November 25 – January 8:
The 19th Annual Riverside Festival of Lights!
Experience Main Street Riverside with the most dazzling holiday spectacle south of the North
Pole. It all begins this Friday, November 25, with festive activities beginning at noon and the
 Switch-On Ceremony at 5:15 p.m. Learn more…



November 23 – 27:
RCRMC’s Festival of Trees
Enjoy this special holiday tradition at the Riverside Convention Center from November 23 – 27
to benefit Riverside County Regional Medical Center’s Pediatric Unit. Learn more…



Saturday: CRB’s Nutcracker Tea
G. W. Bailey returns to narrate the timeless, holiday family classic, The Nutcracker,
at the California Riverside Ballet’s annual Nutcracker Tea on Saturday,
November 26, at 1 p.m. Learn more…



Sunday: Charles Phoenix's Retro Holiday Slideshow
Join us at the Galleria at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa on Sunday, November 27, at 7 p.m., for
Charles Phoenix’s Retro Holiday Slideshow; a live comedy performance celebrating how Americans
decorated, dressed up, dined, and drank during the holidays in the 50s and 60s. Learn more…



Shop Small on November 26:
Small Business Saturday
Pledge to Shop Small on November 26, supporting our local economy. If
millions of Americans shop small, it will be huge. Learn more…



Coming soon: Benefit performance by
Paul Rodriguez and special guest Los Lobos
On Saturday, December 3, at 8 p.m., actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez with Grammy
Award-winning Los Lobos will perform at the Fox Performing Arts Center. The concert will benefit
fundraising efforts for the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial in downtown Riverside.  Ticket information…