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Arts & Events December 5, 2025 - 12:26 pm

Group of KU faculty, staff and students to perform fall concert

by Lawrence Times

The Bales Choral Society, a group of KU faculty, staff members and students from various departments and disciplines across campus, are set to perform a fall concert.

Arts & Events December 4, 2025 - 4:21 pm

Lawrence Holiday Homes Tour, benefiting Habitat for Humanity, to return

by Lawrence Times

An annual holiday homes tour that helps fund a nonprofit’s efforts to create affordable housing is coming up Sunday, Dec. 7.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 3, 2025 - 5:19 pm

Crafts, hobby horses and scavenger hunt at Watkins Museum to get kids in the holiday spirit

by Lawrence Times

Although Lawrence’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade won’t take to the streets this year, the show will go on for the Watkins Museum’s accompanying Tails and Traditions Holiday Festival.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events November 29, 2025 - 5:21 pm

Annual Festival of Trees now open in downtown Lawrence

by Photos by Nathan Kramer

Dinosaurs, board games, the KC Current and more inspired themes at this year’s Festival of Trees. Here’s a sneak peek at the sights this season.

Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events November 29, 2025 - 4:36 pm

Low brass musicians from Lawrence schools, community to join for holiday concert

by Lawrence Times

Low brass instrumentalists from ages 12 to 80 will soon join onstage for Brassmas, an annual holiday concert in Lawrence.

Arts & Events November 28, 2025 - 12:04 pm

KU School of Music to present annual Vespers concert

by Lawrence Times

KU instrumentalists and choral singers will perform at the 101st annual Vespers concert next week.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events November 28, 2025 - 10:57 am

Van Go’s Adornment art show, Eudora Holiday Market and more coming up in Douglas County

by Lawrence Times

There are plenty of festivities coming up around Douglas County to do your holiday shopping and support local artists and makers. Here’s a guide to events happening this weekend and in coming weeks.

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Arts & Events November 26, 2025 - 2:50 pm

Festival of Trees opening soon in downtown Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Festival of Trees, with its evergreens bedecked with everything from candy canes to Jayhawks to Christmas movie DVDs, will bring its quirky holiday spirit back to downtown Lawrence this week to benefit The O’Connell Children’s Shelter. 

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Arts & Events November 25, 2025 - 6:03 pm

Works by late Lawrence artist Louis Copt for sale at Final Friday and pop-up gallery

by Maya Hodison

Limited works by the late Lawrence artist Louis Copt are for sale at a pop-up gallery, and smaller prints will be available at this month’s Final Friday event.

Lawrence news November 25, 2025 - 10:21 am

Lawrence’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade canceled because of horse virus outbreak

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade has been canceled this year because of an outbreak of equine herpesvirus affecting horses in multiple states, according to parade organizers.

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