Herriman's biggest holiday nights this year fall on Mondays. Night of Lights is Monday, November 30. On Monday, December 7, Tour de Cheer displays have to be ready for judging, and a free Christmas jazz concert plays at City Hall that evening. The Winter Solstice Lantern Hike is Monday, December 21.
Nearly everything else on the city's holiday calendar happens on one short stretch of Herriman Main Street, where City Hall, J. Lynn Crane Park and the Herriman Library sit a few house numbers apart. Put the dates and the addresses together and the season is easy to plan. Most of the deadlines come before the events, though, so the planning happens in the first week of December.
Three addresses, one block
Herriman City Hall is at 5355 W. Herriman Main St. The city lists J. Lynn Crane Park & Plaza at 5373 W. Herriman Main St. The city's booking system calls the rink the Ice Ribbon at Crane Plaza. The Herriman Library, part of the Salt Lake County Library system, is across the street at 5380 W. Herriman Main St.
If you spent summer evenings at Crane Park, you already know this stretch. Our summer post on Crane Park covered the warm-weather version. In winter it gets more crowded. One evening can include the ice, a concert in the Council Chambers and a craft room inside City Hall, all without moving the car.
Monday, November 30: opening night, hour by hour
Night of Lights 2026 runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at City Hall and Crane Park, with the tree lighting at 6. The Ice Ribbon's season opens the same evening, an hour before the festival starts.
| Time | What happens | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4:30 p.m. | Ice Ribbon opens | Ice Ribbon, Crane Park & Plaza |
| 5:30 p.m. | Night of Lights begins; Yeti Craft Cave opens | City Hall and Crane Park; Craft Cave in the City Hall Community Room |
| 6:00 p.m. | Christmas tree lighting and Santa's arrival | City Hall and Crane Park |
| 6:15 p.m. | Photos with Santa begin, running until 8:30 | Santa Tent |
| About 7:05 p.m. | Christmas drone show, weather permitting | Crane Park Field |
| 7:30 p.m. | Herriman Jazz Project Christmas concert, until 8:30 | City Council Chambers |
| 8:30 p.m. | Event concludes |
Rocky Mountain Power presents the tree lighting. The Santa tent has a separate line for guests with sensory needs or disabilities. Throughout the evening there will be face painting, roaming carolers, live ice sculpting, stilt walkers, Who-ville character meet-and-greets, a Letters to Santa station, and choir performances by local schools and Friends of Herriman.
This year's Gingerbread House Contest has a Christmas movie theme. Entrants build and decorate a house based on a famous Christmas movie to display during the celebration, people at the event vote, and prizes go to the top three People's Choice entries. Entries are registered through the city's online form.
Opening night is also a school night. The drone show starts around 7:05, and the jazz concert ends at 8:30, so families with early mornings can see the tree lighting and the drones and still be home at a reasonable hour.
The ice keeps the Monday-to-Friday rhythm
After opening night, the Ice Ribbon runs through February 27, 2027, weather and maintenance permitting. On weekdays there are three one-hour sessions, starting at 4:30, 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays have seven sessions, the first at 10:30 a.m. and the last at 7:30 p.m. Sunday sessions run only in December and January, from 10:30 a.m. through a 3 p.m. start.
The 4:30 session that opens the season on November 30 is the same first slot skaters get on regular weekdays afterward. Through the Mondays of December 7 and 14, the ice keeps those three evening sessions running while the rest of the calendar happens at City Hall. The holiday weeks change the schedule, as covered below.
Admission is per person, per session:
- Adults, listed by the city as 14+, with skates: $10
- Children, listed by the city as 3 to 14, with skates: $8
- Adults without skates: $6
- Children without skates: $4
- Toddlers 2 and under: free
- Helmets: free
- Ice walker or stroller rental: $5 to $7
Reservations for the 2026–27 season are open now. Processing fees are added at checkout, and reservations are non-refundable; to move a skate time, call the Events Department during business hours. Groups of 10 or more cannot reschedule. Plan to arrive at least 30 minutes before your session to check in. Veterans and seniors can call the Events Department at 801-446-8658 to ask about discounted rates.
The theme nights are where the savings are. Two fall in December, and the rest fill out the winter:
- Thursday, December 10: Rockin' Round the Ice Ribbon, buy one get one plus hot chocolate
- Thursday, December 17: Merry Kissman, buy one get one
- Thursday, January 7: Jersey Night, half-off skating
- Thursday, January 14: Half-Off Skate Night
- January 21: Flannels & Frost, with hot chocolate and donuts
- February 4: Rodeo at the Ribbon, with country music and rodeo-themed giveaways
- February 11: Sweetheart Skate, buy one get one
- February 18: Half-Off Skate
The city says details and promo codes will follow. Free skate sessions are also scheduled on Mondays, February 8, 15 and 22.
Monday, December 7: a deadline and a concert on the same night
The Tour de Cheer is Herriman's holiday display tour. Homes and businesses register, go on a public map and compete for public-choice awards. The registration form is free, and its dates run in this order:
- Wednesday, December 2: Tour yard signs become available at City Hall, first come, first served, for anyone who has signed up.
- Saturday, December 5: Last day to register for the map and the contest.
- Monday, December 7: Displays must be ready for judging.
Registering puts your address on the public Tour de Cheer map.
The night the displays have to be ready, the Herriman Jazz Project plays a free Christmas concert from 7 to 8 p.m. at Herriman City Hall. Friends of Herriman lists it as family-friendly and open to everyone. It is a separate night from the band's Night of Lights set on November 30, so anyone who missed that one gets a second chance a week later.
The library has its own mornings that week, just across Main Street. Storytime with Mrs. Claus is Tuesday, December 8, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Herriman Library meeting room, which holds 68 people. Family Holiday Process Art, a drop-in crafts session, is the next morning, Wednesday, December 9, at the same time in the same room.
Monday, December 21: the season leaves Main Street
On the longest night of the year, Friends of Herriman moves the season to the trails. The Winter Solstice Lantern Hike runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, December 21. It starts at the Blackridge Reservoir Trailhead, where hikers check in at the registration tent by the trail kiosk and pick up a lantern. The loop is about four miles. It goes from Blackridge Trail to Sidewinder, up Diamondback to the viewpoint on the knoll, and back down to the trailhead at an easy pace. Hot cocoa, prize giveaways and goodie bags are waiting at the end.
If the trails are muddy, the hike moves to the Trail of Hope on the Midas Creek Trail. In that case parking and registration are in the southeast corner of the Herriman High School parking lot, and organizers post weather updates on social media. Winter gear is required. Organizers suggest base and mid layers, snow pants, snow gloves, something to cover ears and noses on the windy knoll, and shoe spikes if there is snow.
The date that matters for the hike comes a week before it does. Registration is $25 per person and non-refundable. A family of four to six pays $75, and extra lanterns are $10 each. Lanterns are guaranteed only for people who register by December 14. All proceeds go to trail building, and Herriman Trails members can email Friends of Herriman for a 50% promo code. If extreme weather cancels the hike, lanterns can be picked up at City Hall.
Two days earlier, on Saturday, December 19, Herriman's Wreaths Across America ceremony is at 10 a.m. at Herriman City Cemetery.
Holiday week on the ice
From the solstice on, the ice switches to a holiday schedule. On December 21, 22 and 23, and again December 28, 29 and 30, the Ice Ribbon runs the full Saturday-style lineup, with seven sessions from 10:30 a.m. through 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve have daytime sessions only, with the last one starting at 3 p.m. The rink is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
That gives families with out-of-town guests a rare midday skate on a weekday. Two of those days, December 21 and 28, are Mondays, so on the night of the lantern hike the ice opens at 10:30 a.m. rather than at 4:30.
A new stop on the drive home
This winter, the errand run near Herriman Towne Center includes a new grocery store. ABC4 reported that Trader Joe's opened October 9 at 4918 W. 13400 South. The 9,200-square-foot store is the chain's first location west of I-15 and its eighth in Utah. Before the opening, ABC4 reported the store's daily hours as 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. It sits in The Commons, the retail development between 13200 and 13400 South west of Mountain View Corridor. The city expects a Target to follow there in 2027. The store closes at 9, half an hour after the last skate session ends at 8:30, so it fits the trip home from Crane Park.
Juice It Up! announced its Herriman opening in October at Copper View Plaza, 5101 W. Miller Crossing Drive, Suite C. Its listed hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Tricia Vanderkooi follows what is changing in Herriman, from the new tenants at The Commons to this year's calendar on Main Street. You'll find more on the area on her Herriman neighborhood page. If your house will be on the Tour de Cheer map this year and you'd like to know what it is worth heading into 2027, get your free home valuation.
