Siouxland Families

It felt like Christmas in July when I opened my email to a press release from the Oak View Group (they run the Sioux City Orpheum and Tyson Events Center) announcing that the spectacular Motown Christmas tour will be coming to the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre on November 10th, 2024! graphic courtesy of Oak View Group A Motown Christmas stars The Motortown All Stars which will include performers from three legendary Motown bands: The Temptations, the Miracles, and the Contours. Even if you don't immediately recognize the band names, I bet you've heard their songs! They seriously have more than 100 hits that have made the Billboard charts between them, and some of them are truly iconic, like Do You Love Me? , Love Machine , Papa Was a Rollin Stone  and My Girl . And in this new show, they'll be performing Christmas favorites with Motown flavor.  They'll bring their harmonies, their choreography, their fun retro style, and their serious star power all to the stage at Sioux C...

The Midwest is full of festive holiday events, and many of the best holiday events and light display happening in the coming weeks in nearby cities and rural communities. Here are some of my top picks for Christmas events within about 4 hours or so of Sioux City that could make a really fun day trip or weekend trip for families in the Siouxland area! (Want to stay closer to home? Check out my list of Christmas events in Sioux City instead.) *Please excuse my digital dust. 2024 update is in progress and there may be a confusing mishmash of events from both 2023 and 2024 for a very short time during the update process!* Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Winter Wonderland at Falls Park, photo courtesy of Sioux Falls CVB Winter Wonderland at Falls Park features over 300,000 lights on hundreds of trees and poles, and will be lit every night while open The 32nd Annual Parade of Lights  on Phillips Ave from 13th to 5th Streets Enjoy Carols + Cocoa with the Premiere Playhou...

Christmas is coming and the Sioux City area has so many fun and festive events and activities to celebrate. As we head into the Christmas season, I'm excited to share all of the local festive events and activities in Siouxland with you.  This post features the best Christmas   events   in Siouxland, the   best places in Siouxland to see Christmas lights , and some of the   best places in Siouxland to see Santa ! Now updated with 2025 events!  This post was originally written in 2018 and is updated each year with the newest Christmassy fun in Siouxland. I'll keep updating it with 2025 info throughout November and December 2025 as new details become available. Please email me at SiouxlandFamiliesBlog [at] gmail anytime if you have updates that I should add! Jump To: 🎄 Siouxland Christmas Events • November Events • December Week 1 • December Week 2 ...

There's something extra special about real, natural Christmas trees, and luckily for us, there are some great places to find them near Sioux City and Siouxland! Here are all of the Christmas tree farms I found within about 2 hours of Sioux City. The Christmas tree farmers I spoke to in writing this post were super nice, festive people who are genuinely excited about helping families make the season special. So I encourage you to reach out to them if the details you're looking for aren't listed here.  This post was first written in 2018 and is updated every year. The 2024 update in currently in progress, so please excuse my digital dust as I polish this post with the most accurate info for you. Feel free to reach out if you are looking for information and can't find it anytime, but especially while I'm in the middle of editing this post. T&S Christmas Tree Farm T&S Christmas Tree Farm, photo used with permission of T&S Christmas Tree Farm Address...

This post is sponsored by the Southern Hills Mall. Santa is coming to the Southern Hills Mall, for photos and for fun! Want to take pictures with Santa this holiday season? Would your kids would love the chance to hang out with Santa and make crafts or eat cookies? Here's everything you want to know about Santa's visits to the Southern Hills Mall, plus a fun opportunity to win a Santa Photo Package from the Southern Hills Mall! I have taken my kids to have pictures taken with Santa at the Southern Hills Mall in the past, and Santa was very sweet, even after all of my kids refused to sit on his lap (I ended up holding one while the other stood in front of Santa. It was still cute!). This week I saw the mall elves setting up the photo area, and it looks so festive and cute, with tons of traditional Christmas decorations and props! If you want a classic Santa photo experience, the Southern Hills Mall is definitely the place to go. Santa Photos Santa will be avail...