Winter Wonderlights – one of the top free choreographed holiday light shows in the state – is underway at Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra, running nightly through Jan. 1, 2025. Mark your calendar for the final signature LIVE Nights on Dec. 13 and 14 that include live entertainment, themed activities, live reindeer, ice carving, visits with Santa Claus, the new Cocoa Cabana and a festive new holiday market featuring goods from small, local businesses.
Located directly behind the event’s main stage, the holiday market will feature approximately 20 makers selling Colorado-crafted goods on Dec. 13 and 14. You’ll find everything from handmade jewelry, intricate woodwork, metal designs, exquisite pottery and custom tumblers to locally produced clothing and accessories to bath and body products and scented candles to handmade candies and gifts for book lovers. In addition, look for family-friendly interactive crafts and event keepsakes as you stroll among the vendor booths.
Make sure to pick up Colorado Candy Company’s limited-edition light-up cotton candy – made using the company’s own special recipe – and renowned ribbon candies, old-fashioned strips of spun sugar made by hand. Founded in 2015, this Fort Collins-based sweet-maker uses an antique ribbon candy crimper to shape their hand-spun ribbon candy, which is made from natural flavors. The strips of sugar are spun so thin they melt in your mouth. These sweet treats are available for a limited time and only sold on-site during Loveland’s Winter Wonderlights Live Nights (Dec. 13 and 14) and at Colorado Candy Company’s Fort Collins location.
You can also purchase Loveland’s annual Collectible Ornament at the market. Each year, the Loveland Winter Holiday Council partners with a local artist to produce a limited-edition collection of holiday ornaments. This year’s ornament, “Five Goldens Ringing” by Jim Hingten ($30) features a family of golden retriever dogs ringing bells. Each ornament is one-of-a-kind, numbered, and includes the artist’s bio and the meaning behind the design. It will be sold at this year’s holiday market, as well as at the Loveland Visitors Center (5400 Stone Creek Circle, Loveland).
The holiday market at Winter Wonderlights also includes food and drink vendors, offering tempting bites, snacks and sweet treats.
Visit the Winter Wonderlights holiday market on LIVE Nights, Dec. 13 and 14, from 4:30 – 9 p.m.
