Where in Chicago does the Festival of Lights take place?
ABC 7 captures Chicago holiday magic for viewers around the country when entertainment, fireworks, festive music, and a million twinkling Michigan Avenue lights set the stage for the live broadcast of the spectacular 2009 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival presented by Harris, Saturday, November 21 from 6-7:00 pm Encore broadcasts will air Saturday, November 28 from 12:30-1:30 pm and Saturday, December 12 from 4-5:00 pm on ABC 7 Chicago. The hour-long special, co-hosted by ABC 7’s Janet Davies, Alan Krashesky, Hosea Sanders and Deborah Roberts, the Emmy Award-winning news correspondent from ABC’s “20/20” and “Good Morning America,” will be broadcast in stunning HD and will also be streamed live and on-demand at abc7chicago.com. Related Content Live: LIVE streaming video of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival in Chicago This marks the 3rd consecutive year the sparkling Lights Festival tradition will be broadcast to Chicago audiences on
From chicagobreakingnews.com: Michigan Avenue holiday fest set for today Kicking off the holiday season the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival was expected to bring 800,000 people and close streets downtown this morning. The festival, sponsored by the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, is scheduled to start at 11 a.m., according to organizers. It kicks off with music and other entertainment on the Harris Stage and family activities in Pioneer Court, just north of the Chicago River east of Michigan Avenue. Activities culminate with a parade that steps off from Oak Street on Michigan Avenue at 5:30 p.m. and fireworks at 6:55 p.m. over the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, according to a press release from the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association. (Visit the festival’s Web site HERE http://magn
Festival of Lights Chicago, The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival offers a full day worth of gifts, including concerts, photos with Santa Claus, an end of fireworks, and gifts. 11-5 at the Festival of Lights Lane (Pioneer Court, 401 N. Michigan), guests are free to decorate holiday cookies at the booth at Whole Foods, fancify a piece of cheesecake free at the booth of Eli’s Cheesecake (bring a donation for the Greater Chicago Food Depository to receive an additional free piece of cheesecake), and take the free Clementines Clementines cabin Cuties. From 7 to 9 pm, more cupcakes (1 E. Delaware Place) will give away its signature “More” cupcake, a chocolate cake with a cream center (limit one per person) and the Best Western (125 W. Ohio) will free gourmet hot chocolate and cookies. Sources: http://www.apakistannews.
ABC 7 captures Chicago holiday magic for viewers around the country when entertainment, fireworks, festive music, and a million twinkling Michigan Avenue lights set the stage for the live broadcast of the spectacular 2009 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival presented by Harris, Saturday, November 21 from 6-7:00 pm Encore broadcasts will air Saturday, November 28 from 12:30-1:30 pm and Saturday, December 12 from 4-5:00 pm on ABC 7 Chicago. The hour-long special, co-hosted by ABC 7’s Janet Davies, Alan Krashesky, Hosea Sanders and Deborah Roberts, the Emmy Award-winning news correspondent from ABC’s “20/20” and “Good Morning America,” will be broadcast in stunning HD and will also be streamed live and on-demand at abc7chicago.com. Related Content Live: LIVE streaming video of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival in Chicago This marks the 3rd consecutive year the sparkling Lights Festival tradition will be broadcast to Chicago audiences on
From chicagobreakingnews.com: Michigan Avenue holiday fest set for today Kicking off the holiday season the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival was expected to bring 800,000 people and close streets downtown this morning. The festival, sponsored by the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, is scheduled to start at 11 a.m., according to organizers. It kicks off with music and other entertainment on the Harris Stage and family activities in Pioneer Court, just north of the Chicago River east of Michigan Avenue. Activities culminate with a parade that steps off from Oak Street on Michigan Avenue at 5:30 p.m. and fireworks at 6:55 p.m. over the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, according to a press release from the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association.
