Hello holiday season! In November, the holiday shopping starts with markets and bazaars, parades, holiday lights, and ice skating begins, and so much more.
Here’s a bunch of fun events and things to do in Boise and the Treasure Valley in November 2026:
November 6 – 7: Holiday Makers Market
Holiday Makers Market is happening Friday, November 6 from 5-9pm and Saturday, November 7 from 9am-4pm at the Nampa Civic Center in Nampa. More than 100 artisans are there with pottery, jewelry, blankets, ornaments, paintings, pet gear and more. It’s one of the best early-season stops for knocking out a big chunk of local shopping at once. Admission is free!
November 7: Sip Idaho
Sip Idaho is happening Saturday, November 7 at The Riverside Hotel in Garden City. It’s Idaho’s only all-spirits tasting festival, so it’s the rare chance to try distilleries from Idaho and around the world side by side. VIP admission is 4-7:30pm and general admission runs 5-7:30pm with mostly unlimited samples plus appetizers. Tix are $65 for GA and $100 for VIP. 21+
November 7 – 8: Eagle Holiday Bazaar
Eagle Holiday Bazaar is happening Saturday, November 7 from 9am-5pm and Sunday, November 8 from 10am-3pm at Eagle High School. This long-running community bazaar leans proudly handmade, with quilts, ceramics, woodwork, jewelry, sweets and its much-loved homemade cinnamon rolls. It’s a nice reminder that a holiday market can still feel genuinely local. It’s free!
November 12: From Boise Dinner Club
From Boise Dinner Club is happening Thursday, November 12 at 6:30pm in Downtown Boise. This one is for meeting new people and making new friends! You fill out a form to tell us more about your interests and then we match you with 5 other people. The morning of dinner you find out your restaurant, then show up at 6:30pm and enjoy! During dinner everyone receives a text with the after-party location, which is optional but a great way to meet even more people. Tickets are $16.
November 12: Boise State Annual Holiday Concert
Boise State Annual Holiday Concert is happening Thursday, November 12 at 6:30pm at the Morrison Center. Boise State’s music ensembles get an early jump on the season with winter and holiday favorites. The traditional appearance by the Blue Thunder Marching Band gives this one more Boise personality than your average holiday concert. Tix are $15.
November 13 – 15: Jurassic Quest
Jurassic Quest is happening Friday, November 13 – Sunday, November 15 at Expo Idaho in Garden City. It’s a traveling dino show that pairs life-size moving dinosaurs with an “Ancient Oceans” experience, Ice Age animals, baby dinosaur encounters, fossil digging, plus rides and a play zone. Tix are about $35-$44.25 for kids age 2-10, $35 for adult general admission, and kids under 2 are free.
November 14: Idaho Veterans Parade
Idaho Veterans Parade is happening Saturday, November 14 from 10am-12pm in downtown Boise. It’s the largest veterans parade in the state, kicking off with opening ceremonies on the Capitol steps and following a loop throughout downtown. This year’s theme marks 250 years of service and sacrifice, from 1776 to 2026. It’s free to attend!
November 14: Boise State vs. Oregon State
Boise State vs. Oregon State is happening Saturday, November 14 at 4pm at Albertsons Stadium in Boise. It’s the Broncos’ first season in the new Pac-12, and this is one of just two chances in November to see them on the blue. Tix start at $39.
November 19: Singles Dinner Club
Boise Singles Dinner Club is happening Thursday, November 19 at 6:30pm in Downtown Boise. This one is for meeting other single people – it’s not matchmaking or speed dating! You fill out a form to tell us more about your interests and then we match you with 5 other single people. The morning of dinner you find out your restaurant, then show up at 6:30pm and enjoy! During dinner everyone receives a text with the after-party location, which is optional but a great way to meet even more people. Tickets are $16.
November 19 – 22: A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is happening Thursday, November 19 – Sunday, November 22 at the Danny Peterson Theatre inside the Morrison Center. It’s a world-premiere stage adaptation by Gordon Reinhart that stays close to Dickens’ language and aims to become a homegrown Treasure Valley holiday tradition. If you miss these dates, it comes back December 3–6. Tix are $25.50, or $19 on Thursday.
November 20: CreativeMornings Boise
CreativeMornings Boise is happening Friday, November 20 from 8:30-10am at JUMP. It’s a monthly breakfast lecture series with coffee, a light breakfast and a short talk from a local speaker riffing on that month’s global CreativeMornings theme. Artists, entrepreneurs, students, nonprofit folks and the generally curious all show up, so it’s an easy way to meet new people before the workday even starts. It’s free!
November 20 – 21: Wintry Market
Wintry Market is happening Friday, November 20 from 4-9pm and Saturday, November 21 from 9am-5pm at Boise Centre West. Now in its 15th year, Wintry packs more than 100 regional artists and makers into the building for a weekend that feels as much like an art show as holiday shopping. Tix are $10 on Friday (good for both days) or $5 on Saturday, and kids 12 and under get in free.
November 20 – 22: Canyon County Christmas Show
Canyon County Christmas Show is happening Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. This is the bigger, browse-for-hours version of a Christmas market, with holiday vendors and gift shopping indoors all weekend. Tix are $5 for adults and $4 for seniors, and kids 12 and under are free.
November 20 – 22: Winter Wonderland Festival
Winter Wonderland Festival is happening Friday, November 20 – Sunday, November 22 at Indian Creek Plaza in Caldwell. It’s the official opening of Caldwell’s Winter Wonderland, which includes the holiday light display, ice skating, a vendor market, pics with Santa and more. The festival runs 6-9pm each night and the winter market opens early at 3pm on Saturday and Sunday. It’s free!
November 20: Lost in Christmas at Shindig Farms
Lost in Christmas opens Friday, November 20 at Shindig Farms in Nampa and runs Thursdays & Fridays through November and Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays with added days in December. The star of the show is a walk-through straw maze lit with more than a million lights, plus Santa meet and greets, Grinch time, a giant tree, zip lines and mega slides. Tix are $20-$25 and kids 3 and under are free.
November 21: Cranksgiving Boise
Cranksgiving is happening Saturday, November 21. It’s a scavenger hunt on bikes for a good cause! Packet pickup is at 10am and the ride starts promptly at 11am. Costumed teams pedal around town with a manifest, answering trivia, doing silly tasks and gathering everything needed to fill Thanksgiving food boxes for St. Vincent de Paul. Afterward everyone heads back to Idaho River Sports for an after party with food trucks, live entertainment and beer from Clairvoyant Brewing. Tix are $10 per team.
November 20 – 21: Idaho Steelheads vs. Maine Mariners
Idaho Steelheads vs. Maine Mariners is happening Friday, November 20 – Saturday, November 21 at Idaho Central Arena in Boise. Puck drops at 7:10pm each night. Tix start around $34.
November 21: Boise State vs. San Diego State
Boise State vs. San Diego State is happening Saturday, November 21 at 7:30pm at Albertsons Stadium in Boise. It’s the last scheduled home game of the regular season. Tix start around $40.
November 22: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Will the Circle Be Unbroken is happening Sunday, November 22 at 6pm at the Morrison Center. Some of Idaho’s top musicians come together to celebrate traditional country music, with songs tied to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson. If you are looking for a way to entertain multiple generations in town for Thanksgiving, this is a good pick. Tix start at $41.
November 25 – 29: Saint Alphonsus Festival of Trees
Saint Alphonsus Festival of Trees is happening Wednesday, November 25 – Sunday, November 29 at the Boise Centre in Boise. For its 42nd year, hundreds of community-decorated trees and wreaths fill the room, with Santa at the North Pole Village, a big LEGO display, kids’ activities and a gift shop. Doors open at 10am most days, with Thanksgiving Day running 2-8pm. Tix are $16 for adults and $11 for kids 3 to 12, seniors and military, and kids 2 and under are free. Seniors get in for $5 on Wednesday.
November 26: Turkey Day 5K
Turkey Day 5K is happening on Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26) at 9am, with races at both Cecil D. Andrus Park in Boise and Memorial Park in Caldwell. It’s the race’s 15th year and it benefits both the Boise Rescue Mission and Camp Rainbow Gold. It works just as well for serious runners as it does for families in costume. Tix are $45 for adults and $18 for kids 12 and under through November 3, and prices go up after that.
November 27: Winter Garden aGlow
Winter Garden aGlow opens Friday, November 27 at the Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise and runs Wednesdays through Sundays until New Year’s Eve. Every light is hand-strung by volunteers and staff, and it’s the Garden’s biggest fundraiser of the year, so your ticket keeps classes and programs going all year. There’s new displays this year to incorporate the Garden’s new 10-acre expansion.
November 27: Downtown Boise Holiday Tree Lighting
Downtown Boise Holiday Tree Lighting usually happens the day after Thanksgiving on The Grove Plaza in Boise. The 2026 date and time hasn’t been announced yet, but we will keep you updated in our Thursday newsletter. The tree gets lit with live holiday music and the community candle-lighting tradition, and the Women’s and Children’s Alliance Giving Tree program kicks off the same night. It’s free and family-friendly!
November 27 – 29: Canyon County Festival of Trees
Canyon County Festival of Trees is happening Friday, November 27 – Sunday, November 29 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. Come for the decorated trees, but leave time for the vendor booths, live entertainment and Santa. Every dollar supports Meals on Wheels in Canyon County. Tix are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors 62+ and kids 4 to 12, and kids 3 and under are free.
November 28: Boise Holiday Parade
Boise Holiday Parade is happening Saturday, November 28 at 10am in downtown Boise. It’s the 78th year, with holiday floats, rad cars, school groups and local businesses rolling through downtown. Bring a camp chair and a thermos and get ready to wave. It’s free!
November 28 – 29: Elf in Concert
Elf in Concert is happening Saturday, November 28 at 7:30pm and Sunday, November 29 at 2pm at the Morrison Center in Boise. The movie plays on the big screen while Boise Phil performs the score live in sync with Buddy the Elf’s very enthusiastic trip to New York. It’s a near-perfect bridge between movie night and a real concert for families coming out of Thanksgiving weekend. Tix are $37 to $111, and student and youth seats are $19.
More things to do in November
Make friends with your local baker. November is treat season and we have so many good options! Janjou Pâtisserie, Sunshine Spice Bakery & Cafe, Caffè Sorrento, Flourish Bakery (gf options!), Burread Bakery, Hudson Baking Co, Madre Bianca Baking Company, Glutonia.
Volunteer for Thanksgiving. The Idaho Foodbank, Boise Rescue Mission, Corpus Commons, and Interfaith Sanctuary all need extra hands around the holiday.
Catch the last of the fall color. Walk Kathryn Albertson Park, the Greenbelt, Camel’s Back, or Hulls Gulch before the leaves are gone.
Watch for Bogus Basin’s opening day. It’s usually late November or early December depending on snow. Now’s the time to grab your season pass.
Hit up a hot springs. Take a day trip to Idaho City, Kirkham, or Gold Fork to get some mountain air.
Have a fun month!!
Thanks for reading!
With love from Boise,
Marissa
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