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Typical Dates: Early November to Early January
Festival of Holidays is a celebration of all manners of holiday traditions that takes place inside Disney California Adventure. As part of the festival, the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail becomes a spot for mischievous elves and a place to meet Santa Claus.
World of Color also transforms into World of Color - Season of Light during the Festival of Holidays. The seasonal show has all the excitement of the regular performance with additional holiday-themed music and characters.
Additional Entertainment offerings include:
- Blue13 Dance Company - Performers specializing in traditional Indian dances
- Mostly Kosher - A Klemzer (traditional Jewish) band that mixes their old world sounds with jazz, rock, and hip hop
- RAISE - A capella singers that put an R&B spin on well-known holiday songs
- Holiday Toy Drummers - Drum corps that performs precision drills
- Mariachi Divas - The familiar all-female mariachi group that is often found near Pacific Wharf.
- Viva Navidad - A festival of Latino traditions including a Three Caballeros-led street party, music, and characters
- Princess Elena's Musical Grand Arrival - The debut of Princess Elena of Avalor at the Disneyland Resort in a musical mini-parade
The Festival of Holiday also includes several marketplaces with seasonal food offerings. These include:
- Heritage College - Braised beef short rib, weisswurst sausage, vanilla rice pudding
- Making Spirits Bright - Wine, apple-pomegranate juice
- Nosh & Nibbles - Brisket potato croquette, sweet spiced noodle kugel, reuben potato smash
- Good Fortune's Feast - Adobo pork bao, smoked duck & vegetable spring roll
- Spice Salutations - Chicken & potato curry, carrot & chickpea fritters, cardamom & saffron sweet cheese tart, mango lassi
- Brews & Bites - beer, holiday cheese ball
- Mistletoe Morsels - Swedish meatballs, crab cake, shrimp cocktail, eggnog cocktail, berry sherbet punch
- Southern Home Holidays - Grilled spicy chicken sausage, southern mac & cheese, sweet potato pie, cranberry sweet tea
- Winter Sliderland - Roasted turkey slider, Kalua pork slider, praline & bourbon whoopie pie, sparkling apple-cranberry juice
- Fiesta en Familia - Green chile Pozole, red chile pozole, fresh fish ceviche, guava aqua fresca
- Yuletide Yummies - Turkey pot pie, pesto puff pastry twist, gingerbread gundt cake, eggnog cheesecake, mocha yule log, raspberry Linzer tart, sticky toffee pudding, frozen chocolate milk
- Mosaic Delights - Roasted lamb, mini falafel donuts, baklava, iced Moroccan mint tea
- Abuelita’s Kitchen - Chicken cilantro tamale, beef and cheese tamale, chorizo bean sopes, spiced peanut brittle, pomegranate margarita
Last updated by Brian McNichols on January 24, 2018
