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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]
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 ...
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. [36] The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, presented by BMO Harris Bank, is the annual kick-off to Chicago's Christmas season. [40]
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
The holiday season kicked into high gear this weekend, with thousands of people visiting downtown Chicago for the Magnificent Mile Festival Parade.
Whether you want to hit up a baseball game, attend a concert (the Chicago Jazz Festival will take place at the end of August), shop on Magnificent Mile, or eat your way through the city, you’re ...
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 ] By 1999, the Christkindlmarket had become part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival . [ 2 ]
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