The three-day Christmas Under the Oaks and Holiday House annual celebration will kick off Sulphur’s Christmas season tonight with a preview gala.

The 6:30 p.m. event at the Henning Cultural Center and Brimstone Museum complex at 923 S. Ruth St. will feature a Sip & Shop with catering by Roderick Stutes, decorations by George’s House Of Flowers and live music by Jairus Daigle. Tickets are $35.

The Christmas Under the Oaks festival — which features live music, food vendors, lights and snow — will take place Friday and Saturday and is free and open to the public.

The festival will feature live music by Wayne Toups, Chase Tyler Band, Little Texas, Sulphur High School Swing Choir, W.W. Lewis Show Choir, and Barbe High School Orchestra. Carriage rides down Pecan Street and carnival rides are also planned. Carnival ride tickets are $1 each, and rides take between 2-4 tickets. Ticket bundles are 22 for $20 or 40 for $30. Armbands are for $20 for unlimited rides.

The Holiday House
will feature more than 40 vendors with a wide range
of Christmas gift
ideas. Shopping hours are 10 a.m.- 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Entry into the Holiday House is $5 per person — which goes toward the complex’s free year-round programming — with children 12 and under free.

The Grove at Heritage Square Park will also be glowing with Christmas lights and walk-throughs are encouraged.

Here’s the schedule:

Thursday, Nov. 30

6:30-9:30 p.m. Holiday House Preview Gala

Friday, Dec. 1

10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Holiday House

5 p.m. Carnival Rides Open

5:30 p.m. Rotary Club Jingle Bell Jog

5:30 p.m. Children’s Museum Tent Opens

5:30 p.m. Barbe High School Orchestra

8-9 p.m. Wayne Toups

8 p.m. Christmas Tree Lighting

Saturday, Dec. 2

10 a.m. Holiday House Market Opens

11 a.m. Kiwanis Christmas Parade

Noon: Carnival Rides Opens

1-5 p.m. Children’s Museum Tent Open

1 p.m. Sulphur High School Swing Choir

3:30 p.m. WW Lewis Show Choir

5 p.m. Chase Tyler Band

7 p.m. Little Texas

8:30 p.m. Snow!