Friday-Saturday, Nov. 29-30
Belsnickel Craft Show, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Boyertown High School.
Saturday, Nov. 30
Benefit Dance, 7-10p.m., Virginville Grange, Route 143, Virginville. Cost: $8. Benefits Ken Rarick, a Maidencreek Township resident with ongoing medical expenses. Music by the Majestics. Refreshments available.
Free concert and CD release by the Zepp Family Band, 3 p.m., Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 14 Church Hill Road, Barto. For more information: info@thezeppfamily.com.
Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1
Christmas craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Leesport Farmers Market, Ontelaunee Township.
Holiday Open House, Over Home Alpacas Farm Store Grand Opening, Nov. 30: 10 a.m.-3p.m.; Dec. 1: 12 p.m.-3p.m., 43 Midway Road, Bethel. For more information: 717-673-2541.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Leesport Historical Society open house, 1-4 p.m., Leesport Area Historical Society Museum, 128 Main St., Leesport. Santa will be there.
Grange Breakfast, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Ontelaunee Community Grange, 284 White Oak Lane, Leesport. Information: 610-926-5389.
All-you-can-eat breakfast, 7-11 a.m., Alsace Lutheran Church, 2201 Kutztown Road, Muhlenberg Township. Cost: adults, $6; children 4-12, $4; 3 and younger, free. Tickets can be purchased at the church, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Proceeds benefit the 2014 mission trip to Pittsburgh.
Rehrersburg Lions Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.-noon. Full menu. Lions Den on Teen Challenge Road. Proceeds go to Lions and local charities.
Breakfast with Santa, 8 a.m.-12p.m., Womelsdorf Volunteer Firemen social hall, N. Front Street. Santa & Mrs Claus visit from 9a.m.-11a.m. Benefits equipment fund.
Tuesday, Dec. 3
AgConnect Social Media Workshop, 8-10a.m., Chester County Economic Development Council Conference Center, Exton. “Keeping Customers Engaged with Your Farm or Agribusiness in the Off-Season.” Registration $15, http://agintheoffseason.eventbrite.com or call Jodi Gauker, 610-321-8226.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
The Civil War and the Boyertown Area, 7 p.m., Boyertown Area Historical Society, 43 S. Chestnut St., Boyertown. Local historian Micheal Snyder presents. Introduce new exhibit; Civil War Heroes of the Boyertown Area, of narratives, pictures, artifacts and poetry. Open to the public. Cost: Free. Refreshments will be served.
Friday, Dec. 6
Ladies’ Night, 7-10p.m., Boyertown High School Cafeteria, 120 N. Monroe St., Boyertown. With local vendors for Mary Kay, Premier Designs and Dove Chocolate.
Live nativity scene, 7-8 p.m., Community United Church of Christ, 3330 St. Lawrence Ave,, St. Lawrence. Bring a flashlight. Pictures may be taken with animals.
Friday-Saturday, Monday, Dec. 6-7, 9
Poinsettia show, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Monday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Glick’s Greenhouse, 57 Fisher Mill Road, Oley Township.
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6-7
Christmas bazaar, 5-8 p.m., Friday; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 548 Old Swede Road, Douglassville. Information: 610-385-6616.
Catch the Spirit Holiday Weekend, Dec. 6: 7 p.m.-8:30p.m.; Dec. 7: 10 a.m.-5p.m., downtown Hamburg. Annual Christmas tree lighting, holiday parade, visits with Santa, hand-made crafts, music, and more. Information: http://hamburgpa.org/events/carch-the-spirit/.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Antique show, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Leesport Farmers Market, 312 Gernants Church Road, Ontelaunee Township. Event produced by the Berks County Antique Dealers Association. Cost: $6. Information: 610-926-1307.
Holiday Open House at Rodale, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Maxatawny Township.
Holiday Antiques Show, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Leesport Farmers Market Exhibition Hall. Cost: $6. A portion of the proceeds benefit the historical associations throughout Berks County. Information: 610-678-7669, or www.facebook.com/BerksAntiques.
Dinner Theater, 4:30 p.m., Maidencreek Church, 261 Main St., Blandon. Maidencreek Players present an original play, “Ben Gay and Mistletoe.” Buffet dinner immediately following. Cost: Adults, $10; children 11 and younger, $5. Tickets: 610-926-3907 or 610-944-5862.
Christmas Bazaar, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Thomas Church, 536 N. Main Street, Bernville. Homemade crafts, doll clothing, purses, ornaments, cutlery, candy and cookies, jams, kid’s craft corner, food. Information: 610-488-6702.
Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m.-1p.m., St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 47 S. Whiteoak St., Kutztown.
Book Signing and Holiday Organizing, 10 a.m., Spring Township Library, 78-C Commerce Drive, Spring. Certified professional organizer, author Vali G. Heist discusses holiday organizing. Registration required. Call 610-373-9888 or spring.twp.library@gmail.com, or www.berks.lib.pa.us/sst.
Noble St. Christmas, 7 a.m.-2:30p.m., The Link Center, 201 Noble St., Reading. Holiday Craft Show, Breakfast w/ Santa & Mrs. Claus, trackless train rides for children. Free admission with canned good. Benefits Greater Berks Food Bank. Information: theLinkCenter.org.
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 7-8
Daniel Boone Optimist Club Craft Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845 Weavertown Road, Amity Township.
Holiday Craft and Food Fest, Dec. 7: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Dec. 8: after all Masses, St. Columbkill Church, 200 Indian Spring Road, Boyertown. Information: www.stcolumbkill.com.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Flea market and toy show, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Leesport Farmers Market, 312 Gernants Church Road. Ontelaunee Township. Information: 610-926-1307.
Strausstown Fire Company breakfast, 8 a.m.-noon, Strausstown Fire Company’s Community Campus, 50 East Ave., Strausstown. Proceeds benefit the apparatus fund.
Ringgold Band Christmas Celebration, 6 p.m., Schwarzwald Lutheran Church, 250 Church Lane, Exeter. Food and Crafters from 2 p.m.-6p.m. Information: 610-779-3480.
Rajah Shrine Chanters Concert, 2:30 p.m., New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, 27 Lyons Road, Fleetwood. Refreshments following concert. Free-will offering taken.
Monday, Dec. 9
Transitioning the Family Farm, informational meeting on how to pass on the farm to the next generation or sell to another farmer, 1-4:30 p.m., Berks County Agricultural Center, 1238 County Welfare Road, Bern Township. Cost: free but limited to first 100 registrants. Registration: By Dec. 3, contact Berks agricultural coordinator Sheila Miller at 610-898-5482 or email smiller@countyofberks.com.
Friday, Dec. 13
Big Timin’ line dance, 7 p.m.-10p.m., Tulpehocken High School gym. Call 610-488-6286 x1149 to purchase tickets for $5. Tickets $6 at the door.
Saturday, Dec. 14
Breakfast with Santa, 7:30-10 a.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Womelsdorf. Cost: $7, children under 12, $4. All-you-can-eat buffet featuring sausage, gravy and biscuits.
Christmas on the Farm, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University, 22 Luckenbill Road, Maxatawny Township. Information: www.kutztown.edu/pgchc, or 610.683.1589.
Holiday Open House, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Tasty Licks BBQ Supply, 214 W Lancaster Ave., Shillington. Information: www.tastylicksbbq.com, or 800-677-2882.
Hooves and Hot Cocoa, 1-4 p.m., Shady Hollow Assisted Riding, 959 E. Main St., Union Township. Crafts for kids, carolers and Santa. Photos with horses and hayrides. Cost: $6; children 1 and younger, free. Proceeds support scholarship fund. Information: www.hugahorse.com.
Sunday, Dec, 15
Holiday breakfast buffet, 8 a.m.-noon, Keystone Fire Co. of Rehrersburg,, Godfrey Street, Rehrersburg. Cost: $7; Children 5-12, $4; 4 and under, free, Proceeds benefit the equipment fund.
Deutscher Weihnachtsgottesdienst, German Ecumencial Christmas Service, 11 a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 521 Walnut St., Reading. Music by Reading Liederkranz Singers.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Holiday concert, 7 p.m., St. Joseph’s Hill Lutheran Church, 244 Koch Road, Boyertown. Presented by Boyertown Junior High West’s Show Choir. Information: 610-369-0990.