Events

Dec 02

Decorated trees on display. You can view all of the trees set up by community partners and organizations at the Custer State Park Visitor Center throughout the month of December.

Dec 06

Music, tree lighting, lighted parade, crafts, wagon rides and Santa.

Nov 22

Lights display.

Nov 27

Grand lighting ceremony of nearly 100 decorated trees. 

Nov 24

Seasonal displays, model trains, photos with Santa and entertainment.

Dec 05

Classic Disney characters perform.

Nov 30

Each year, starting the weekend after Thanksgiving through Christmas Day (WEEKENDS ONLY) from 6:00pm--9:00pm, Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park is OPEN for drive-through viewing of 60+ lighted displays. Location from Watertown: North on Hwy 20, then turn South on S. Lake Drive toward Lake Kampeska and the Entrance to city park and Winter Wonderland. Watertown Optimist club members will greet you. Near the end Santa Claus & sometimes Mrs. Claus will "Ho Ho Ho" and hand out candy canes. The experience is free. As you exit the park, you will see a "free-will" donation bucket. Donations are given back to area youth programs by way of grant applications.

Dec 01

Come visit Lead's Winter Wonderland!

The community of Lead lights up for the city-wide holiday lighting contest and everyone is invited to travel the town and see the lights from December 1 through the 31st!

Dec 05

Theatrical musical.

Dec 06

Featuring the inspiring Hallelujah Chorus, Handel's Messiah returns to usher in the holiday season. Join your South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls for this divine masterpiece!