Disneyland Festival of Holidays Guide

If you’re headed to the happiest place on earth for the holiday season, then you can experience one of the best Disneyland Holiday Events! The Disneyland Festival of Holidays takes place is Disney’s California Adventure Park, and dates are November 14, 2025- January 7, 2026. This California Adventure Holiday Festival includes a slew of cultural festivities, music, food and fun. With Disneyland Festival of Holidays Food spread across both Disney’s California Adventure and Downtown Disney, you can enjoy this event with and without a park ticket! Take a look at the Disneyland Festival of Holidays 2025 Guide for all the details. 

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Details

This Disneyland Annual event is part of the Disneyland Holiday Celebrations and includes special decorations, foods, performances, shows, and character meet and greets. If you’re visiting the parks for Christmas, be sure to add California Adventure to your plans. Honoring a range of holiday festivities, including Christmas, Navidad, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, and Three Kings Day, Disneyland’s Festival of Holidays has plenty of  entertainment and food to keep you festive all season. 

With an array of cultural cuisine and festivities for the holidays this festival includes new foods at outdoor kitchens across the park, Downtown Disney and resorts. With special events, shows and more. Grab a California Adventure Park Ticket for Christmas and let’s dive in, to what you can do for the holiday season. 

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Dates

As one of our favorite things to do at Disneyland for Christmas, the Festival of Holidays runs from November 14, 2025- January 7, 2026. And adds to an already full season of Christmas Events at Disneyland.

Disney Viva Navidad!

 A celebration of holiday traditions from Brazil, shared through cultural performances with dance and music. Plus, you can also see giant mojiganga puppets of Santa and Mrs. Claus. The Disney ¡Viva Navidad! street party takes place on select days, featuring The Three Caballeros accompanied by Mexican folklórico dancers and mariachis, Brazilian samba dancers and percussionists, and more at Disney California Adventure Park, Paradise Gardens Park. Check out the specialty menu for Viva Navidad at Paradise Garden Grill.

Mickey’s Happy Holidays Parade

This cheery Disney Character parade happens twice a day at Disney’s California Adventure park! Featuring Mickey and friends dancing to festive music, there is plenty to be jolly about. With new outfits each year, it’s fun to see these Disney friends show off their holiday best. This fun parade  allows guest interaction and even features the Disney Holiday Toy Drummers,  so be ready to dance along. 

World of Color Season of Light

This Christmas version of the nighttime show at California Adventure Park brings color and holiday music to the stage with sky-high fountains and snowflakes to set the scene. Filled with memorable Christmas moments from Disney films, music and everything you need to get into the spirit of the season. 

Holiday Ride Overlays

Nothing says holidays like favorite Disney rides decked out with lights, Christmas music and decorations. Luckily at Disney’s California Adventure, you can see Maters Jingle Jamboree, and Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl get festive makeovers in Disney’s Cars Land at California Adventure. Complete with music and decorations. 

Three Kings Day

Every year Festival of Holidays finishes with Three Kings Day. So, on January 6th, 2026 you can head to Paradise Gardens Park for the 3 wise men’s visit to the nativity with the special decorations, photo ops for guests to put a festive close to the season. 

Christmas Decorations

Both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure get all decked out the season. Vintage decorations from the 1930s and a 50-foot Christmas Tree in Carthay Circle add to the majesty of the season here. And one of our favorite places to visit is Cars Land for the Haul-idays, to see the decked-out streets and shops. In Disney’s California Adventure, you can see decorations honoring all sorts of holiday traditions. 

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Food Kitchens

An array of Disneyland Christmas Snacks can be found across the parks, resorts and Downtown Disney. Complete with oodles of seasonal snacks, beverages and menu items. But, if you’re looking for something with a little more festive flair, these Festival of Holidays booths are right up your alley. These booths are located down the parade corridor of Buena Vista Street and at the entrance of Pixar Pier.

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Sip and Savor Pass

If you’re planning to be at Disneyland Resort for the holidays and staying a couple of days, then consider grabbing a Sip and Savor Pass. This pass offers eight entitlement tabs you can redeem for select foods and nonalcoholic beverages. You can use your Sip and Savor Pass at several of the marketplaces and participating dining locations in Disney California Adventure Park. And you can even use it throughout the entirety of the festival.

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Snacks

In addition to all the Festival marketplaces, you can also grab food and treats across the park in honor of Christmas at Disney’s California Adventure!

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Merchandise

And as with all Disneyland events, you can even grab souvenir special merchandise to help you get into the spirit of the season! Featuring all sorts of fun graphics, across all cultures, the Festival of Holidays Disneyland Merchandise is all about Festive! Check out all our Festival of Holidays Shirts in the shop. Or head to the Disney Store to see all the newest Disney Christmas Merch!

Disneyland Festival of Holidays Guide 

There you have it! Hopefully this guide to the Disneyland Festival of Holidays gets you ready to have the best holiday season ever. We’ll be adding to this post as more holiday news arrives this year. Tis the Season!