Sparta/White County’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

12/14/2025

🎄✨ SAVE THE DATE! ✨🎄

Mark your calendars for the 2026 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, happening immediately following the Rotary Club of Sparta’s 2026 Christmas Parade!

Our committee will be hard at work all year long to make sure the 2026 celebration is the best one yet, and we can’t wait to share another magical Christmas season with our community.

Be sure all of your friends and family are following our page to stay up to date!

More details coming soon! Stay tuned! 🎅🎄✨

12/14/2025

12/14/2025

🎄✨ What an exciting night at the Tree Lighting event! ✨🎄

We absolutely loved seeing our community come together to celebrate the Christmas season. The Rotary Club of Sparta put on an incredible parade, and Sparta truly showed up and showed out!

If you took photos from the event last night, we’d love for you to share them in the comments below. 📸👇 We want to see the night through our community’s eyes!

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the evening so special! ❤️🎄

📸 Main Street Journal - Sparta

12/14/2025

12/14/2025

Tonight’s event was truly a success thanks to all of our incredible sponsors! We couldn’t have done it without the support of so many organizations and businesses in our community. ✨

Thank you so much to the following:
• Santa of White County
• First National Bank of Tennessee
• Cookeville Communications
• Brady Printing Co.
• Interiors by Renewed, LLC
• Warrior Media
• Destiny Redmon
• Northstar Event Rentals
• Vinson Farms
• Life Church - Sparta Campus
• Sonic Drive-In
• Waste Management
• True North Real Estate Services
• Beverly Jolley – White County Circuit Court Clerk
• Lori Jones – White County Register of Deeds
• Sasha Wilson – White County Court Clerk
• Kathryn Adcock – White County Trustee
• Jerry Sawyer – White County Highway Superintendent
• Junior Jones – White County Assessor of Property
• Domino’s of Sparta
• Christpoint Church of Sparta
• Hickory Valley Baptist Church
• Gum Springs Baptist Church
• The Way Church of Doyle
• First Baptist Church of Sparta

And thank you to City of Sparta Police Department, Jerry Lowery Mayor - City of Sparta TN, City of Sparta, TN - Government, White County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson, White County, and Sparta and White County Chamber of Commerce for all they did to help make this event happen!

This event will be happening again next year directly after the Rotary Club of Sparta’s Christmas Parade and we hope to see YOU there!

We are so grateful for each of you and your investment in our community. Thank you for helping make this event so special! 🎄✨

12/13/2025

Come on down and join us in Downtown Sparta on the Square, directly after the Rotary Club of Sparta’s Christmas Parade TODAY, Saturday, December 13th!

We’ll kick off the afternoon with tons of FREE activities for the whole family, and the Tree Lighting Ceremony will begin at 6:30 PM!

🎄 Here’s what you can enjoy — all for FREE:
✨ Sweet Treats
☕ Hot Chocolate & Apple Cider
🤩 Bounce Houses
🎅 Visits with Santa
💚 Photos with the Grinch
🎯 Games
🎨 Face Painting
🎈 Balloon Animals
🎬 Christmas Movie
✉️ Letters to Santa
…And so much more festive fun!

Thank you to all of our sponsors for making this night possible for our community!

Gather your family and friends,
we can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎄✨

12/13/2025

🎄 TODAY IS THE DAY 🎄

✨ JOIN US AT OUR DECK THE SQUARE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING TODAY DIRECTLY AFTER THE CHRISTMAS PARADE!! ✨

We’re so thankful that our local restaurants will be open during Deck the Square, giving you plenty of delicious options whether you’re grabbing dinner after the parade, before the tree lighting, or after the ceremony!

🗓️ Saturday, December 13th
🎅 Rotary Club of Sparta’s Christmas Parade Is at 3:30 ending on the square
✨ Deck the Square event starts directly after the parade ends
🎄 Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6:30 pm
📍 Downtown Sparta Square

Check out these locally owned favorites:

👉 Brothers Tavern
📍 1 E Maple St
⏰ Open until 9 PM

👉 Marioochi’s Pizzeria
📍 10 Liberty Square
⏰ Open until 9 PM

👉 The Coffee Collective
📍 12 Liberty Square
⏰ Open until 6:30 PM

👉 Trailhead Grub In Happy Trails Brewing Co.
📍 38 E Bockman Way
⏰ Open until 10 PM

Make plans to stop by, support local, and enjoy some amazing food while you’re celebrating with us! 🎄🤍