Louisville, KY

If you have been in any stores in the last few weeks, you will have noticed that the Halloween merchandise is gone or in the clearance racks, and the shelves are full of Christmas items. This means that the Thanksgiving and Christmas season is not far away. One of the major events that issues in the holiday cheer is Light Up Louisville that will be held on November 23rd this year.

Light Up Louisville includes a parade, Santa’s Workshop, crafts and food booths, and holiday music and entertainment. The main event is when Santa personally hands the mayor the cord that will light up the Jefferson Square with thousands of holiday lights and fireworks. This event started in 1981 and now it is estimated that more than 75,000 people visit the event the day after Thanksgiving.

From November 23 to December 31, there will be an hourly light show between 6:00pm and 10:00pm. This is a fourteen minute light and sound display that includes more than thirty trees and the 40 foot “electronic” Christmas Tree.

Metro Hall will also be decorated with over twenty wonderful trees decorated in the cultural traditions of our Sister Cities and other nationalities, with the Holidays Around the World display. This event will open during the Light Up event until December 23, Monday-Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm. .

Schedule
3:00pm- Light Up Louisville Opens
Jefferson Street between 5th & 6th Streets
4:00pm–5:00pm: Wendy’s Winter Wonderland Parade
Jefferson Street from 7th Street east to 4th Street through 4th Street Live!
7:00pm: Santa Arrives
Jefferson Street from 5th to the main stage
7:30pm: Light Up Louisville - music, lights and fireworks
Jefferson Square Park, 6th and Jefferson Streets
7:45pm-10:00pm: Music, Food, Shopping & the Budweiser Holiday Pub
Jefferson Street between 5th & 6th streets

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Light Up Louisville, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Holidays Around the World,

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