Twinkle in Time
Baker City Downtown presents Twinkle in Time, a weekend-long suite of events and activities to launch the beginning of the holiday season! Twinkle in Time includes BCD’s 6th annual Cookie Crawl and three days of Festival of Trees events. BCD took stewardship of the event in 2023 with the blessing of the Saint Alphonsus Foundation (the former event host).
Twinkle also includes the Twilight Parade and Tree Lighting in Court Street Plaza, organized by the Baker County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau; Make-and-Take holiday activities, organized by Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Inc; Pictures with Santa & Letters to Santa, organized by the Baker City Kiwanis; as well as the 4-H Holiday Bazaar, organized by OSU Extension Baker Co. 4-H Oregon.
Baker City Downtown is pleased to serve Baker by preserving and enhancing the vitality and character of our community through Festival of Trees. Under BCD’s stewardship, Festival of Trees is restored and reinvigorated to its full, multi-day event to bring the community together in celebration while also raising funds to support projects from multiple local organizations. Purchase your tickets to attend the Preview Night on Thursday, December 5 here!
Grant Applications were accepted from April 15 - May 13, 2024 from organizations and groups throughout Baker County to share in the proceeds from Festival of Trees through a grant process. The Festival of Trees Community Grant Committee met in June 2024 to select the awardees. We are excited to announce the twelve Community Grant awardees are: Baker Backpack Program, Baker County Community, Literacy Coalition, Baker County YMCA, Baker Relief Nursery, Baker Swim Team, Best Friends of Baker Inc., Broadcast Baker, CASA of Eastern Oregon, Eastern Oregon Regional Theater, Friends of Baker Heritage Museum, Powder River Music Revue, and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Cookie Crawl
Celebrate the holiday season with downtown Baker by bringing home handmade holiday cookies!
Purchase your cookie box during Festival of Trees’ Family Fun Day from 10a-3p at the Baker Heritage Museum (2480 Grove St), before strolling downtown to collect cookies from participating businesses. Only 300 boxes are available, inviting you to celebrate the holidays by sharing a box with family and friends.
Last year over 500 people and 30 businesses took part in celebrating the season of giving together!
