Download the 2021 weekend schedule. 

Weekend shopping specials
 
Get your caffeine fix at Autumn Pearl with $10 whole bean bags of coffee.
 
Earn a free pound of Amish Toffee (or $10 gift card) for every $75 you spend at Diakonos Designs.
 
Grasshopper Goods (171 W Main St) starts their holiday hours: Open till 8 on Thursdays in December. 10-5 Tuesday – Sunday. Educators always receive 10%.
 
Itty Bitty Bookstore (123 E Main St, Ste 2B) will be giving a free $10 gift card with every $50 purchase in store all weekend long. 
 
Main Street Kitchen: Free Bucky Book with the Purchase of $50.00 in gift certificates.  They make a great stocking stuffer. 
 
Nauti Norske will be open: Saturday 4pm to 1am with Blue Moon Karaoke: 8pm – midnight 
 
Stop in the new Sun and Lace boutique at 160 E Main St and enjoy 10% your purchase Victorian Holiday weekend.
 
Wildwood Café is offering 10% off all retail for that weekend. Stock up on your coffee and get a free 12 ounce drip coffee with purchase of any whole bean coffee.
 
Woodland Studios weekend hours: Thursday, Friday 11am - 5pm, Saturday 10am- 5pm and Sunday 11am - 3pm
 
Yahara Chocolate & Tea will have free samples of peppermint drinking chocolate and chocolate chunk cream scones all weekend.  Open 7-5 on Saturday, and 11-4 on Sunday.

 Thursday
The 2021 virtual program will be available on the Stoughton Health website beginning December 2nd. In addition, the names will be included in the Stoughton Courier Hub.
 
Harmonious Wail at the Stoughton Opera House. Thursday, December 2, 7:30 PM  10:00 PM
The members of Harmonious Wail are purveyors of Americana-infused Gypsy Jazz, who continue to take their listeners on a ride via the music of the Hot Club sounds of Parisian cafes, to the deepest blues of the Memphis Delta, to the heartfelt folk scenes across every-town-America. This harmonious clique are sublime entertainers, great educators, and lifters of spirits.


Friday

Sponsored by the Stoughton Fire Department, the Holiday Light Show returns to Stoughton Rotary Park on the corner of Sixth and Jefferson. Thousands of holiday lights are timed to music station, 88.5. Lights come on at dusk nightly. 

Stoughton Center for the Arts presents: A Christmas Story, The Musical. We double-dog dare you not to enjoy this musical. The leg lamp, pink bunny suit, and BB gun from this holiday classic shine at a new level with music and lyrics from the people that brought you ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘La La Land’. This major event, put on by our talented cast and crew, will be the highlight of your holiday season. 
 
Performances are at the Stoughton High School Auditorium:  Friday December 3rd (7:30pm evening show), Saturday December 4th (2pm and 7pm). 
 
Asleep at the Wheel at the Stoughton Opera House.
Friday, December 3 and Saturday December 4. 7:30 PM  10:00 PM
 
50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel! Founded in Paw Paw, West Virginia in 1970 by country legend Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums, and 20 singles on the Country Billboard charts. Consistently, Benson has brought the best talents of Western Swing to the stage. Today he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar alongside Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), David Sanger (drums), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Josh Hoag (bass), Connor Forsyth (piano, vocals), and Flavio Pasquetto (steel guitar). They began with a simple goal: to play and help revive American roots music--50 years later, they’re still going strong!

Saturday
Cookie Walk, 8am-12pm
Let others do your baking! Come and look for the decorated cookies featured in the COVID-safe Cookie Walk! Proceeds go to the United Methodist Church Food Pantry.
United Methodist Church, 525 Lincoln Ave

Saturday December 4:  Victorian Holiday Artisan Market:  Join us on Saturday at Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main for the Victorian Holiday Artisan Market 10am-6pm. You will find hand-crafted treasures made by local artisans and gift wrapping provided by the Girl Scouts. This is the perfect chance to finish up that Holiday shopping. In addition, there will be a giving tree to benefit local families.


Hope for the Holidays
Join the PRIMAL family on December 4th for our annual Christmas GiftRaising Event for 
Stoughton Area Resource Team.  
Competitors at this event will test their POWERLIFTING or STRONGMAN strength to provide holiday gifts, clothes, and other essentials. A donation of a new, unwrapped toy covers the entry fee and will be given to START (SToughton Area Resource Team). Last year, our donations provided gifts for over 100 children in need. Power-Kids Contest starts at 9:30am. Ugly Sweater Party Powerlifting and Strongman begins at 5:30pm.
This is not a spectator event – if you show up YOU LIFT!
 

Visit Livsreise to see beautifully decorated Norwegian Holiday Trees along with a special Christmas hardanger embroidery display. Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersøm" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called whitework embroidery. This exhibit will feature items made by many talented stitchers in the Stoughton area. Join Livsreise on Saturday for a Gallery Talk with Stoughton’s own Donna Olson, expert Hardanger teacher and designer. One of our holiday trees will be decorated with hardanger stitched ornaments. Livsreise’s Hours: Tue – Sat: 9:30 – 4:30.
 

Enjoy a Holiday Tasting at All Through The House, 144 E Main St, Saturday December 4 from 11:00-2:00

And don't miss out on the Second Chance Animal Advocates Arts, Crafts, and Bake Sale, Saturday 9am-4pm at River Bluff Middle School, 235 N Forrest St. Shop from crafters and vendors, and pick up a variety of baked goods, doggie treats and candy! Pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, hot beverages, and popcorn. All food proceeds go to animals in need.


Stoughton Center for the Arts presents: A Christmas Story, The Musical. We double-dog dare you not to enjoy this musical. The leg lamp, pink bunny suit, and BB gun from this holiday classic shine at a new level with music and lyrics from the people that brought you ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘La La Land’. This major event, put on by our talented cast and crew, will be the highlight of your holiday season. 
 
Performances are at the Stoughton High School Auditorium:  Friday December 3rd (7:30pm evening show), Saturday December 4th (2pm and 7pm). 

Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers stroll through town in full period costume on Saturday from 10-12:30. Their performance is not one to miss! 

The fire truck parade will illuminate the sky Saturday evening at 5:30 travelling east on Main, with special guest, Santa Clause!

Asleep at the Wheel at the Stoughton Opera House.
Friday, December 3 and Saturday December 4. 7:30 PM  10:00 PM
 
50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel! Founded in Paw Paw, West Virginia in 1970 by country legend Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums, and 20 singles on the Country Billboard charts. Consistently, Benson has brought the best talents of Western Swing to the stage. Today he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar alongside Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), David Sanger (drums), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Josh Hoag (bass), Connor Forsyth (piano, vocals), and Flavio Pasquetto (steel guitar). They began with a simple goal: to play and help revive American roots music--50 years later, they’re still going strong!


Sunday
Stoughton Chamber Singers Women's Ensemble, directed by John Beutel "A Concert of Christmas Music"
Sunday, December 5, 4:00pm
Stoughton Opera House
A freewill offering will be taken