Festival of Trees at the Bedford Area Welcome Center is an annual event that takes place around the end of November through the first week of January. “A Storybook Christmas” is the theme for this year. The event will feature trees that are decorated by local businesses and organizations. Visitors are encouraged to come by...

Come see the annual train exhibit! You will see a layout of Bedford including local businesses and public buildings.  $5 admission for adults, kids are free. 

Stop by the Bower Center for the Arts to see the current exhibits! The featured exhibits at this time are: Adam Sensel: Bardo, Bedford and Beyond, See ME!, and Winter Gifts 2021. Gallery admission is free. *Winter Gifts 2021 ends on December 23rd. 

Celebrate Christmas at EastLake Community Church! There will be food and craft vendors, pictures with Santa, cookie decorating, a petting zoo, carriage rides, strolling carolers, and a live dramatic nativity every evening from December 17 to 19. This event is free and open to the public.

Tour Mr. Jefferson’s cherished hideaway decorated for the holidays on these hour-long tours. Step into Christmas past and experience the villa by candlelight while your guide shares true stories gathered from Jefferson’s letters and diaries, about the ways the Jefferson family and their enslaved workers spent the holidays. Find out what foods they may have...

Come see a live reenactment of the night Jesus was born! There will be a live Manger scene in the old Bethlehem barn/museum then a wagon ride to Jerusalem with lights and carolers on the way stopping here or there along the trail to hear the story of Jesus birth. There will be food and beverages...