Activities From 11AM - 4 PM Rain or Shine

11:00-12:30 Solstice Story Time and Crafts

Snow Library with Kim Auclair, Youth Services Director

12:00-1:30 Snowflake Ice Sculpture Town Green Labyrinth

Watch Chip Koser, carve a 300 lb block of ice into a shimmering snowflake! Chip is the owner of South Cape Ice Sculptures and a National Ice Sculpting Association multi award winner.

11-3 Kids Workshop

The Community Center 44 Main St. Make Snowflake Lanterns and Snowflake Ornaments. Get your face painted.

1:30 - 3:30 Solstice Sparkle Surprise PopUp Musical Guest

Enjoy our Wandering Minstrel, Frank Toppa with his accordian around town 1:30 — 2:30.

Festive Sing Along with Frank in the Marion Craine Gallery at Snow Library 3:00 - 3:00

The Labyrinth

A temporary labyrinth will be constructed on Dec 19 and taken down on Dec 23 on Orleans Town Green next to Snow Library. You are welcome to walk it anytime except when the ice sculture is being carved.

There’s a Place for Your Face! Take a Selfie in the Solstice Labyrinth with The Snowflake! Share it and tag us…@orleans_cultural_district_

Walk the Labyrinth on Solstice

At sunset the Solstice Labyrinth is lit with dancing light orbs. Take a deep breath and a moment to be in stillness and silence.

Luminary Light Up: Starting at sunset, softly, glowing.

Luminaries will bring the light through Town for Solstice night.

Stay tuned for more information to come!

Community Events

2 - 4 PM Return of the Light with Petra L van Aarmen

Orleans Yoga Winter Solstice Yoga Ceremony 85 Rt 6A Come together in community to invite the light and stoke your inner fire with a warming and grounding slow flow followed by deeply restorative postures and meditation to clear, quiet, and embody the stillness of the solstice in mind and body. Join Petra for her 15th annual Winter Solstice Ceremony by candlelight and experience the magical luminescence of this event. All levels welcome! Register at orleansyoga.com

10 AM -6 PM Earth House An Orleans Cultural, Iconic, Shop! Find your perfect Solstice keepsake!

Instant Karma Records, poster art, vintage clothing, inspiration candles, stargazing charts, jewelry, incense, crystals and so much more! Don’t miss your Earth House Experience!