Light Up Elkin & Holiday Market

Every year, the friendly town of Elkin celebrates the start of the holiday season by LIGHTING UP Main Street the first Friday in December. And this year, those Light Up Elkin festivities have expanded to include the entire weekend of Dec. 6-8.

The traditional light up ceremony is set for Friday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. and the festivities continue throughout the night. They include puppet shows, kids train rides, dance performances and the Foothills Holiday Market at Chatham Mill.

On Saturday, the Foothills Holiday Market at Chatham Mill runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus breakfasts with Santa at the Reeves Theater take place at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The Elkin Farmers Market is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day in the downtown area.

Sunday, the annual Elkin Christmas parade rolls down Main Street at 3 p.m.