Christmas In A Small Town 2026 Returns to Dahlonega With Chad Michael Murray, Ryan Paevey, and Hallmark Stars

The event is put on by Decade Days, a Georgia-based pop-culture convention company. The 2025 debut brought fans from across the world to the charming North Georgia mountain town, and 2026 is set to go even bigger. Confirmed guests include Chad Michael Murray, Ryan Paevey, Wes Brown, Drew Seeley, Rob Mayes, Katie Leclerc, Brendan Fehr, Victor Webster, David Haydn-Jones, Joey Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence, and Matthew Lawrence. That is essentially a Hallmark movie reunion assembled in one place over a summer weekend.

For fans who follow Hallmark and Hallmark+ closely, this is a serious guest list. Murray has built one of the strongest Hallmark resumes in the business. Paevey, Brown, Seeley, and Mayes are all fixtures of the holiday programming that defines the network each fall. Katie Leclerc, Brendan Fehr, Victor Webster, and David Haydn-Jones fill out a lineup that covers nearly every corner of the Hallmark Christmas catalog. And all three Lawrence brothers — Joey, Andrew, and Matthew — showing up at the same event is a rare thing. If you love the Hallmark holiday universe, this is the convention equivalent of an all-star game. You can keep up with everything Hallmark at our Hallmark Channel hub at Fantasy Land News.

The weekend itself goes well beyond meet-and-greets and autographs. Friday night brings a Karaoke Before Christmas party, Saturday offers the Holly Jolly Hoedown, and Sunday wraps with a full concert featuring Andrew Lawrence, Wes Brown, and Rob Mayes performing live. Downtown Dahlonega will run a Passport Program where local businesses stamp a passport booklet sold at the event, with proceeds going to charity. A Tree Lighting Ceremony in Hancock Park is also on the schedule.

The choice of Dahlonega is a smart one. The town already leans into its small-town aesthetic year-round, and it has established itself as a genuine holiday destination. Expect decorated storefronts, holiday-inspired local products, and the kind of cozy backdrop that makes a Christmas-in-July event feel completely natural rather than gimmicky.

Our take: Christmas conventions are still a relatively new concept, and Christmas In A Small Town is doing it right. A dedicated small-town setting, a walkable downtown, local business involvement, and a guest list built specifically around the Hallmark audience rather than broader pop culture — that combination creates something more personal than a generic fan expo. If Hallmark movies are your thing, this is an event worth planning a trip around.

Tickets are on sale now at christmasinasmalltown.com. General admission and multiple VIP packages are available, with hotel room blocks set up for the weekend. For more Hallmark news and coverage, visit Fantasy Land News.