Holiday Festival Comes To Coventry Village On Saturday

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Coventry Village's annual Holiday Festival will return on Saturday. Festivities include live music, appearances from costumed characters, adoptable pets from the Cleveland APL, crafts, free movies and more. The party starts at 11 a.m. and will continue through the evening.

The Holiday Festival will run at the same time as Grog Shop's and B Side Lounge's Jingle Bell Shop, which features 30 vendors with unique wares for purchase. A DJ will spin holiday tunes while shoppers peruse the goods. The market runs from noon to 5 p.m.

Families can enjoy story time at the Coventry Branch of Heights Libraries, a free showing of the movie "Elf" at Centrum Theater or take part in a paper craft workshop at Lake Erie Ink. Panini's will also be hosting a Christmas tree farm for anyone who wants a live tree.

Visitors can also visit a holiday center housed in one of Coventry's available spaces, 1854 Coventry Road. The former In The 216 Shop will play home to a holiday village, free photos with Santa, holiday face painting by Wendy Cutler, live music by Rae Brown and a gift card shop where guests can buy Coventry Cash and gift cards to nearly every Coventry Village Merchant.

A full schedule of the day's event can be found on the Coventry Village website.