Lake County communities are filling the weeks before Christmas with tree lightings, parades, markets and family festivals. Events listed by ClickOrlando begin Nov. 21 and continue through Dec. 20, with celebrations scheduled from Clermont to Mount Dora and Tavares.
Clermont’s season opens with Candy Cane Lane in downtown Clermont at 2 p.m. Nov. 21, followed by the Home for a 90’s Christmas Market at Clermont City Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 29. The city’s Light Up Clermont Street Party is set for Dec. 4 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., with a tree lighting, food trucks, vendors and live music in an 1980s-inspired festival. The Clermont Christmas Parade follows at 10 a.m. Dec. 5, while Southern Hill Farms hosts its Christmas Festival from Dec. 5-20, 1 to 8 p.m., with snow, a fun zone, holiday movies, flower-field access and Santa visits.
Several Lake County cities have paired holiday lightings with family activities. Light Up Eustis takes place Nov. 27 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Ferran Park, offering a tree lighting, live music, a snow slide and food and craft vendors. Fruitland Park’s Hometown Christmas is Dec. 11 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at City Hall, with live music, food trucks, bounce houses, laser tag and photo opportunities. Groveland’s 2nd Friday Block Party and Tree Lighting is also Dec. 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Lake David Park.
Mount Dora’s Light Up Mount Dora begins at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21 downtown, with a tree lighting, entertainment, lights, fireworks and a drone show along the downtown streets, park and waterfront. The lights are scheduled to remain on through Jan. 6. Mount Dora also has a Christmas Walk on Dec. 4, a Christmas Parade at 10 a.m. Dec. 5, a 6:30 p.m. Lighted Boat Parade near Grantham Pointe and the surrounding waterfront, and Christmas at the Market at Renninger’s Mount Dora Flea Market on Dec. 5-6.
Parades are also planned in Lady Lake on Dec. 5; Groveland on Dec. 12; Minneola on Dec. 12; and Eustis on Dec. 19, when its Winter Fest and Parade begins at 5 p.m. at Carver Park. In Minneola, Santa’s Workshop at the Minneola Library is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. after the Moonlight Christmas Parade.
Other dates include Mascotte’s Hometown Holiday Celebration on Dec. 3 and Light Parade on Dec. 5 at the Mascotte Civic Center; the Howey Christmas Festival on Dec. 12 at Griffin Park, featuring a 5K Reindeer Dash, live music, food trucks, bounce houses and a car show; and Leesburg’s Christmas Festival and Parade on Dec. 12 from 1 to 9 p.m. in downtown Leesburg. Tavares closes out the Dec. 5 festivities with its Christmas Celebration and Parade downtown, where Santa is scheduled to arrive by seaplane at Wooton Park at 7 p.m.
