Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival & Jingle Bus
Downtown
Various Locations
Milwaukee, WI
Various Locations
Milwaukee, WI
Celebrate the season in the most magical way! Milwaukee's Downtown is transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland with thousands of twinkling lights throughout the city, with city parks hosting larger-than-life holiday displays.
Kick off the season on Thursday, November 21 at Pere Marquette Park with a holiday variety show and the city's largest switch-flipping ceremony (5:30pm start, 7:00pm fireworks). Visit all three decorated parks (Cathedral Square, Pere Marquette and Zeidler Union Square), plus view the street chandeliers on Wisconsin Avenue and Mason Street.
The annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival will light-up your holiday with 500,000+ twinkling lights to power a six-week wonderland.
FREE! November 21 - January 1.
JINGLE BUS (Thursdays - Sundays, 6pm - 9pm, Nov 21 - Dec 29)
During the festival, jump on the Jingle Bus! Ooh and ahh at the winter wonderland scenes scattered throughout downtown by hopping on a Jingle Bus tour. This 40-minute narrated tour includes three lighted parks – “Community Spirit Park” at Cathedral Square Park, “Santa’s Celebration Square powered by We Energies” at Zeidler Union Square and “¡Felices Fiestas!” at Pere Marquette Park.
Tours are $5 per person. Pre-booking is required for all Jingle Bus rides. Tours Depart from the Courtyard Milwaukee Downtown, 300 W. Michigan Street. (Tours depart from Pere Marquette Park on opening night, November 21, with limited capacity.)
Kick off the season on Thursday, November 21 at Pere Marquette Park with a holiday variety show and the city's largest switch-flipping ceremony (5:30pm start, 7:00pm fireworks). Visit all three decorated parks (Cathedral Square, Pere Marquette and Zeidler Union Square), plus view the street chandeliers on Wisconsin Avenue and Mason Street.
The annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival will light-up your holiday with 500,000+ twinkling lights to power a six-week wonderland.
FREE! November 21 - January 1.
JINGLE BUS (Thursdays - Sundays, 6pm - 9pm, Nov 21 - Dec 29)
During the festival, jump on the Jingle Bus! Ooh and ahh at the winter wonderland scenes scattered throughout downtown by hopping on a Jingle Bus tour. This 40-minute narrated tour includes three lighted parks – “Community Spirit Park” at Cathedral Square Park, “Santa’s Celebration Square powered by We Energies” at Zeidler Union Square and “¡Felices Fiestas!” at Pere Marquette Park.
Tours are $5 per person. Pre-booking is required for all Jingle Bus rides. Tours Depart from the Courtyard Milwaukee Downtown, 300 W. Michigan Street. (Tours depart from Pere Marquette Park on opening night, November 21, with limited capacity.)