Easton's Holiday FestivalThe Future of Peace
Take a look at all the fun we had by looking through the Holiday Festival photo album on Manam Video and Photography's Facebook page. They are good friends of Lions Ram and Pratima and captured many moments at the festival. We also posted Holiday Parade and Reindog parade photos on our Easton Lions Club Facebook page.
All events occur in the Historic District of North Easton, MA at the Rockery and Oakes Ames Memorial Hall on Main, Lincoln, and Barrows Streets
Premier Sponsors:
Attention Parrot Heads! Join the Easton Lions Club, Old Colony YMCA, and Shovel Town Brewery in a celebration of the music from Jimmy Buffett and dance the night away for charity!! Noted tribute group, The BaHa Brothers Band, will be providing live music for the Lions Club Holiday Festival Fundraiser event. The Dance is being held at the Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, North Easton, MA, Saturday evening, December 2nd from 7:00 to 10:30. You must be 21 to attend. No outside alcohol allowed.
We'll have prizes for best costumes and coolest decorations. In addition to the terrific entertainment, we'll provide food (cheeseburgers - of course - pizza, snacks, etc., and Shoveltown Brewery will be operating the bar. We look forward to seeing you there, and remember.....
...It's 5 o'clock somewhere!...
Tickets are $30 per person and includes burgers, pizza, snack hors d'oeuvres, and prizes. Additional libations are provided by Shovel Town Brewery. Tickets are on sale now online at Eventbright. (use blue buttons to order online)
You may also buy tickets from an Easton Lion, at the Easton Branch of the Old Colony YMCA on Elm Street, or at Shovel Town Brewery at 50 Oliver Street. There are a limited number of tables of 8 and only 180 tickets can be sold. We expect a sell out crowd, so don't be disappointed and get your tickets early!
All proceeds go to Easton's Old Colony YMCA and Lions Programs.
Please note: You must be 21 or older to attend dance.
Sponsors:
Breakfast by the Rockery (Sunday)
Please Note: The Boy Scout Troop 193, Breakfast by the Rockery with Santa and music is SUNDAY morning from 8:00-10:30 pm in Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows Street, Easton, MA. $6 per person or $25 per family (up to 6)!! Enjoy fresh cooked eggs, sausage, hash browns and fruit.
(The flyer that went to Easton Students this week noted the wrong day.)
Trackless Train(Free)
Creative World Children's Learning Center of Easton is again sponsoring our ever-popular trackless train this year at the Festival. Be sure to come down with the family and kids and take a ride around Historic North Easton Village on Saturday and Sunday. The Train boards near the ticket booth just north of the Rockery.
Festival Sponsors
Thank you to our many sponsors supporting this year event. Please be sure to visit our sponsor's businesses and websites to learn more about what they offer and how they support our community.
Diamond Sponsors
Dr. David & Caroline Mudd
Kathy Malone in Memory of Lion William P. Malone.
Platinum Sponsors
Lion Bill Ames
Gold Sponsors
Silver & Friends of the Festival Sponsors
Abate Associates
E.M. Pires Painting Co.
Easton Lions Thrift Store
Elite Electrology
Freitas associates
Ira Smith Truck Repair
Kessler Machine & Fabricating
Paint Rust Pixie Dust
The Beanery
Sean Flynn Landscaping
Waste Management
Sraveo for Sound Systems
Parade Organizer: Ann Martin
508-238-6704 or 508-294-5409 cell
e-mail rickmartin2x@gmail.com
The Christmas Parade, with Santa Claus leading the way, will start at 1 pm at the Easton Village Shoppes and North Easton Savings Bank on Main Street (Washington Plaza). The parade runs THRU the Rockery and ends past the library on North Main St.
If you, your family, your group or organization would like to participate with your business vehicle, a FLOAT, a decorated car, truck, wagon, bicycle, just march in or whatever, you are most welcome! Simply show-up between 12-12:30 to start lining up with all our friends.
This is an opportunity to be imaginative and get your business or group in front of townspeople. If you have questions or need help or want to participate and don’t know how, please contact Anne Martin at (508) 238- 6704 (home) or (508) 294-5409. Email address for the parade is rickmartin2x@gmail.com. Or contact our Holiday Festival Chair at HolidayFestival@eastonlions.org).
We are proud to have Roche Brothers as our Parade Sponsor!
Immediately following the parade (about 1:30) will be the popular Reindog Parade where pets and pooches in their holiday finery walk the parade route. We ask for canned donations to the “Animal Protection Center of SE Mass” (old MSCPA). This event is sponsored by the Easton Women Of Today!
As part of the Village Festival of Lights, the Annual Holiday Parade, with Santa Claus leading the way, will starts at 1:00 pm (assembly begins at 12:30 pm) at the Easton Village Shoppes/Washington Plaza (Corner of Rte. 138 – Washington Street- and Main Street). The parade runs down Main St through the Rockery and ends past the library on North Main St.
The Easton Lions Club thank our returning sponsors The Easton Women of Today!
Join us with "man's best friend" in our annual Reindog parade. Dress-up with your dog in your best holiday garb. You and your partner will be judged for best in parade and for masters and dogs that look the most alike.
REGISTRATION: Come down from 12:00 to 1:00 pm at North Easton Savings Bank at 295 Main Street. Reindogs and masters move out about 1:30ish - following the tail of the Holiday Parade that starts at 1:00.
ENTRANCE FEE: 2 cans of dog food or 3 cans of cat food
for the Animal Protection Center of Southeastern MA (formally the MSPCA)
Easton Lion Gus Arns started the Reindog Parade tradition in 2002 and it has grown every year since. Please make this year the best ever! Gus will have many new Lions Club members to help out on parade day along with the Easton Women of Today who will be handing out goodie bags for the pups and their masters through-out the parade route. The Easton Women of Today will have a table at the start and end of the parade so you can learn more about EWOT.
Festival Planning and History
2017 Holiday Festival Planning Happening Now! This year's event is December 2nd & 3rd and we'd like to build on the success of last year with the The Farmer's Daughter special event on Saturday in downtown North Easton Saturday. We are looking for ideas on how to make our annual event better, engaging with businesses in the historic district and making it more fun for all the folks and families in Easton.
The Easton Lion’s Annual Holiday Festival will be held (rain or shine or snow) Saturday-10 am to 6 pm, and Sunday 12 pm-5 pm. New this year: We're brining back the Parrot Head Saturday Night Dance with the BaHa Brothers Band from Taunton!! Calling all Jimmy Buffett fans for a fin night of dance, music and libations.
Festival Chairman Ram Penumarthy says "this year's events will be bigger and better than ever!" We're looking for some new rides & games, more detail to come and the trackless train ride will offer free rides, sponsored by Creative World Children's Learning Center of Easton.
As always, the activities begin with an Arts and Craft Show at Oakes Ames Memorial Hall (3 Barrows Street Easton) on both days. Two entire floors of arts and crafts will be on display Saturday. Great shopping or browsing offered for an incredible array of gifts. The Hall is heated!
Outside there will be bouncy houses/moonwalks, a FREE trackless train ride sponsored by Creative World; hay wagon rides; musical entertainment. An assortment of food including hot dogs, hamburgers, fried dough, chili, french fries and popcorn cooked by the Lovable Lions and sold for reasonable prices. Buy tickets at the ticket booth for all rides and food.