Gather with family and friends to make new memories at the Skirball.  Beloved klezmer rockers Mostly Kosher return to headline this year’s festival with joyful rhythms, and Skirball Storytellers bring the timeless Hanukkah story to life with a theatrical performance featuring music and puppetry.

Between performances, take a spin in our Dreidel Lounge, grab a plate of latkes and jelly doughnuts, strike a pose in a holiday-themed photo booth, get creative and make your own wearable Hanukkah Lamp, view the award-winning short, Blewish, join a storybook reading, or shake a leg at a dance-a-long created just for little ones. At sundown, join your light with ours for a unique candle lighting that celebrates community and hope in advance of the holiday season.

Interested in becoming a Skirball Member? Take advantage of a Hanukkah Festival membership offer—on site only on December 15!

“We had fun dancing and singing as a family. The food was great and the storytelling puppet show was wonderful.”

Ticket holders can visit Visions and Values and our newest exhibitions Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion, On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues, and Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology throughout the event. Children attending the Festival must be accompanied by an adult. 

Note: Noah’s Ark will have limited walk-up tickets until sold out. The Archaeology Dig will be closed. 

Hanukkah commemorates the freedom that the Maccabees fought to preserve nearly 2,000 years ago. It is a winter festival of light that is observed by Jews around the world who gather with family and friends to light a Hanukkah menorah (hanukkiah) for eight nights—bringing more light into the world during the darkest season of the year.

Get ready for Hanukkah with unique gifts, home goods, books, and more from Audrey’s Museum Store.

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