Granbury Square Fall Events 2026: Your Seasonal Calendar

Start at the courthouse gazebo at 100 E. Pearl St. and walk east. Within a few blocks you pass the Granbury Opera House at 133, Granbury Square Plaza at 201, the Langdon Center at 307, Hotel Lucy at 530 and the David Southern Lake Granbury Conference Center at 621. Nearly every event on Granbury's calendar from late October through mid-December happens at one of those addresses.

I find that a useful way to plan the season. You don't need to track a dozen separate events. Track one street and a handful of weekends, because several events share the same Friday, Saturday or Sunday and are close enough to walk between.

The Pearl Street addresses that carry the season

The big street events, the Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts, the Night of Lights Christmas Parade and the Candlelight Tour of Homes, happen on the Square itself, right at the west end of that stretch.

October: the Opera House, then Harvest Moon

Granbury Square Oktoberfest wraps up today, Oct. 4, which leaves the Opera House as the main draw for the next two weekends. Granbury Theatre Company's Footloose runs Oct. 9 through 11 and Oct. 16 through 18 at 133 E. Pearl St.

A block off Pearl, the Lake Granbury Art Association's 2026 Juried Fall Show and Sale is open now at Shanley House Gallery, 224A N. Travis St. It runs through Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the gallery's listed days, with an evening reception on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. The show and the festival a week later make a good pair if you want a quieter look at local art before the weekend crowds arrive.

Harvest Moon weekend, Oct. 24 and 25

The Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts is the first of the season's stacked weekends. Visit Granbury lists the public festival on Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, on Historic Granbury Square. The Historic Granbury Merchants Association calendar shows Oct. 23 through 25. The festival's 2026 artist information clears that up. Friday, Oct. 23, is artist check-in and load-in, and Saturday, Oct. 24, runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. That same schedule lists Sunday hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but it prints the Sunday as Oct. 27, which doesn't match the festival's Oct. 25 end date, so confirm Sunday hours before you go.

HGMA's 2026 listing promises artists and artisans, live music all weekend and a Masquerade Street Dance. The 2026 dance time hasn't been posted yet. Last year's festival page had it on Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Square, so plan around a Saturday evening, but check the time closer to the date.

The same weekend, Granbury Theatre Company opens The Great Gatsby at the Opera House, with performances Oct. 23 through 25. If you're hosting out-of-town guests, a Saturday on the Square at Harvest Moon and a Gatsby performance are only a few steps apart. Gatsby continues Oct. 30 and 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 6 through 8.

Halloween happens off Pearl Street

Granbury's October scares are spread out rather than downtown. Twisted Hollow Haunt at 4015 Paluxy Highway runs from 8 to 11 p.m. on these nights: Oct. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 28 through 31. Spooky Clue: Gone to the Graveyard runs daily through Oct. 31 at The Tree Top Getaway. On Oct. 23 and 24, Twisted Hollow overlaps with Gatsby and Harvest Moon, so you could fill that Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

November: the markets take over Pearl Street

Once Halloween is over, the season moves back to Pearl Street. Three holiday markets fall within ten days, all a short walk from each other.

• Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 to 9 p.m. Hotel Lucy & The Pearl Christmas Market at Hotel Lucy, 530 E. Pearl St. It's an evening market, which suits a weeknight after work.
• Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Lake Granbury Holiday Market at the David Southern Lake Granbury Conference Center, 621 E. Pearl St., presented by CCMarkets4Days Events LLC.
• Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Granbury Square Plaza Holiday Market at 201 E. Pearl St., from the same organizer.

The Nov. 7 market shares a weekend with Gatsby's final performances, Nov. 6 through 8, at the other end of the street. The Lake Granbury Art Association show at Shanley House Gallery closes Nov. 15, the day after the Plaza market, so Nov. 14 is your last Saturday to see it.

Thanksgiving weekend opens the Christmas season

On Friday, Nov. 27, the Night of Lights Christmas Parade starts at 6 p.m. in the downtown Historic District. HGMA's page still shows last year's date, so go by the 2026 Visit Granbury listing. HGMA describes what the night sets in motion:

"Santa's arrival marks the beginning of the Christmas season and the city's Christmas lights are flipped on in nearby Shanley Park and the City Hall Building."

The parade also starts two runs that cover most of the holiday stretch. The Wisemen Seek Him nativity display at the Gordon House in the Langdon Center, 307 E. Pearl St., opens Nov. 27 and runs through Dec. 6. The next day, Saturday, Nov. 28, Granbury Santa House opens at the Hood County Courthouse Gazebo. It runs Thursday through Sunday until Dec. 20, with extra evening dates Dec. 21 through 23. That puts the Santa House and the nativity display about two blocks apart on Pearl Street through the first weekend of December.

Dec. 4 through 6: the season's fullest weekend

The first weekend of December is the busiest on the calendar. HGMA lists Granbury A Candlelight Tour of Homes for Dec. 4 through 6, with decorated homes and locations and a VIP night and party. As of late September, organizers were still looking for 2026 tour homes and locations and taking submissions at [email protected]. Ticket details for 2026 haven't been posted yet, so watch granburycandlelighttour.com and HGMA's calendar.

That same weekend, Granbury Theatre Company opens Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn at the Opera House, with performances Dec. 4 through 6 and again Dec. 10 through 13. Dec. 6 is also the last day of the Wisemen Seek Him display, and the Santa House is open all three days. One weekend gives you the tour, a show, the nativity and Santa, all on or near the same few blocks.

The weekends worth blocking off now

If you only mark a few dates, these are the ones where events overlap:

1. Oct. 23 to 25. The Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts on Saturday and Sunday, The Great Gatsby's opening weekend and two Twisted Hollow Haunt nights.
2. Nov. 6 to 8. The Lake Granbury Holiday Market on Saturday and Gatsby's final three performances.
3. Nov. 27 and 28. The Night of Lights parade Friday evening, the Wisemen Seek Him opening and Santa House opening day.
4. Dec. 4 to 6. The Candlelight Tour of Homes, Holiday Inn's opening weekend, the nativity's final days and the Santa House.

A few items weren't confirmed when I put this together. The Masquerade Street Dance time, Candlelight Tour ticket details and a 2026 date for the Lighted Boat Parade on Lake Granbury have not been announced in the listings I checked. I'll pass them along as they're announced.

If one of these weekends leaves you thinking about a home closer to East Pearl Street, or you just want to talk through what's happening downtown, I'd be glad to hear from you. Leslie Billingsley is happy to help. Let's Connect.