Official City of Harlem Parade Route
2024 Christmas in Harlem Festival
- The Harlem Museum and Welcome Center, the Home of the Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, GA, and local businesses will remain open for normally advertised hours.
- We will be showing the comedy, "Elf," immediately after the Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Further Information
The 2024 Christmas in Harlem Festival has been wrapped up for a wonderful event! Planning will not begin for the 2025 festival until about mid-October.
We will not accept applications for vendors, food, or the parade until after the Oliver Hardy Festival has ended. You can find the application on the city website at the link below. You can also find the applications just below on this website or you can come by the museum for a hard copy. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Meghan Foster (mfoster@harlemga.org) at the museum at (706) 556-0401.
Christmas in Harlem 2024 Sponsors
Date and Time of Events
Christmas in Harlem Festival
- The Christmas Festival for 2024 will be held on Saturday December 14th from 11 am until roughly 10 pm when the holiday movie ends.
- Vendors will be selling their wares from 11 am until 5 pm (there is a kids' area!)
- The Twilight Parade will start at 6 pm.
- The Tree Lighting Ceremony will be around 6:30 pm (or whenever the parade ends).
- A holiday movie will follow after the Tree Lighting Ceremony has ended.
More Fun Info:
There might be Disney Princesses or holiday characters walking around, so keep an eye out!