Winter date nights in NEPA

Winter date night doesn't have to mean the couch. Between light trails, night skiing, and warm bars after, NEPA has a real cold-weather rotation — here's the short list. Publish only confirmed 2026 dates and hours; verify before you drive.

Holiday lights

Start with the full rundown: Holiday lights in NEPA. The headliner is West End Festival of Lights & Kris Kringle in Gilbert — a walk-around light trail set to music with fire pits and a craft market. Check its venue page for this year's dates before you go, and pair a 5–7pm lights visit with dinner or a nightcap somewhere warm.

Snow after dark

• Montage Mountain — night skiing (Scranton) — fully lit night skiing until 10pm, seven nights a week in winter, plus snow tubing
• Camelback Resort — Galactic snow tubing (Tannersville) — cosmic night tubing with lights and music, Friday and Saturday nights until 10pm

Winter shows

• F.M. Kirby Center (Wilkes-Barre) — winter concert and show calendar
• Scranton Cultural Center (Scranton) — holiday shows in a landmark theater
• Penn's Peak (Jim Thorpe) — concerts with a mountaintop view, worth the drive in the snow
• Sherman Theater (Stroudsburg) — intimate room, strong winter bookings

Warm bars after

• Madame Jenny's (Scranton) — the speakeasy inside Ale Mary's: craft cocktails, jazz, burlesque some nights
• River Grille (Wilkes-Barre) — riverside bar & grill with live music and themed pop-up bars
• The V-Spot Bar (Scranton) — live music four nights a week, budget-friendly drinks
• Breakers (Wilkes-Barre) — live bands till 12:30am Friday and Saturday inside Mohegan Pennsylvania