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Light Up Lakewood 2024
December 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Light Up Lakewood 2024 in Downtown Lakewood on Saturday, December 7! We’ll see you next year on Saturday, December 6, 2025 for the 19th annual Light Up Lakewood.
Sponsored by First Federal Lakewood and presented by LakewoodAlive, Light Up Lakewood celebrates the season and the richness of our city’s vibrancy. This free, family-friendly event on Detroit Avenue in Downtown Lakewood features a holiday parade, lighting ceremony, winter fireworks, a beer garden, holiday train, live music, ice carvings, hot chocolate, food trucks, children’s games and more!
Attendees are invited to stroll Lakewood’s downtown district and visit local shops and restaurants while taking in the sights and sounds of one of Northeast Ohio’s largest holiday celebrations. Light Up Lakewood serves as a marquee event for the entire region.
Light Up Lakewood Event Schedule:
4 p.m.
– Festival Kickoff
– Holiday Market at the Lakewood Masonic Temple opens
– Light Up Lakewood Beer Garden–featuring beer from Immigrant Son Brewery–opens on Detroit Avenue between Belle and Marlowe Avenues
– Food Trucks
– Outdoor Vendors
– DJs spinning festive tunes
– Family Fun Zone, sponsored by Larsen Architects, outside of the library–including the Holiday Train, sponsored by Laskey Costello, LLC.
4 – 8 p.m.
– Santa visits in front of Lakewood Public Library
5 p.m.
– Holiday Parade–sponsored by Shinn Law Firm–moves westbound on Detroit Avenue
5:30 – 8 p.m.
– Live Music at the City Center Main Stage (located in front of the Marc’s Plaza)
6:30 p.m.
– Lighting Ceremony at the City Center Main Stage (located in front of the Marc’s Plaza)
7 p.m.
– Fireworks Show–sponsored by First Federal Lakewood–over Kauffman Park
7:45 p.m.
– Final Pour at the Beer Garden
8:00 p.m.
– Event Concludes
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