Tickets are selling out fast for this December’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Holiday House Tour, which returns Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5 with six decorated homes, complimentary tastings and a new Christmas market at the McArthur Estate.
The annual tour, now in its 27th year, is the Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s largest fundraiser. It draws hundreds from Niagara and beyond to admire a variety of homes in town, many of historical significance, all decked out for the holidays.
In 2025, it raised about $211,000 for charity, bringing the event’s total contributions to more than $1.5 million.
General day tickets cost $54 for adults and include entry to the homes, admission to local historic and cultural sites and tastings from Peller Estates, Trius Winery & Restaurant, Wine Country Vintners and Wayne Gretzky Estates.
The tour runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. Children 12 and under are admitted free with registration.
This year’s tour features six homes:
- The Lepp-LoForti Chateau, situated among NOTL’s vineyards on Four Mile Creek Road
- Ranger’s Retreat, on Colonel Butler Crescent, featuring a vast collection of antiques, lithographs and artworks
- “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” built in 1977 and located on Simcoe Street
- Old Ivy Walk, on Prideaux Street, a 19th-century Georgian home
- The Kirby House, on Front Street, a designated historic site from 1818
- Daisy’s House, on Regent Street, an 1898 Victorian home with a classic wraparound porch and white picket fence
Meanwhile, the evening tour at the historic McArthur Estate, Merry & Bright Christmas, will feature live music, holiday displays, Santa Claus, the Grinch and a Christmas market.
Tickets for some time slots of Merry & Bright Christmas are already sold out on both days, but time slots 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday are still available. They cost $65 for adults.
Combined tickets for the day tour and evening event, at $105 per person, are also going fast, but some are still available for Friday and Saturday.
As an addition to the holiday festivities, on Dec. 4, Oaklands Restaurant at Riverbend Inn & Vineyard will host a four-course Christmas dinner with wine pairings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended at participating wineries.
To purchase tickets, visit holidayhousetournotl.ca.
