Skates are available in children’s sizes all the way up to a men’s size thirteen, so the whole family can skate. Families will no longer have to make the drive to Tulsa to partake in the classic holiday activity. The highlight of the event is the ice skating rink. With its location downtown, in proximity to some of Bartlesville’s best restaurants, its venue allows for a lively and family friendly night out. Not only does the event feature a skating rink, but also carriage rides, live nativity scenes, Christmas movies in the park, live entertainment and much more. For more information about Waterville Creates, visit is the most wonderful time of the year, and Bartlesville’s newest attraction, Christmas In The Ville, is a family friendly holiday festival hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Supporting and promoting arts education, exhibitions, theatre, film, music, and dance that is accessible to all, Waterville Creates is leading the effort to make Waterville an exciting cultural destination and a thriving, vibrant community. Waterville Creates connects artists, organizations, and the public with arts and cultural events and programs happening in our community. More information about Joy to the Ville can be found at /shows/joy-to-the-ville/. Waterville Creates thanks MaineGeneral Health and the City of Waterville for their sponsorship of Joy to the Ville. To further spread holiday cheer, Waterville Creates will also distribute Art Kits for All: Luminary Kits on December 15 to all Waterville public school students aged 5-18. “While the offerings are pared down a bit this year, we brought back some of our most popular events, and other organizations are continuing their holiday events. “I think this year our community is ready for some joy as we add some light to the dark winter season,” said Sanborn. at The Elm, and participants in the Children’s Discovery Museum’s Light Up the Town will have their light displays ready for the public to see by November 27. The Festival of Trees presented by the Alfond Youth & Community Center and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce will take place that day from 10:00 a.m. In addition to Joy to the Ville, November 27 is Small Business Saturday and many local businesses will offer special promotions that day. Then they will continue across the bridge to Winslow Town Offices to light the gazebo. Claus will travel down Main Street on their way to Castonguay Square, where they will light the Christmas tree and kick off the holiday season. Pulled by the magnificent horses from S & S Carriage Rides, Santa and Mrs. – Santa comes to Waterville, coordinated by The Children’s Discovery Museum. – Luminary lighting in Castonguay Square, coordinated by Waterville Creates.ĥ:00 p.m.
– Luminary lighting on Main Street, coordinated by Waterville Creates.Ĥ:30 p.m.
Free children’s winter gift bags with a coloring book, penguin toy, button, and bookmark will be available while supplies last.Ĥ:00 p.m. – Holiday-themed story time at the Children’s Book Cellar, offered by the Waterville Public Library. – Free Create-It Kits with a pine tree art project inspired by the painting “Blue Pines” by David Driskell, available at Day’s Jewelers and Selah Tea Café, offered by the Colby College Museum of Art while supplies last.ģ:00 p.m. – Free needle-felted snowflake kits for teens and adults available at Madlyn’s, offered by the Waterville Public Library while supplies last.Ģ:00 p.m. – Free Holiday Green Screen Photos in Castonguay Square (weather permitting), offered by Waterville Creates.Ģ:00 p.m. – A free showing of the film “Scrooged” at Railroad Square Cinema, offered by the Maine Film Center.Ģ:00 p.m. “Waterville is ready again for holiday art and community programming.”īelow is the schedule events for Joy to the Ville 2021:ġ:00 p.m. “From the first time we did this free community program and 150 people came to make snow globes, we knew we had a hit on our hands!” said Serena Sanborn, education and outreach manager at Waterville Creates. Waterville Creates, together with the Maine Film Center, Waterville Public Library, Colby College Museum of Art, Children’s Discovery Museum, and downtown businesses, worked to bring back this afternoon of free family-friendly holiday activities in Waterville.
WATERVILLE, Maine – For the fourth year, Joy to the Ville returns to Waterville on Saturday, November 27, from 1:00 p.m. Joy to the Ville Returns to Waterville on Saturday, November 27