Ethel M Chocolates Holiday Cactus Garden Santa and Choir Information
Celebrate the holidays at Ethel M Chocolates’ 20th Annual Holiday Cactus Garden starting Nov. 13. More than 500,000 holiday lights featuring 300 species of plant life will be on display.
Ethel M Chocolate Factory & Cactus Garden
Roughly 40% of their light display will be energy efficient LED lights. Additionally, Botanical Garden Custodian, Steve Bowdoin and his team will install a variety of “meteor lights†that when viewed through 3D glasses look like falling snowflakes.
Located in Henderson, adjacent to Ethel M Chocolates’ factory, the three-acre Holiday Cactus Garden is free and open to the public Wednesday, November 13 through Wednesday, January 1.
Ethel M Chocolate Holiday Cactus Garden Lighting VIP Event
Visitors can wander through the garden’s illuminated cacti pathways and enjoy the chocolate wonderland from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Throughout the season, local choirs will perform holiday favorites and Santa will make appearances on select evenings (see below) through December 23.
Schedule, subject to change, is as follows:
Wednesday, November 13
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Cashman Middle School Guitar Ensemble
Thursday, November 14
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Leavitt Middle School Choir
Friday, November 15
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Saturday, November 16
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Tonality
Sunday, November 17
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Thursday, November 21
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Opportunity Village “Voicesâ€
Friday, November 22 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Showbiz Kids
Saturday, November 23
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Celebrity City Choir
Sunday, November 24
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Friday, November 29
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Blu7
Saturday, November 30
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Blu7
Sunday, December 1
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Wednesday, December 4
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Brown Junior High School Choir
Thursday, December 5
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Cashman Middle School Choir
Friday, December 6
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Jerome D. Mack Middle School Choir
Saturday, December 7
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Memory Lane Music
Sunday, December 8
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Tuesday, December 10
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Harmon Elementary School
Wednesday, December 11
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Greenspun Junior High School
Thursday, December 12
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. James I. Gibson Elementary School Choir
Friday, December 13
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Las Vegas Young Performers
Saturday, December 14
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Girl Scouts Troop 323
Sunday, December 15
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Monday, December 16
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Tuesday, December 17
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Wednesday, December 18
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Las Vegas High School Madrigals
Thursday, December 19
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Silver Statesman Barber Shop Chorus
Friday, December 20
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. On With the Show
Saturday, December 21
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Musicology Academy “Majorsâ€
Sunday, December 22
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
Monday, December 23
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Santa Claus
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