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  • Homemade Candy Canes at Logan’s Candy – Ontario

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    This holiday season, local television show Inland Empire Explorer and host Joel Greene explore Logan’s Candy Shop in the City of Ontario to learn how the owners have been making candy canes (and other candies) by hand for over 79 years! Jerry and his family are one of very few homemade candy cane makers in [...]

    Riverside Festival of Lights

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    Local television show Inland Empire Explorer and host Joel Greene explore the City of Riverside’s Festival of Lights holiday event on Main Street in downtown Riverside.  *Click the arrow below to watch The City of Riverside is celebrating the 20th annual Festival of Lights with a dazzling display of holiday decorations including more than 3.6 million [...]

    Winterfest’s Events in Temecula Valley 2012

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    Winterfest’s Events in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country “The most festive season of the year arrives Thanksgiving weekend and is celebrated daily throughout December, January, and February as Winterfest in Downtown Old Town Temecula, Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country, and at Pechanga Resort & Casino. From holiday concerts, theater, and ballet; holiday lights; [...]

    Mission Inn Christmas Festival of Lights – Riverside

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    The Mission Inn’s Festival of Lights 2011 kicked off with a magnificent firework display to the delight of tens of thousands of Southern Californians. In these challenging economic times, Owner Duane Roberts along with his wife, Kelly Roberts, and step daughter, Casey Reinhardt, are proud to call this spectacular light show their gift to the community.

    Holiday Events in the Inland Empire 2012

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    The Inland Empire is full of Holiday events going on nearly every weekend from now until the end of December! Hopefully this list will help you and your family catch at least one event near you!   Chino “Chino’s Youth Christmas Parade & Fair”  12/812 @ 9AM. The parade will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the corner of Riverside Drive [...]

    Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Citizens Business Bank Arena

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    Beginning November 15th, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is teaming up with Hallmark Channel to present the live debut of the band’s multi-platinum rock opera, “The Lost Christmas Eve” for over 100 shows in 65 cities across North America. A modern classic that can stand side by side with a Charles Dickens tale, “The Lost Christmas Eve” is the newest [...]

    Bring Music And Join in the Messiah Singalong Dec. 8

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    RIVERSIDE — If belting out Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” is part of your holiday tradition, there is a new event on the calendar that might be of interest. A Messiah Singalong, with orchestra, is free and open to the community at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at La Sierra University Church, 4937 Sierra Vista Ave. The choir on [...]

    Dec. 2 Offers an Alternative Spot to Shop

    The 2012 Alternative Gift Fair is set for 12 noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2

    Set your sights on some holiday gift shopping at the Alternative Gift Fair from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 at the First United Methodist Church of Riverside, 4845 Brockton Ave. This is your place for handmade gifts and non-profit causes, live music, and homemade soup. This fair has been a tradition in Riverside [...]

    Dickens Festival 2012 Serves as Time Machine; Tea and Evensong in Riverside

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    The annual Riverside Dickens Festival, like a time machine, will deliver spectators to Victorian England for the era’s equivalent of a dinner and a show — a classic outing in any historic era. The festival runs from Saturday, January 7 to Sunday, January 8, 2012.

    Holiday Cheer on Riverside’s Main Street Pedestrian Mall

    Riverside Downtown Skating Rink Christmas 2011

    Everything sparkles in Downtown Riverside during the Festival of Lights — including the horses’ glitter bedazzled hooves!

    Chuck Liddell at UFC Gym Corona

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    UFC Gym is excited to host famed MMA fighter Chuck Liddell at their Corona location Friday, December 16th.

    Knott’s Berry Farm – Canned Food Drive 2011 – Just $27.99 for Adults

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    With an estimated 400,000 people at risk of facing hunger every month in Orange County, 42% of whom are children, Knott’s Berry Farm is partnering with the Orange County Food Bank to help the community and provide a fun day out at Knott’s for just $27.90 per adult!

    Christmas Lights – Alta Loma / Rancho Cucamonga – Thoroughbred

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    Alta Loma / Rancho Cucamonga’s Christmas lights on Thoroughbred Street have provided a light show that has thrilled many Inland Empire holiday fans for years.

    Christmas Lights in the Inland Empire – Map / List

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    The holiday season would not be the same without the brilliant Christmas lights that bring the holiday cheer to Riverside and San Bernardino counties. We’re compiling a list of the beautiful neighborhoods and businesses that bring holiday lights to our region.

    Businesses In Tutus 2011

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    One of our newest holiday traditions, Businesses in Tutus, is a festive celebration which supports the California Riverside Ballet’s annual performance of The Nutcracker. Witness some of Riverside’s most noted personalities and leaders slip into something frilly to dance and delight the audience at hand. Costumes complete with tiara and sceptor! November 16, 2011, 5:30 p.m. @ Fox Performing Arts Center.

    KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2011 – Tickets / Lineup

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    KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas 2011 lineup and ticket info has been announced!

    The Riverside Plaza

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    The Riverside Plaza, known by many as “The Plaza,” is a premier destination for shopping, entertainment, drinks and dining in the Inland Empire. Completely revamped in the mid-2000′s, The Plaza is now the cutting edge retail center in the Riverside area.

    Riverside Alternative Gift Fair 2011

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    The 30th annual Alternative Gift Fair in Riverside offers fair trade coffee, handmade art and other alternatives to gifts from the mall.

    Haunted Mansion Holiday – The Nightmare Before Christmas @ Disneyland

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    Just when you thought Halloween was over in Southern California, Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday turns a park favorite upside-down and makes it even spookier through the eyes of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, making the year’s most joyous holiday into a ride that is anything but!

    X1039 Very Merry Xmas Party 2011 – Avenged Sevenfold – Ontario

    Very Merry Xmas 2011

    X1039′s Very Merry Xmas Party Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario featuring Avenged Sevenfold with Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria and Black Veil Brides.

    Jingle Ball 2011 – KIIS FM

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    KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2011 will feature Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, Gym Class Heroes, Taio Cruz, Big Time Rush and more at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown LA on December 3, 2011.

    Brian Setzer Orchestra at California Theatre – San Bernardino

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    Three-time Grammy Award-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter Brian Setzer, whose rockabilly revival group The Stray Cats and his own jazz-oriented big band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, have rocked many a house, plays the California Theatre on Dec. 18.