Autumn Leaf FestivalLeavenworth
September 26 and 27, parade on Saturday
Leavenworth's oldest festival, with a big parade on Saturday full of floats and Bavarian bands.
Fall in Leavenworth and Wenatchee3 things
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.
Oktoberfest in LeavenworthLeavenworth
October 2 and 3, 9 and 10, 16 and 17
Three weekends of Bavarian music and dancing downtown, and the town is fun to walk even if you skip the beer garden.
Smallwood's HarvestPeshastin
October is their big month · check the date
A pumpkin patch, the Moo-moo train, a petting zoo and Honeycrisp apples, just down the road from Leavenworth.
The little stuff, by town0 things
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.
For the rest of your list
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Christmas in Leavenworth and Wenatchee3 things
The Village of Lights already has its 2026 start date. The reindeer farm books up months ahead for December, and parking downtown fills fast on lighting weekends.
Village of Lights ChristmastownLeavenworth
lights on 6am to 11pm daily from November 27
Over half a million lights on the whole Bavarian town, plus a gingerbread house show, letters to Santa and cocoa in the Festhalle.
Christmas Lighting FestivalLeavenworth
weekends in December until Christmas · check the date
St. Nicholas hands out gold pears to the kids, and then everyone counts down and the whole town lights up.
Leavenworth Reindeer FarmLeavenworth
tours all season, book months ahead for December · check the date
You feed the reindeer by hand and hold their giant antlers, and at Christmas Santa is there too.
Town Christmas stuff
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
The cities post these in early November. Check back.
For the rest of your Christmas list
This is the at-home stuff, tap them and they go on your list with the lights and the train.
put it on the wall
Turn your Christmas picks into a real bucket list
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.
Good any weekend0 things
The stuff that doesn't need a date, for the Saturday when nothing's going on.
Leavenworth and Wenatchee fall and Christmas questions
When do the Leavenworth Christmas lights turn on in 2026?
The Village of Lights starts November 27, 2026, and the lights are on 6am to 11pm every day. It's free.
When is Oktoberfest in Leavenworth in 2026?
October 2 and 3, 9 and 10, and 16 and 17, 2026.
When is the Christmas Lighting Festival?
Weekends in December until Christmas, with the big countdown and the whole town lighting up.
who's writing this
Hi, I'm Amy.
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.
put it on the wall
Turn your picks into a real bucket list
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.