Holiday Lights Festival Old Market Lighting Displays
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What’s Happening?
See Omaha dazzle every night from Thanksgiving to New Year's! Lights will illuminate the Old Market, North Omaha, and South Omaha every single night from November 25th to January 1st. Celebrate the holidays and enjoy our beautiful city!
OLD MARKET LIGHTING DISPLAYS
10th Street to 13th Street | Farnam Street to Jackson Street
More about Holiday Lights Festival
The idea of decorating Omaha with holiday lights had been discussed by downtown advocates for many years. The occasion of the millennium provided the impetus for the project. In 1999, a coalition of city officials, corporations and foundations chose to present a legacy gift of holiday lights to the City of Omaha as the Millennium Lights celebration. That first year, more than 60,000 people came downtown to witness the lighting ceremony. Because the lights were so well received by the public, the Downtown Omaha Inc. Foundation was established the following year to continue Millennium Lights as the Holiday Lights Festival. The Shine the Light on Hunger campaign, sponsored by Conagra Brands Foundation and in partnership with Food Bank for the Heartland, was added to the Holiday Lights Festival in 2007.
When & Where
Nov 25, 2023, 5:00pm to
Jan 1, 2024, 5:00am CST
Jan 1, 2024, 5:00am CST
Free
No Registration required! Just show up!