Okay so this is everything going on around Denver this fall and then Christmas, the big stuff like Chatfield Farms and Glow at the Gardens and all the light shows, and the smaller stuff in Golden and Cherry Creek and Littleton, all in one place. Tap anything you want to do and I'll put it on your bucket list for you, and if you want the addresses and the dates and all that, "make my plan" builds it and puts it on your calendar.
Last updated September 28, 2026. Dates come from each event's own page and I recheck them all season, but tap the link and double check before you load up the car.
The ones people drive in from other counties for. Most of them run the whole season, so you don't have to pick a weekend yet.
The city Halloween parties and the trunk or treats and the free stuff. Cities post their 2026 dates late, so anything marked "check the date" gets fixed the second it's announced.
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Most of these post their 2026 dates in the fall, so these show last year's windows. The Parade of Lights is one night only and Blossoms of Light gets busy on weekends, so plan those first.
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
This is the at-home stuff, tap them and they go on your list with the lights and the train.
Tap the lights and the trains and the town stuff you want and pick the Christmas design you like, and I'll hold onto your picks. The Christmas lists are coming soon, and the second they're up your picks drop straight into the slots.
The stuff that doesn't need a date, for the Saturday when nothing's going on.
It's one weekend in mid October at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms in Littleton, listed for October 9 to 11, 2026. Tickets are sold online only.
Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanic Gardens, Zoo Lights at the Denver Zoo, Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms, Hudson Holidays in Littleton, and the free Mile High Tree light shows next to the Christkindlmarket.
The 9NEWS Parade of Lights is usually the first Saturday in December downtown, and it's free. Last year it was December 6.
The seven acre maze at Chatfield Farms in Littleton, or Anderson Farms up in Erie.
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Children's Museum of Denver, and at Christmas you can see Santa for free inside Union Station.
We roadschool six kids out of a van. I'm just a mom with a Ford Transit and a lot of opinions about corn mazes, so if something on here is wrong, or your town's party is missing, email me at hello@bellebucket.com and I'll fix it.
Tap the ones you want and I'll drop them onto whichever fall design you pick, then you add your own stuff (birthdays, carving pumpkins, whatever your family does). It prints big, like 24x36 big, and it hangs on the wall all season.
Your picks go straight into the slots and you finish the rest over there. Nothing's ordered until you say so.
The calendar button works on iPhone and Android and downloads a file for Google Calendar or Outlook. Anything marked "check the date" goes in as an all day reminder so you don't forget to look it up.