Allée Allumée

Allée Allumée

Alleé Allumeé translates to “Lighted Garden Path” and that’s just what this event is!  Tour guides lead you through a lit path in the historic yards and boxwoods of the Beauvais-Linden House.  Learn more about the Christmas Traditions of the French settlers...
Holiday Christmas Festival

Holiday Christmas Festival

First full weekend in December in historic downtown Ste. Geneviève. Admission: Free Call us at 573-883-7097 The 39th annual Ste. Genevieve Holiday Christmas Festival will be Saturday, December 2nd and Sunday, December 3rd – but it’s much more than just your typical...
Freedom Celebration

Freedom Celebration

Around 4th of July Admission is FREE Celebrate Ste. Geneviève’s Independence Day public gathering with music, speeches, and fireworks! At noon there is a traditional celebration with a church bell ringing, Pledge of Allegiance, patriotic speeches, and music, as well...
La Guiannée (La Guignolèe)

La Guiannée (La Guignolèe)

December 31, 2023 Founded by French merchants and fur traders, Ste. Geneviève remained a French-speaking enclave for many years in the newly Americanized Midwest. Sadly, the last generations of native French speakers are disappearing, but cherished traditions like La...
Top Christmas Towns in the Midwest

Top Christmas Towns in the Midwest

AAA Magazine ranked the top Christmas towns in the Midwest.  Ste. Genevieve came in at #2! Party like its 1745 in the old French village of Ste. Geneviève where the new blends with old traditions during the Holiday Christmas Festival on the first full weekend in...