Winter 2026–27 · Laurel Highlands
The Diamond lit up in Ligonier, a stagecoach inn by candlelight, fifty ice sculptures in Uptown Somerset, and two Frank Lloyd Wright houses without the summer crowds.
How we checked
Every date below was opened on the organiser’s own website, and every event links straight back to it. Where an organiser hasn’t published this season’s dates yet, we list the event and say so rather than guess.
Last checked October 5, 2026. Winter weather moves things: confirm with the organiser before you drive.
What’s coming
November 2 – December 30
Daily in November; December weekends and Dec 26–30
Chalk Hill · Ohiopyle side
Frank Lloyd Wright's other Laurel Highlands house, a hilltop Usonian home. Tours 10 to 3 (Wednesdays from noon). Closed from New Year's until March 14.
Organiser’s page →November 7
Laughlintown · Ligonier side
An old English bonfire night at the old stagecoach inn, 3:30 to 9 in the evening.
Organiser’s page →November 27
Ligonier · Ligonier side
The countdown to lighting the Diamond, a horse-drawn sleigh ride and Santa, 6:30 to 8:30 on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Organiser’s page →November 28 – December 13
Nov 28–29 and Dec 12–13, 4 to 8 pm
Laughlintown · Ligonier side
Yuletide evening tours of the old stagecoach inn by candlelight. Two weekends only.
Organiser’s page →November 30 – March 13
9:30 to 3, closed Wednesdays, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's
Mill Run · Ohiopyle side
Wright's house over the falls, open through the winter. Book a tour ahead.
Organiser’s page →December 5
Ligonier · Ligonier side
A cookie walk around Ligonier's shops with samples from more than fifteen bakeries, 11 to 2.
Organiser’s page →January 15–17
Somerset · Our county, where the houses are
More than fifty ice sculptures through Uptown Somerset, themed on books, with fireworks and hot (and spiked) cocoa.
Organiser’s page →November – December
Somerset · Our county, where the houses are
The town's one-day holiday celebration: a Christkindl market, the holiday parade and the courthouse tree.
A single day in the holiday season. The organiser hadn't published this year's date when we checked.
Organiser’s page →November – December
Greensburg · Ligonier side
The long-running holiday light display at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds.
Select nights, late November through December. The 2026 schedule wasn't up when we checked.
Organiser’s page →January
Ligonier · Ligonier side
Ice sculptures through the town in the middle of winter.
January. The chamber's 2027 listing is a placeholder copied from last year, so we aren't printing its dates yet.
Organiser’s page →Where to stay
Our three houses sit at Hidden Valley in Somerset County, with hot tubs at South Ridge and Kooser, a cedar sauna and woodstove at Kooser, and a game room at Eagles. Booking direct is cheaper than the same house on Airbnb, because we aren’t paying their fee.
Light Up Ligonier falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and the Fire & Ice Festival on a mid-January weekend. Holiday weeks book earlier than ordinary weekends.