Okay so this is everything going on around Athens this fall and then Christmas, the big stuff like Washington Farms and Winter WonderLights and the smaller stuff in Watkinsville, 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.
The cities post these in early November. Check back.
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Athens posts its Christmas dates in November, so these show last year's windows. WonderLights runs on select nights and the Parade of Lights is one night only, 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 usually runs on select nights from late November through December 30 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Last year tickets were about $15 and kids 3 and under were free.
Washington Farms in Bogart, with pick your own pumpkins, a corn maze, pig races and a big slide. The patch is free to walk into, and the activity tickets are sold online only.
The Downtown Athens Parade of Lights is usually a Thursday night in early December. Last year it was December 4.
Bear Hollow Zoo, the State Botanical Garden during the day, the Georgia Museum of Art and the Parade of Lights.
The Georgia Museum of Art on campus is free and inside.
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.