Downtown Concord lights its tree with food trucks, a kids' zone, Santa and Mrs. Claus in a snow-filled Courthouse Plaza, live music from country show band Saddletramp on the main stage at Union Street and Barbrick Avenue, a youth stage, and fireworks to finish. Friday, November 20, 2026, 6–9pm.
One of the oldest continuously running Christmas parades in North Carolina rolls more than two miles through Concord along Church Street, Buffalo Avenue and Union Street, from Church Street N at Lake Concord Road to Union Street at Corban Avenue. Free to watch. Saturday, November 21, 2026, starting at 2:30pm.
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