# Holiday of Holidays 2026 > Haifa Events **Category:** tours ## Description Holiday of Holidays 2026 | or as we already call it – Chaga! Between December 10 and 20, Haifa fills up with music, art, culture and encounters. More than 30 events await you at Beit HaGefen and around the city: performances, concerts, exhibitions, tours, open studios, encounters and a festive family area. The celebration starts even earlier! On December 6 the festive lighting of the holiday decorations will take place at Kikar HaMeginim (Defenders' Square) in the German Colony, with the Mayor of Haifa in attendance. The holiday decorations will light up the city until December 31. The Holiday of Holidays Festival, initiated and produced by Beit HaGefen, in partnership with the Haifa Municipality. So what's waiting for you this year at Chaga? For all events, details and tickets – go to the festival website 34 years of the Holiday of Holidays Festival, and we never get tired of writing about it. Because every year it's a chance to look the festival straight in the eye, to peek deep into its heart, to check every corner and line and make sure we're still on it, still true to its values and its essence. And then to lay out all this goodness, nicely and carefully, so you can know what's waiting here and choose exactly what feels good. The Holiday of Holidays Festival, initiated and produced by Beit HaGefen, is an island of sanity within a complex Israeli reality. A rooted, deep and heartwarming festival that sheds light on the shared life taking place in Haifa and reminds us how important it is, especially in these days. This year too we've cooked up an intercultural dish, a special Haifa mix, rich and full of flavors, between December 10 and 20, with excellent culture and art events, most of them at Beit HaGefen and its surroundings. Music, performances, exhibitions, tours and encounters, in different languages and from different cultures and traditions. Some are open to the public free of charge and some require payment, and together they all tell something about Haifa, about the people who live here and about what can happen when people truly meet. The performances and music are the heart of the festival. You can meet us in churches and halls at festive concerts for the winter holidays, hear choirs and voices from Haifa and the area singing in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Latin, surrender to Arab-Western jazz, Mediterranean flamenco and the sounds of Azerbaijani music from the depths of the earth. Set out on a nostalgic journey to the home of an Iraqi grandmother who sews dresses, meet personal and cultural stories, learn something new about the Arabic language and culture, and discover how many worlds you can meet in a single evening. Visual art also has a place of honor. The Beit HaGefen Gallery will present the exhibition "Ocean Floor, Belly of the Earth." During one weekend, initiated by the gallery, the studios of artists working and creating in Haifa will open up, allowing a personal encounter and a close look at their work. At the Beit HaGefen Library, as every year, the national exhibition of children's drawings will be presented, this year on the theme "Through the Window." The festival tours offer a chance to get to know Haifa from another angle: Christmas for families, communities and traditions, markets coming back to life, Wadi Nisnas and the Museum Without Walls, surprise tours and routes that combine music, art and tastings. From the Wadi through Hadar and all the way to the German Colony, a chance to discover even what you thought you already knew. And on Saturdays? Beit HaGefen turns into one big family celebration, under the open sky. An area open to the public with music performances, acrobatics and clowning, with words and without, for kids and adults, craft workshops, surprises and lots of moments of laughter and wonder. The musical scouts' parade also joins the celebration, because after all, what is Holiday of Holidays without a bit of joyful noise? On those same Saturdays you can also step into Santa's Lounge – a festive, decorated room where the symbols and stories of Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan and Novy God (the Russian New Year) meet. Four different traditions that find themselves in the same lounge. And of course, you can also meet Santa in person, take a photo together and share a wish or a blessing with him. Who said only kids are allowed? Between a show and a tour, our Al-Karma Café is waiting at Beit HaGefen with something tasty to eat and drink, a pleasant corner to sit in, and maybe also a good conversation that wasn't planned in advance. All this goodness, and much more, is waiting here on the festival website. You can wander around, take a peek, get curious, put together an evening or two, or a whole day. There's room here for different languages, different tastes, different people. That's exactly the spirit of Beit HaGefen: to meet through art and culture, to get to know, to listen and to discover that you don't have to be alike to feel like you belong. And of course... the holiday decorations! This year too, the light decorations and holiday symbols will light up the German Colony and other spots around the city, from December 6 until the end of the month. A small, bright and colorful reminder that more than ever, we all need a little light, warmth and hope. The festive lighting of the light decorations will take place on 6.12.26 at Kikar HaMeginim in the German Colony, with the Mayor of Haifa in attendance. Holiday of Holidays Festival | December 10–20, 2026 Holiday decorations | December 6–31, 2026 Did we already mention how excited we are for this meeting? Happy holidays to all of us! The full program here The team behind the concept, planning and spirit: CEO of Beit HaGefen and the Festival: Asaf Ron Chief Producer: Limor Shein Artistic Director: Hila Goshen Gallery Curator: Noga Or Yam Steering Committee: Christine Hazan, Mona Nassar Najjar, Sana Andraus, Sharon Banosh, Ilana Abu Gulan, Roula Hilu, Rabie Khoury Curator's Assistant: Issa Zaatara Library and National Children's Drawing Exhibition Management: Maher Mahamid Curator of the National Children's Drawing Exhibition: Noga Or Yam Tour Development and Management: Sharki Golani, Hemdat Yuval Beit HaGefen Technical Team: Samir Lulu, Nizar Hamra, Elias Rashid, Bilal Tukan, Peter Abraham, Samir Zaher Social media: Long Tail Marketing | Ido Zamek Beit HaGefen Social Media: Shani Goldman Design: Studio 88 Arabic Translation: Jana Abu Zarqa PR: Meromi Public Relations Haifa Municipality Spokesperson's Office: Ofer Harel, Oded Arazi, Arina Dubkin, Gil Meller, Roni Grossman, Rasha Awisat, Anat Solomon, Nir Belazitsky Haifa Municipality Culture Department: Batya Klait, Tali Goldstein, Adi Avikzar Beit HaGefen Bookkeeping: Vicky Hanukov Legal Advisor: Adv. Jubran Jubran Thanks to all the employees of Beit HaGefen Special thanks to the Haifa Municipality, the Ministry of Culture and Sport, and the Equality Authority **Date:** 2026-12-10 **City:** Haifa **Price:** Free admission **Tickets:** https://www.haifa.muni.il/event/haifahag/ **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/haifa_municipality/246cb6e83b16ba86689056f0cb473122.jpg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/holiday-of-holidays-2026/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/חג-החגים-2026/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/праздник-праздников-2026/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.