First City Lights Festival

Description

Join us and Winterfest on the day after Thanksgiving immediately following the Elf Parade! Around 5:00 p.m. the grumpy Grinch will attempt to prevent Augustus Maywho, the mythical mayor of Whoville, from flipping the switch to light up downtown and officially launch the holiday season. The First City Lights will stretch from Garden Street on Palafox down to Plaza de Luna where there will be a festive Christmas tree! The holiday lighting ceremony will launch the First City Lights Festival, a diverse, season-long lineup of downtown holiday events as traditional as “The Nutcracker” and as contemporary as Pop-Up Opera. Wandering along Palafox throughout the holidays, you may chance upon live street performances, caroling in the streets, Santa posing for photos and Winterfest Trolley Tours.