A Moravian Advent & Christmas Festival
& Holiday Market
(fourth annual)

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm

Elberson Fine Arts Ctr, Salem College, 430 Leaders Ave., Winston-Salem, NC
Archie K Davis Center, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC
Please use “430 Leaders Ave” for Directions to Parking Google Map

No ticket necessary.
Free Admission; Items for Sale
❄ ☼ “rain or shine” ☼ ❄

ChristmasFest 2025
Event Partnership Proposal:

The Moravian Music Foundation and The Moravian Archives would like to partner with your business to present ChristmasFest. Building upon the success of the first three years, Christmasfest 2025 will feature a wide variety of vendors, enhanced children’s programming and crafts, multiple and varied musical performances, all free to the community. Our attendance goal for ChristmasFest 2025 is 3000 people.

Enjoy Sights and Sounds from Previous Festivals:

Thank you to Michael Hastings, official photographer of ChristmasFest:

Photos from 2022 & 2023

SLIDESHOW for 2024

ChristmasFest Needs Volunteers!

Click here if you would like to help with this exciting and fun event!
Please indicate your area of interest on the form.

Volunteer Sign-Up Form

We are very excited for the upcoming Christmas Fest event which will be held on Saturday, December 14^th. We are anticipating needing approximately 30 volunteers to work the full day (or more if people do half day shifts – 9:30-1, 1-5:30). There are multiple volunteer roles available, which caters to a variety of skill sets and interests. If you would like to volunteer, please click on the button above.

The roles include:

Information Booth Workers: There will be several Information Booths set up at the entrances to the festival and volunteers here will hand out maps, schedules, and answer questions.

Concert Ushers: These volunteers will be working inside the Fine Arts Center assisting with seating guests in the auditoriums—a cushy role as you will be inside and listening to a variety of musicians including the Winston Salem Symphony.

Tours of the Vault: These volunteers will consist of a tour leader, tour support, and a check in person for the Vault Tours that will be scheduled throughout the day. These tours will be approximately 30 minutes long with time for questions.

Santa’s Helpers: Inside the AKD Center, these volunteers will help direct traffic and keep the queue to see Santa orderly. This would be a good role for those interested in staying warm and working with children!

Children’s Christmas Craft Corner: These volunteers will be working with a Children’s Coordinator, leading children through various Christmas Crafts and games. Great for those who love working with kids and who like getting crafty!

Runners: These volunteers will be assisting Chirs Ogburn with setting up musical equipment, restocking supplies, and helping the event run smoothly. These volunteers will be walking around the grounds and potentially carrying heavier items.

Vendor Hall Assistant: Inside the Elberson Fine Arts Center, vendor booths will be arranged along the halls and this volunteer will help vendors, provide information to guests, and ensuring the event runs smoothly.

Beverage Station: Outside of the AKD Center in the courtyard, these volunteers will be selling cocoa and non-alcoholic beverages. As musicians will be playing in the courtyard throughout the day, these volunteers will be serenaded during their shifts.

AKD Gift Shop: These volunteers will be running the combined MMF/MASP Gift Shop Booth inside the AKD Center, which will be located outside of the first-floor offices. These volunteers will stay cozy inside, and this will not require much walking/standing.

Pre-Event Set Up: On the Thursday and Friday before the event, these volunteers will assist the AKD staff with decorating, and more. These volunteers will not need to attend the orientation.

A Volunteer Orientation will be held. Please indicate your preference.

Even if you cannot volunteer yourself, I would be so grateful if you could share this information with your friends, family, coworkers, or congregations! As always, thank you for all that you do for us here—I look forward to seeing you at Christmas Fest!

Warmly, Sabrina Garity Assistant Archivist / Moravian Church in America, Southern Province

336-722-1742

ARTISTS & CRAFTSPEOPLE

Vendor applications will open in late summer.

Arts and Craft and Food Vendors: Fee of $50 to exhibit/sell
Churches and related exhibitors: Free to exhibit, share, educate, (church groups may also sell)

Vendor Application Suspended

Family Fun & Festivities!

Christmas carols (Weihnachtslieder) and other holiday music by a variety of choirs, bands, brass ensembles, guitarists;
Full Concerts by Salem Community Orchestra, Winston-Salem Civic Orchestra, Triad Community Band, and the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Philharmonic (see locations on the schedule)
Food & Drink Vendors; (on the plaza)
Talks and Tours of the Archives (A K Davis Ctr)
Advent and Christmas items for sale
Artists & Craftspersons; Gifts, Demonstrations; (A K Davis Ctr & Elberson Fine Arts Ctr)

Activities for Children! (inside the tent on the plaza)
Opportunity to meet Der Weihnachtsmann (Santa)! (in the Archie K. Davis Center)
Story Time, while Santa is on his cocoa break (in the Archie K. Davis Center)

Santa’s Schedule 2024 >>

Santa (Der Weihnachtsmann) will receive visitors:
11:00am – 12:30pm
– Lunch break –
1:30 – 3:00pm
3:30 – 5:00pm

in the Reading Room of the Archie K Davis Center
[Schedule is subject to change]

Please bring your own cameras (no photographer on duty)

Full Press Release

Thank you to our energetic and tireless volunteers:

Connie, Madison, Cynthia, Elizabeth, Mary Elen, Elizabeth, Rosalie, Ebony, Kennedy
Karl, Mary, Patricia, Gary, Sam, John, Paul, Lindsey, Cindy, Matthew
Hannah, Eve, Miranda, Reed
Barbara, Tony, Zach, David, Barry, Greg, Alex, Kameron, Stewart
Jeff, Dennis, Cody, Marsha

Step back in time and experience the magic of ChristmasFest. This festive event will immerse you in the rich German and Moravian Christmas traditions, offering a delightful experience for the entire family. Visitors will be captivated by the sights, sounds, and tastes of the season. Enjoy the beauty of Moravian decorations, listen to enchanting Christmas music, and savor delicious holiday treats. Don’t miss this opportunity to create lasting memories.
Admission to ChristmasFest is free, with a variety of items available for purchase.

I can’t make it this year, but would like to support ChristmasFest

How to find us…

The Moravian Music Foundation & The Moravian Archives are located in the Archie K Davis Center, behind Cedarhyrst, next to Salem God’s Acre.
Street Address = 457 S Church St., Winston-Salem, NC
However, the building is not “on” Church St.

Better to park in the Salem College Fine Arts Center lot.
Use 430 Leaders Ave. in your map app.

~ easy, free parking ~

Click for Parking Options

Free Parking available in the Salem College, Elberson Fine Arts Center lot. MAP Use 500 E. Salem Ave. for GPS to the entrance to our parking, then drive straight in, down the hill. You may also use 430 Leaders Ave. for the Elberson Fine Arts Center.

You may also park in Old Salem on Church, Bank, or Main Streets. Note: the Archie K Davis Center is not “on” Church St. but rather, behind “459” S. Church St. and, our parking lot is not accessible by car “from” Church St. (see above) but only from E. Salem Ave.

Handicapped or Special Assistance, enter our building from the east side.
Follow ramp to the postern gate. Elevator, inside.

Directions

Google Map

Site Map

Supplemental Parking Map, beyond the main parking lot, you may park where you see the hash marks on this map.

Night of Light

A special concert of holiday music and more.
Limited Space; ticket required.

Tickets

Frohe Weihnachten!

What type of event is this?

ChristmasFest is an opportunity for your whole family to enjoy Salem, experience Christmas tastes and sounds, and immerse yourself in German and Moravian Christmas traditions. Modeled after the ever-popular German Christmas Markets (Christkindlmärkte), the festival will feature music, arts & crafts, gifts, Tannenbäume (Christmas trees), food and drink, as well as fun and festivities for all ages, including activities for children and a chance to meet Weihnachtsmann (Santa)!

What is the Moravian Music Foundation?

Unique Musical Treasures: Nestled in the historic town of Salem, NC, is a modern archival repository of musical treasures written and collected by Moravians. Built upon a unique blend of ancient hymnody, traditional German hymn texts, and Classical music, Moravian Christmas music delivers a heartfelt message of hope and joy in the holiday season.

About the Moravian Archives >

What is the Moravian Archives?

Who are the Moravians?

Mission & Vision – Moravian Music Foundation

Other Festivities in the Neighborhood in December:

Candle Tea

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

A Rousing Good Cheer and Thank You
to our 2024 Sponsors!

Premier Waterproofing

Salem College
Salem Congregation

Adams Lane Photography
Ally McCain of Atlantic Bay Mortgage
David and Sabrena Bagby
Cake & All Things Yummy
Community Employee Benefits
Drs. Jeff and Kelly Crum in honor of Dr. Bruce Earnest
Lukas and Rosalie Earnest: The Dr. Bruce Earnest Memorial Christmas Courtyard
Dinomite Heating and Cooling
Barry and Susan Foster
Margaret Harper in honor of Dr. Christopher Ogburn
Keith and Chancy Kapp (Kapp Family Dining Area)
Monica Zseltvay, Keller Williams Realty
Legacy Studios “The Small Business Leaders Podcast”
Precise Creative Marketing
Candy Hege of Southern Properties
Team Logic IT
Womble Bond Dickinson
Home Moravian Church
Calvary Moravian Church

Comments

Nola Knouse says

October 31, 2022 at 3:24 pm

Looks like fun! Hope all the planning goes smoothly and you have a lot of people!

Leonard Allman says

November 28, 2024 at 1:54 am

Is there a music performance schedule which lists where and when each musician(s) will perform?

- Erik Salzwedel says
  
  December 3, 2024 at 1:31 pm
  
  Not yet. It will be posted on the ChristmasFest page.

10 – 10:20	Whitaker Elementary School	Garden
10:30 – 10:50	West Stokes HS Chorus	Garden
11:00 – 11:45	Trinity Moravian Chancel Choir	Courtyard
11:00 – 11:45	Adam and Stephanie Goodrich	AK Davis Ctr
12 – 12:50	Talk on “What is Moravian Music?” (indoors – Spaugh Recital Hall)	AK Davis Ctr
1 – 1:45	North Davidson High School JV and Varsity Singers	Courtyard
2 – 2:45	New Philadelphia Worship Team	Courtyard
3:30 – 3:50	The Moravian Band (all players welcome! – green and blue books)	Courtyard
4 – 4:45	Salem Band Tuba Quartet	Courtyard

10:30a – 12:30p	Triad Community Band
1:00p – 2:30p	Salem Community Orchestra
3:00p – 5:00p	Winston-Salem Civic Orchestra / Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Philharmonic

A Moravian Advent & Christmas Festival& Holiday Market(fourth annual)

ChristmasFest 2025Event Partnership Proposal: