
Prizes awarded for best-decorated sailboat & powerboat
ARANSAS PASS
Illuminated Saltwater Christmas Parade
Date: 12/04
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Commercial St | From Magnolia to Wheeler
Trophies awarded for "most lights," "best holiday theme," and "most creative."
PORT ARANSAS
The Winter Wonderettes Musical
Date: 12/4 - 12/20
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Highway 361
Live theater
Holiday Shop Around
Date: 12/12 - 12/14
Location: Port Aransas
Shopping event at twenty participating businesses
Lighted Boat Parade & Holiday Drone Show
Date: 12/13
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Port Aransas Fisherman's Wharf, 900 Tarpon St
Santa sighting, boat parade, drone show, live music, beverages, & more
PORTLAND
Christmas on the Coast
Date: 12/06
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Portland Community Center, 2000 Billy G Webb Dr
Tree lighting & opening of ice skating rink
Parade of Lights
Date: 12/08
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Central Portland
Santa sighting & parade
Breakfast with Santa
Date: 12/13
Time: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM
Location: Portland Community Center, 2000 Billy G Webb Dr
Santa sighting, two sessions, pancake breakfast, christmas crafts
Illuminated Tinsel Trot
Date: 12/13
Time: 6:15 PM
Location: 5th & Elm
Tickets available online, kids fun run at 6:15 PM & 5k at 6:30 PM
Pooch-A-Palooza
Date: 12/20
Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Kaiah Dog Park, 1001 Moore Ave
Santa sighting for pets, pet event, photo ops, pet donations encouraged
CORPUS CHRISTI
A Christmas Carol
Date: 11/21 - 12/21
Time: 2:30 PM or 7:30 PM
Location: Harbor Playhouse, 1802 N Chaparral St
Live theater
Elf, The Musical
Date: 11/21 - 12/27
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Aurora Arts Theatre, 5635 Everhart Rd, suite B
Live theater
Holiday's on the Harbor
Date: 12/06
Time: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downtown Corpus Christi
Tree lighting, vendors, food trucks, boat parade
Abuelita's Christmas Carol
Date: 12/20
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Aurora Arts Theatre, 5635 Everhart Rd, suite B
Liver theater
