Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival celebrates 21 years Thursday
Posted: Nov 21, 2019 3:52 AM CST
MILWAUKEE, (CBS 58) An annual tradition flips the switch on the holidays Thursday, Nov. 21.
Downtown Milwaukee's Holiday Lights Festival kicks off from Pere Marquette Park at 6 p.m.
Organizers say there will be live entertainment, refreshments, a visit from Santa, fireworks and more for the entire family.
The celebration lights downtown's 500,000+ lights and displays in three parks - Cathedral Square Park, Pere Marquette, and Zeidler Union Square as well as three downtown thoroughfares including an 18-block stretch along Wisconsin Avenue.
The lights will remain lit through Jan. 1 2020.
For more information on the Holiday Lights Festival, click here.