Utah Valley Living: Places to go, things to do (Dec. 20-31)
Ashley Stilson, Daily Herald file photo
Santa Claus poses with a little girl during the Winter Lights Parade in downtown Spanish Fork on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week:
CENTRAL
Provo
Dec. 20
Utah Metropolitan Ballet Nutcracker, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (covey.provo.gov)
Holiday 2025 Beehive Bazaar Handmade Art and Craft Fair, The Beehive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (beehivebazaar.com)
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-22, covey.provo.gov)
CLAS Ropes Course Christmas Cruise 2025, CLAS Ropes Course, 5:15-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, clasropes.com)
Healer Live Nativity and Christmas Market, Aptive, 6-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, thehealernativity.org)
Them Also I Must Bring- Brandon Gonzales, The Compass Gallery, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, thecompassgallery.com)
Alternativity Exhibit – Group Show, The Compass Gallery, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, thecompassgallery.com)
God’s Grace 2025, JKR Gallery, 4-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, jkr-gallery.myshopify.com)
The Noun Show, Provo Library at Academy Square, 3:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 2, provolibrary.gov)
Jingle Bells Bubble Rave, Arlington Hall, 5-7 p.m. (jinglerave.com)
2025-26 Provo Winter Farmers Market, Provo Towne Centre Mall,, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (provotownecentre.com)
Brunch with Santa, Sundance Resort, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)
Ugly Sweater Party, Sundance Resort, noon-1 a.m. (sundanceresort.com)
2025 All-Star Christmas Special, Velour, 7:30 p.m. (24tix.com)
Dec. 21
Return to Light: A Winter Solstice Ritual, Sundance Resort, 6-7:30 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)
Church Christmas Social, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 12:15 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)
Dec. 22
A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 22-23, covey.provo.gov)
Dec. 23
Snowcat Meet n’ Greet, Sundance Resort, TBA (sundanceresort.com)
Dec. 24
Christmas Eve Candlelight Family Service, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 7 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)
Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 7 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)
Dec. 25
Christmas Day Brunch, Sundance Resort, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)
Dec. 26
Friday Fusion, Arlington Hall, 8:30 p.m. (arlingtonhalls.com)
Night Owling, Sundance Resort, 6:30 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)
Dec. 29
Johnson Files Christmas Show, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 29-30, covey.provo.gov)
Dec. 30
Snowcat Meet n’ Greet, Sundance Resort, TBA (sundanceresort.com)
Dec. 31
Owl Bar New Year’s Eve Party, Sundance Resort, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (sundanceresort.com)
Provo’s New Years Through the Decades Countdown, Provo Recreation Center, 7 p.m. (provo.gov)
Orem
Dec. 20
The Best Christmas Pagent Ever: The Musical, SCERA Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (scera.org)
Hearth and Home: Domestic Depictions From the Permanent Collection, UVU Museum of Art at Lakemount, 1-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 17, uvu.edu/museum)
Antra Sinha: Shimmering Sunlight, UVU Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 24, uvu.edu/museum)
2025 Christmas Lights in The Orchard, University Place Orem, 5-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, universityplaceorem.com)
Dec. 23
The Forgotten Carols 2025 Tour, Mountain View High School, 3:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. (forgottencarols.com)
Santa and Friends, University Place Orem, 5 p.m. (universityplaceorem.com)
Dec. 31
Open Studio in the Art Haus, UVU Museum of Art, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (uvu.edu/museum)
Lindon
Dec. 22
Pioneer Home Christmas, Harris Pioneer Home, 6-8 p.m. (lindonrecreation.org)
SOUTH
Springville
Dec. 20
Enduring Beauty: John Hafen and the Power of Art, Springville Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20 into 2026, smofa.org)
Annual Youth Art Competition – Opening Reception, Springville Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 7, smofa.org)
Dec. 22
Mindful Mondays at the Museum, Springville Museum of Art, 6-8 p.m. (smofa.org)
Dec. 29
Mindful Mondays at the Museum, Springville Museum of Art, 6-8 p.m. (smofa.org)
Spanish Fork
Dec. 20
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Reimagined, Angelus Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-22, angelustheatre.com)
A Krampus Karol 2025, Angelus Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, angelustheatre.com)
Red Nose Ranch, Gordon’s Family Farm, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, gordonfamilyfarms.com)
Spanish Fork Festival of Lights, Canyon View Park, 6-10 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, sfcitytix.com)
Handel’s Messiah Benefit Concert, Maple Mountain High School, 7:30 p.m. (nhco.events)
Laughing All The Way: Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork High School, 7 p.m. (events.latterdaily.com)
Dec. 22
Handel’s Messiah Benefit Concert, Maple Mountain High School, 7:30 p.m. (nhco.events)
Salem
Dec. 20
Christmas Story Murals Display, 70 W. Salem Canal Road, 5-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, Salemutah.gov)
Pond Town Christmas, Salem City Pond, 5:30-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, salemutah.gov)
Payson
Dec. 20
Winter Solstice Concert, Center of the Universe Cafe, 7 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 21
Sunday Open Mic in Payson, Center of the Universe Cafe, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 23
Weekly Craft Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6-8 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 24
Live Local Music Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 28
Sunday Open Mic in Payson, Center of the Universe Cafe, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 30
Weekly Craft Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6-8 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
Dec. 31
Live Local Music Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6 p.m. (cotucafe.com)
NORTH
Pleasant Grove
Dec. 20
A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Liahona Theater for the Community, 7:30 p.m. (alpinecommunitytheater.org)
A Christmas Carol 2025, The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, theruth.org)
Deck the Dome – Holiday Laser Show, Christa McAuliffe Space Cente, 5:20-8:45 p.m. (Dec. 20-31, spacecenterutah.org)
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, theruth.org)
Dec. 23
Tuesday Trucks and Trivia Night, Grove Station, 6-8 p.m. (grovestationpg.com)
Dec. 30
Tuesday Trucks and Trivia Night, Grove Station, 6-8 p.m. (grovestationpg.com)
Lehi
Dec. 20
She Loves Me, Lehi Arts Council, 7:30 p.m. (lehiarts.org)
Luminaria, Thanksgiving Point, 4 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 10, thanksgivingpoint.org)
Mistletoe and Miracles Christmas Concert, Skyridge Theatre Auditorium, 7 p.m. (buyyourtix.com)
Breakfast with Santa, Thanksgiving Point, 9 a.m. (thanksgivingpoint.org)
Happy Hula Days, Thanksgiving Point, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (thanksgivingpoint.org)
Cedar Hills
Dec. 22
Meet the Mayor, City Hall, 10-11 a.m. (cedarhills.org)
Dec. 29
Meet the Mayor, City Hall, 10-11 a.m. (cedarhills.org)
American Fork
Dec. 20
Rug Tufting Workshop, The Rug Room, 6-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20 into 2026, therugroomutah.com)
Christmas in the Rotunda, American Fork Library, all day (Dec. 20-31, americanforkarts.com)
Christmas in Color, Art Dye Park, 5:30-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, americanfork.gov)
WEST
Eagle Mountain
Dec. 31
Noon Year’s Eve Party, City Hall, 11 a.m.-noon (eaglemountain.gov)
Nearby
Salt Lake City
Dec. 20
2025 ZooLights, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, 5:30-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 4, hoglezoo.org)
A Kurt Bestor Christmas – 2025, Eccles Theater, 7:30 p.m. (live-at-the-eccles.com)
Heber Valley
Dec. 20
North Pole Express Christmas Train, Heber Valley Railroad, 5 p.m./7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-30, hebertrain.com)
Holiday Lights Wagon Rides, Wasatch Mountain State Park, 5:30-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-31, rockymountainoutfitters.com)
Know of an event that should be listed? Let us know by emailing jlloyd@heraldextra.com.


