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Aside from the numerous lights and decorations that line up the Magnificent Mile, the Lights Festival also features a colorful parade, from Oak Street on the North to Wacker Drive/the Chicago River on the South, en route to the lighting of the city's Christmas tree. [7] The parade showcases 40 floats with huge helium-filled balloons and is led ...
Chicago: State Street Thanksgiving Day Parade/McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade; Chicago: Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Tree-Lighting Parade; Granite City, Illinois Santa's Holiday Avenue Parade Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Havana: Christmas Parade; O'Fallon: Illuminated Christmas Parade; Peoria: Santa Claus Parade
By 1999, the Christkindlmarket had become part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. [2] In recent years, Chicago's Christkindlmarket has become the largest Christmas market in the United States, hosting well over 1 million visitors annually. [2] In 2016, Christkindlmarket expanded to the Chicago suburb of Naperville. [3]
Grand marshals Mickey and Minnie Mouse return to kick off Chicago’s 30th annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival parade at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The pair — celebrating Walt Disney World’s 50th ...
Watch holiday favorites during Winterfest at The Plaza Theater and the El Paso Museum of Art. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" will be shown at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at the Plaza.
Viewers will get to see 34 floats, 22 massive balloons and 7 wheeled "balloonicles" parade along the 2.5-mile route. This year’s parade also includes with 11 marching bands, 700 clowns, 10 ...
The Magnificent Mile (also The Mag Mile) is a section of Michigan Avenue in Chicago devoted to retail, dining, hotels and tourist attractions. Running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side, [1] the district is located one block east of Rush Street and is the main retail corridor between the Loop and Gold Coast. [2]
A list of Christmas events and activities happening in ... Drive-thru Christmas Lights. Take a mile long drive and enjoy over three million lights from the comfort of your own car at Clarksville ...