Making Holiday Memories in Mineral Wells Starts This Weekend **VENUE UPDATE**
This story was updated on Friday November 25….Weather has forced the festival to move inside the Crazy Water Hotel and push back the start time from 10am until 11am. Check Merry Wells Facebook for complete details.
If you’re still feeling a little Scroogish and not quite in the swing of the Holiday Season, this weekend Mineral Wells is the place to find your jolly spirit.
Merry Wells kicks off this Saturday, November 26 at 11am in its new downtown location and runs until 9pm. A day of scheduled performances, a vendor fair, downtown shopping, ice skating, Santa Visits and so much more festive stuff will get your bells jingling.
The festival will be located along NE 1st Avenue as well as parts of NE & NW 1st Street and part of NE 2nd Street.
Event organizer Jacy Roach says the new location is super exciting for the festival.
“We have the most vendors we have had since Merry Wells has started and the parade has over 40 floats,” said Roach.
“Santa will be at the gazebo after the parade. Palo Pinto County 4H Shooting Sports Club has paid parking spots behind the Woodman of the World building. We are excited and hope the rain stops by Saturday morning,”
The forecast is calling for 10% chance of rain at parade time. The high will be in the lower 50’s.
Entertainment Line-Up
Scheduled performers will take the stage in front of the Women’s Club for afternoon entertainment.
- 12:15pm The Beat Dance Factory
- 1:15pm Mineral Wells Drill Team
- 1:45pm Travis Cadets
- 2:15pm Chase Jordan
- 2:45 Zee’s Tae Kwon Do
- 3:15 Lamar Elementary
Lighted Christmas Parade
One of the biggest highlights of Merry Wells is the lighted Christmas Parade. It begins winding its way through downtown Saturday at 6pm. You don’t want to miss the best parade of the year!
This year the theme for the parade is Christmas at the Movies. Grab your kids, mittens and some hot chocolate and find a spot along the route to view the light up parade. And if by chance you can’t make it there in person, be sure to Follow MWAN on Facebook to watch the parade LIVE.
Ice Skating
Mineral Wells on Ice Opens their ice skating rink in Poston’s Square at 12pm on Saturday. Tickets start at $10 and can only be purchased online. For complete details or ticket link, view our story about Ice Skating Here. The rink is limited to 100 participants at a time.
Driving Tour of Lights
Holiday event organizers are finalizing their list of decorated homes participating in this year’s driving tour. If are already in the spirit and have your house lit up for the holidays, and want to be on the driving tour list, please Register Here. The deadline is November 30.
