
“For the past few years, we have had visitors requesting advance-sale tickets for Castle by Candlelight, so we’ve moved in that direction this year,” said Robert Emerson, Executive Director of the Old Fort Niagara Association. “Now they can make their plans in advance while we prepare to welcome them for two evenings of holiday festivities.”
Tickets will be $15 online starting Monday, November 4, through the fort’s website at www.oldfortniagara.org and through its Facebook page. Tickets at the door will be $25. The general admission price applies to everyone except children ages 5 and under.

Visitors can play period games, write with quill pens, watch an 18th-century meal being prepared, listen to period music, visit the chapel, learn about the fur trade, meet reenactors, watch craftsmen practice their trade, and learn about soldiers’ lives in the wintertime. Historical characters will be aplenty.
Outside the French Castle, bonfires will warm and illuminate Native music, dancing and storytelling, hot food and drinks will be for sale in the Log Cabin, and the ceremonial “feu de joie” salute of muskets and cannon will fire out regularly in celebration of the holidays.
Online tickets will be available through December 6 for the December 7 date; and through December 13 for the December 14 date. The event goes on regardless of the weather and tickets are not refundable. Tickets at the door will be $25. For more information, visit www.oldfortniagara.org.

Old Fort Niagara (www.oldfortniagara.org) is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admissions end 30 minutes before closing. Old Fort Niagara is a Registered National Historic Landmark and New York State Historic Site operated by the Old Fort Niagara Association (a not-for-profit organization) in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Photos courtesy Wayne Peters