All are welcome to the Livingston Tourism Business Improvement District’s 5th annual Light Up Livingston Celebration on Saturday, November 29th from 4–7pm. This event is in conjunction with Small Business Saturday and all are encouraged to enjoy the wonderful shops, restaurants and bars in Downtown Livingston before and after the official festivities.
This free community event is set to kick off the magical holiday season in Livingston. There are many giveaways and the only costs are for food and drinks. The Depot Park trees will be lit during the event with over 100,000 lights on 36 trees and they will illuminate Livingston through the New Year, thanks to the Holiday Lights Committee and donors. Downtown will additionally be lit up with 90 large light pole snowflake lights courtesy of the Downtown Livingston Business Improvement District Tourism Business Improvement District and Holiday Lights Committee.
Light Up Livingston features fun for the whole family fun including:
– Free kids activities and crafts inside the Depot organized by Links for Learning including Rudolph & beaded candy cane craft, ornament photo framing and more
– Adults may enjoy free chair massages from Ancient Elements and Leaning Tree
– Candy Cane hunt kicks off at 4pm with hundreds of candy canes hid in the Depot Park by the Livingston Recreation Department
– Model Railroad Club will be running their trains downstairs in the basement between the Gourmet Cellar and the Depot
– Hayrides in the Depot Park with a John Deere tractor thanks to in-kind support from Frontier Ag Solutions and straw bales from the Spur Line
– Livingston Park High Chamber Choir will sing carols until Santa arrives, followed by a community carol singalong near the Christmas Tree
– Meet Elsa from Frozen & other characters and take holiday photos
– Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30pm with Santa, magically turning on thousands of lights in Depot Park; Santa will head inside afterwards to meet children with help from his entourage of elves (pictures with Santa welcome)
– Faces-in-holes Christmas Rail photo board
The event will also feature delicious eats from multiple food trucks, and enjoy beer and wine at Trackside (formerly Uncorked). And in the Depot tent, enjoy hot chocolate and cider to raise funds for the Depot Foundation. Holiday Lights of Livingston, a community-funded nonprofit that lights the Depot trees, will also be in attendance.
Everyone is encouraged to shop, eat, drink and be merry in Downtown Livingston. Learn more about the event at www.downtownlivingston.org and the LBID social media channels. •
