Magnificent Mile Lights Festival

Chicago lights up around the holidays literally.

Magnificent mile lights festival. Once we officially kick off the holiday season get a start on your holiday wish list at the magnificent mile district. Check out the latest announcement. The magnificent mile turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season. Some of the magnificent mile association s most dedicated members have been active since the inception of this spectacular kick off of the holiday season and the magnificent mile lights festival tells their story.

The key to attending this event is planning and patience. The parade is the final event of the magnificent mile lights festival. It has been 5 years since we last attended the event we have not wanted to bring out our little baby in the freezing cold. The christmas season officially begins in the windy city with the bmo harris bank magnificent mile lights festival with mickey and minnie mouse leading the charge as grand marshals it is the midwest so dress in warm layers and bring your family for a weekend of city fun.

The festival is followed by the grand tree lighting parade on saturday evening that turns on all the light along north michigan avenue. It is hosted by the greater north michigan avenue association. 20 reviews of the magnificent mile lights festival always a magical moment. The temperature was around 55 degrees it was just perfect no snow or rain.

Lights festival through the years. About the magnificent mile lights festival. See also lights festival the magnificent mile lights festival is an annual event celebrated in chicago on the saturday before thanksgiving an estimated one million lights on 200 trees 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 and is the third. The magnificent mile lights festival draws to a grand conclusion with a spectacular fireworks display over the chicago river at michigan avenue and wacker drive.

Wait is it a parade or a festival. The magnificent mile lights festival is a holiday festival that takes place annually the saturday before thanksgiving along chicago s magnificent mile. The 28th annual bmo harris magnificent mile lights festival kicks off the 2019 holiday season on friday november 22 and saturday november 23. The lights festival returns on friday saturday november 21 2020.

But this year 2011 the weather was amazing. On the weekend before each thanksgiving the hotels and shops on chicago s magnificent mile are illuminated in spectacular fashion with more than one million lights adorning 200 trees. Some excerpts below are from postcards of america. The free two day festival leads up the spectacular parade on the evening of the second day.

The lights festival began modestly in 1949 when members of the greater north michigan avenue association installed a 50 foot tall.