While many families are still making Halloween plans, the holiday season will kick off for Hallmark fans in mid-October. Before the network’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas launches onscreen with more than two dozen new movies and series, Hallmark will hold two star-studded kickoff parties in Nashville on October 15 and 16, 2025.
Those parties are the first chances of the holiday season for fans to see and potentially connect with their favorite Hallmark stars. Here’s where to find your favorites between October and December 2025.
2025 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas Parties in Nashville
GettyIn 2024, many of the stars appearing in Countdown to Christmas movies kicked off the annual programming event with a Jingle Stop bus tour that traveled from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia to New York, with events along the way.
Hallmark has announced that there will be just one “Jingle Stop” in 2025, with two events planned in Nashville, where one of its biggest movies of the season was partially filmed, “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas.”
On October 15, stars including Jonathan Bennett, Nikki DeLoach, and Lacey Chabert will appear at the Hallmark Holiday Takeover on Opry Plaza from 2:00 –7:00 p.m. Fans are invited to attend the event for free, which will include “festive photo opportunities.”
The next day, on October 16, more stars will attend a Countdown to Christmas launch party at Category 10 in downtown Nashville, from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. According to press materials, fans will get an “unprecedented sneak peek of this year’s holiday programming” and get to kick up their heels with some “Country Christmas line dancing” as special musical guests take the stage. Though Hallmark hasn’t announced which stars will attend, “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” does feature over a dozen country stars, including Brad Paisley.
Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Experience Weekends in Kansas City
For the second consecutive year, Hallmark Channel will also host four star-studded weekends in Kansas City at Hallmark’s headquarters.
In June, Hallmark announced the lineup of stars scheduled to appear each weekend during the holidays, from November 28 through December 21, encouraging fans to plan ahead in order to get tickets to the weekend they want. In 2024, nearly 80,000 fans attended the inaugural Hallmark Christmas Experience at Crown Center, just outside Hallmark’s corporate headquarters, according to Kansas City’s FOX4 News.
Many of the network’s top stars will appear each weekend, participating in panels, photo opportunities, and more. Fans can also participate in holiday activities and an on-site Christmas market.
Christmas Con Will Feature Many Hallmark Channel Holiday Stars
EntertainmentNOWTaking place December 12 – 14 in Edison, New Jersey — located about 30 miles southwest of New York City — Christmas Con 2025 will include meet and greets, photo ops, movie screenings, and special events with the stars.
The annual convention, dedicated to celebrating holiday rom-com stars, will feature over 25 celebrities, per event organizer Thats4Entertainment. The 2025 roster includes “Three Wisest Men” castmates Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Paul Campbell, and Kimberley Sustad, as well as Hallmark fan favorites like Nikki DeLoach, Brennan Elliott, Wes Brown, Victor Webster, Will Kemp, B.J. Britt, Jessy Schram, Marcus Rosner, and Crystal Lowe.
Hallmark Channel Christmas Cruise is Sold Out
HallmarkThough it’s too late to grab a spot on the sold-out 2025 Hallmark Christmas Cruise, over 3,000 lucky Hallmarkies will be on board the ship in November, along with 18 stars including cruise hosts Jonathan Bennett and Nikki DeLoach.
Even if you can’t be there, expect plenty of social media content from the stars while they’re sailing the high seas from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico, from November 6-10, 2025.
Hallmark Channel has announced its 2026 cruise will sail in October. Details can be found here.
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