Celebrate Highwood

10/26/2026

Friends- make sure to take your vouchers to American Place Casino to redeem!🎉🎉🎉

10/26/2026

🎅✨ The wait is over! ✨🎅

December 5th, 2026 — get ready to get ELFED UP in Highwood! 🎄

Early Bird tickets for the 8th Annual Elf Invasion Pub Crawl are officially available!

The first 100 tickets can save $5 with promo code EARLYBIRD at checkout. Once those 100 tickets are gone, the discount is gone too!

Grab your friends, break out the elf costumes, and get ready for a night of drinks, live music, food & drink specials, raffle prizes, and plenty of holiday fun throughout Downtown Highwood.

🎟️ First 100 tickets only — don’t wait to grab yours!
📅 December 5th, 2026
⏰ 2 PM – Bar Close
📍 Downtown Highwood

Get your Early Bird tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-elf-invasion-pub-crawl-tickets-2003677905553

10/25/2026

🚨 TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT 🚨

December 5th, 2026, Highwood is getting ELFED UP! 🎄

The 8th Annual Elf Invasion Pub Crawl is almost here, and Early Bird tickets go LIVE TOMORROW, October 26 at 12 AM CST!

The first 100 tickets get $5 OFF with promo code EARLYBIRD, and once those 100 are gone, they’re gone!

Get your crew together, plan those elf costumes, and get ready for a night of drinks, live music, food specials, raffle prizes, and plenty of holiday fun throughout Downtown Highwood.

This event has sold out before, so set that alarm and be ready! 👀

Get ready to grab your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-elf-invasion-pub-crawl-tickets-2003677905553

10/24/2026

🎄 ONLY 2 DAYS UNTIL EARLY BIRD! 🎄

Highwood elves, this is your warning. 👀

Early Bird tickets for the 8th Annual Elf Invasion Pub Crawl Sat. December 5th go on sale MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 12 AM CST!

The first 100 tickets get $5 off with promo code EARLYBIRD - and once those 100 are gone, the deal is gone!

If you’ve been waiting to get your crew together, pick out your elf outfits and make your plans, now is the time. This event has sold out before, so don’t wait too long to grab your spot!

📅 Saturday, December 5, 2026�⏰ 2 PM – Bar Close�📍 Downtown Highwood

Set your alarms and get ready. 2 days until tickets drop!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-elf-invasion-pub-crawl-tickets-2003677905553

10/24/2026

Behind every great Highwood event is an incredible team.

From the Evening Markets and Inferno Fest to the Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest, Celebrate Highwood’s dedicated volunteers, board members, and leadership team work tirelessly to bring our community together and support local businesses.

Thank you to everyone who gives their time and energy to make these events possible. Our community is stronger because of you!

Learn more at celebratehighwood.org.

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10/23/2026

🎄 HIGHWOOD, GET READY TO GET ELFED UP 🎄

The countdown is on to the 8th Annual Elf Invasion Pub Crawl! Saturday, December 5th! 🎅

Grab your friends, start planning your best elf outfits, and get ready for a night of taking over Downtown Highwood with live music, food & drink specials, raffle prizes, and plenty of holiday fun.

And don’t forget - Early Bird tickets go on sale Monday, October 26 at 12 AM CST!

The first 100 tickets will save $5 with promo code EARLYBIRD. This event always sells out, so you’ll want to be ready when tickets drop!

Pub crawl locations will be announced shortly!

📅 Saturday, December 5, 2026
⏰ 2 PM – Bar Close
📍 Downtown Highwood

Get ready to grab your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-elf-invasion-pub-crawl-tickets-2003677905553

10/22/2026

🎄 ELVES, IT’S ALMOST TIME… 🎄

Highwood’s 8th Annual Elf Invasion Pub Crawl is coming back on December 5th, and if you’ve been before, you already know this is a night you DON’T want to miss. 👀🎅

Grab your friends, start planning those elf costumes and get ready to get ELFED UP as we take over Downtown Highwood! 🎄🍻

We’ll be visiting some of Highwood’s favorite spots for live music, food & drink specials, raffle prizes and plenty of holiday fun.

And here’s the important part…

EARLY BIRD TICKETS OPEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 12 AM CST!

Save $5 with promo code EARLYBIRD — available for the first 100 tickets only!

This event has sold out in the past, so if you want in, you’ll want to be ready when tickets drop. 👀

📅 Saturday, December 5, 2026
⏰ 2 PM – Bar Close
📍 Downtown Highwood

🎟️ Get ready to grab your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-elf-invasion-pub-crawl-tickets-2003677905553

10/12/2026

10/05/2026

WE MADE IT, HIGHWOOD!!!! 🎃❤️🎃

What. A. Weekend.

On behalf of our entire volunteer Board, THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this weekend what it was.

There is something pretty incredible about watching thousands and thousands of people pour into our little city. Our streets are full. Our restaurants and bars are packed. People walk into businesses they’ve never been to before. Families make traditions here. And people who may have never had a reason to visit Highwood get to experience what makes this place so special. 💕💕💕

That is a really big part of why we do this.

A festival this size asks a lot of a small community, and we are so grateful to everyone who helps us pull it off. Our businesses and residents who roll with a little extra craziness for the weekend. The City of Highwood, Public Works and Highwood Police Department. Our sponsors and partners. Our performers and vendors. Our incredible volunteers. And every person who shows up and brings this festival to life.

Seeing Highwood absolutely FULL of people eating, laughing, dancing, carving pumpkins and making memories together is pretty special. 🍽 🥂💃🎃

When you’re busy making a weekend like this happen, you don’t always get to see all of those little moments happening around you. So now that the pumpkins are carved and the streets are a little quieter, we’d love to see Pumpkin Fest through your eyes.

Share your photos, tag us and tell us your favorite part of this year’s Fest.

Thank you for showing up for Pumpkin Fest. And thank you for showing up for Highwood. 🎃

With so much gratitude,

The Celebrate Highwood volunteer board 🧡🧡🧡