Christmas in the Harbour 2024 is Celebrating 26 Years!
Experience Christmas in a whole new way.
If you want to recapture the magic of the festive season, this signature Peninsula event is the way to do it. Since 1999, a committed team of locals has been helping turn Port de Grave Harbour into a floating North Pole. The annual Christmas Boat Lighting and Carol Singing takes place the second Friday in December and the lights shimmer off the water’s surface till Old Christmas Day (January 6th).
26th Annual Boat Lighting December 6th to January 6th, 2025. Make your plans now!
Check out our 25th Anniversary Boat Lighting Souvenir Booklet now available on-line please click on this link:
25th Anniversary Boat Lighting Souvenir Flip-book thanks to TriNav Group of Companies.
Join us on opening night to see the lights come on, along with a visit from a very special guest — Santa himself!
Grab a hot chocolate, bring your singing voice, and bask in the festive spirit.
Even if you can’t make it to opening night, a walk amid 50 to 60 brightly lit, bobbing boats is a seasonal treat not to be missed. Drawing more and more visitors every year, the magical image of a harbour aglow has become internationally recognized and prominently featured in provincial tourism materials.
The Story of the Boat Lighting
In the fall of 1999, Port de Grave was selected to become the last port of call for the Viking Ship, the Islendingur, in the summer of 2000. A committee was formed which consisted of 35 people, it had two Co-Chairs Wayne Harbin and Joyce Morgan. Port de Grave would host a celebration like it never had seen before. That fall the Government of Newfoundland sponsored the Festival of Lights, whereby any community that was willing to participate by lighting up their community for Christmas would receive a grant in the amount of $500.00, we decided “what a way to celebrate Christmas by lighting up the Harbour”, and so our story begins…
Schedule of Events
December 6th 2024 to January 6th, 2025 - 26th Annual Boat Lighting
December 4th, 2024 Lighting of the Crab Pot Christmas Tree next door to St. Mark’s Heritage Society
An updated Christmas on the Peninsula Schedule will be added when all the planning is done.
The 25th Annual Boat Lighting is presented by TriNav Group. Please check us out on Facebook for further updates!
1. Crabpot Christmas Tree
2. Pentecostal Tabernacle
3. Memorial Christmas Tree
4. Port de Grave Harbour,
Home of the Boat Lighting
5. The Crown
6. Old Ballfield Parking
7. St. Luke’s Church
8. St. Luke’s Hall
9. Museum Complex
A very special THANK Y to Glovertown Shipyard & BMO Commercial Banking for supplying Hot Chocolate and Cookies for the Opening Ceremonies.
We want to THANK Baccalieu Trail Brewing Co. for their outstanding support. Once again in 2024 they will be producing a new product this year. Stay tuned for an update!
Seas N Greetings with Spirit of Newfoundland!
Thank you for the awesome show we had in 2023!
An exceptional duo, the marvelous Mr. Peter Halley and the striking Ms. Shelley Neville will celebrate the season with music, fun and festive holiday favourites!
Thank you to NL Chocolate for designing and producing a chocolate bar for the 25th Anniversary!
Figgyduff Dory has created a brand new Harbour Lights Crewneck.
10% from the sale of each Harbour Lights Crewneck will be donated back into the community.
Thank you to Figgyduff for producing a beautiful sweatshirt for the 25th anniversary!
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Thank you to our Partners!
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