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An estimated one million lights on 200 trees [1] brighten the city's Michigan Avenue, also known as the Magnificent Mile. The festival is hosted by The Magnificent Mile Association, formerly the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, [2] and is the third largest parade in the country, according to the chair of the festival. [3]
Festival of Lights (Hawaii), an annual Christmas celebration in Hawaii; Holiday Trail of Lights, a multi-city event celebrated in Louisiana and Texas in the United States; Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, an annual festival on North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; Nights of Lights, an annual holiday light festival in St. Augustine, Florida
Chicago: Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Tree-Lighting Parade; Granite City, Illinois Santa's Holiday Avenue Parade Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
The tradition of lighting the trees of The Magnificent Mile to start the Christmas season extends more than forty years. More than one million lights are lit and fireworks follow the event. [38] The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, presented by BMO Harris Bank, is the annual kick-off to Chicago's Christmas season. [42]
The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest first held Chicago's Christkindlmarket on Pioneer Court in 1996. [1] [2] Christkindlmarket was inspired by the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1997, Mayor Daley requested that the festival be moved to Daley Plaza. [2] That year the market attracted more than 750,000 visitors. [2]
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival; Spooky Zoo Spectacular; The Way of the Cross Downtown Chicago; ... Chicago Science Festival [16] MDW Fair; Pier Walk; Version Fest ...
Festival of Lights (New Plymouth) Festival of Northern Lights; Festival of Lights (Lyon) G. GLOW Festival Eindhoven; Guangzhou International Light Festival; H.
The Holiday Trail of Lights is a joint effort by cities in east Texas and northwest Louisiana that had its origins in the Festival of Lights and Christmas Festival in Natchitoches, started in 1927, making it one of the oldest light festivals in the US.