Calendar

Your guide to event-related travel in the Southeast

GEORGIA

Lookout Mountain — Rock City’s Enchanted Garden of Lights, through Jan. 6, features lighted holiday scenes, cookie decorating, food, hot chocolate and more. www.seerockcity.com/lights.

Pine Mountain — Sip & Savor Spring presented by Callaway Gardens, March 15-18, features signature dinners, master classes, al fresco tasting events, wine, craft beer, spirits, artisans, music and more. www.sipandsavorspring.com.

FLORIDA

Orlando — Christmas at Universal Orlando Resort, through Jan. 6, features Christmas in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, holiday parade, Grinchmas, Manheim Steamroller, EVE at City Walk and more. www.universalorlando.com/holidays.

Cocoa Beach — Surfin’ Santa event, Dec. 24, features surfers dressed as Santa, a costume contest and treats from Santa. www.gococoabeach.com/christmas.

Merritt Island — Florida Key Lime Pie Festival, Jan. 13, features food vendors and an opportunity to participate in the making of “the world’s largest key lime pie.” www.visitspacecoast.com.

Melbourne Beach — Florida Pro, Jan. 18-24, features men and women surfers competing for cash prizes. www.floridaprosurf.com. Titusville — Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, Jan. 24-29, features field trips, outdoor workshops, seminars and key note presentations by bird experts. www.spacecoastbirdingandwildlifefestival.org.

Sarasota — Forks & Corks, Jan. 26-Jan. 28, features celebrity winemakers, wine tastings, food and more. www.eatlikealocal.com.

ALABAMA

Huntsville — Galaxy of Lights, through Dec 31, features animated light displays and twinkling icicle forest. www.hsvbg.org.

KENTUCKY

Louisville — Christmas at the Galt House Hotel, through Dec. 24, features holiday attractions, audio tours, contests, a marketplace and shows. www.galthouse.com.

LOUISIANA

Cameron — Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival, Jan. 12-13, features parades, a cook-off, pageants, 5k and 1-mile run/walk, music, dance, exhibits, duck and calling, trap-setting, muskrat skinning, oyster shucking and more. lafurandwildlifefestival.com. Lake Charles — Martin Luther King Jr. Festival, Jan. 12 and Jan. 15, features a memorial breakfast, the Family Day Festival and a parade. www.kzwafm.com.

MISSISSIPPI

Gulfport — Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival, through Jan. 1, features light shows, trolley, train and carousel rides, Santa’s Village, live music and holiday shopping. www.facebook.com/gulfportharborlights.

NORTH CAROLINA

Winston Salem — Old Salem Museums and Gardens Christmas by Candlelight Walking Tours, through December, features guided tours through the historic district, period re-enactors and more. www.visitwinstonsalem.com.

Asheville — Christmas at Biltmore. Daytime Celebration, through Jan. 7; Candlelight Christmas Evenings, through Jan. 6. Experience Biltmore at day or night decked out for the holidays. Daytime included with estate admission. Candlelight evenings by reservation only; pricing varies by date. biltmore.com.

Winston Salem — Holidays at Reynolda, through Dec. 31, features tour of estate-turned-museum decked out for the holidays. www.visitwinstonsalem.com.

Winston Salem — Tanglewood Festival of Lights, through Jan. 3, features car tours through light displays, hay rides and carriage rides, gift shopping and arts and crafts. www.visitwinstonsalem.com.

Hendersonville — Home for the Holidays, through Jan. 1, features carriage rides, ice skating, trolley tours, Santa, tree lighting and more. www.visithendersonnc.org/ home-for-the-holidays.

Charlotte — Christmas at the Library, through Dec. 23, features a live nativity, horse-drawn carriage rides, light displays, food, shopping and children’s activities. www.billygrahamlibrary.org/ christmas-at-the-library. Carolina Beach/Kure Beach — New Year’s Eve Celebration, Dec. 31, features music, dancing, food and fireworks. www.islandoflights.org.

Raleigh — African American Cultural Celebration, Jan. 27, features musicians, storytellers, dancers, chefs, historians, playwrights, authors, artists, reenactors, and more. www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/events Wilmington — North Carolina Jazz Festival, Feb. 1-3, features live music in traditional and nontraditional jazz styles. www. ncjazzfestival.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hilton Head Island — Seafood Festival, Feb. 19-25, features seafood, special events, celebrity guest chefs, master culinary classes, live music and more. www.hiltonheadislandseafoodfestival.com.

Beaufort — International Film Festival, Feb. 21-28, features original films in several categories. www.beaufortfilmfestival.com.

TENNESSEE

Nashville — A Country Christmas at Gaylord Opryland Resort, through Jan. 1, features ice sculptures, decorations, light displays, carriage rides, snow tubing, ice skating, scavenger hunts, a fountain show and more. www. christmasatgaylordopryland.com.