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Silver & Snowflakes Festival of Lights


The Annual Tree Lighting event will take place Friday December 1, 2023 on the State Capitol Grounds

Silver & Snowflakes Festival of Lights

 

Tentative Schedule of Events

Friday December 1, 2023

  • 4:30 – 5:30 pm   Free Electric Sleigh Rides 
  • 5:30 – 6:15 pm  Tree Lighting Ceremony at the State Capitol Grounds
    • Welcome Remarks – Ronni Hannaman - Moderator
      • Governor Joe Lombardo
      • Assemblyman PK O’Neill
      • Mayor Lori Bagwell                                                                  
  • 5:30 pm   Carson City 5th Grade Music Students Singing Ensemble
  • 6:00 pm   State Tree Lighting; all of Carson Street is lit up
  • 6:15 – 8 pm   Festivities continue in the Downtown
    • Free Electric Sleigh Rides until 7 pm
    • Photo Ops with Santa & Grinch @ McFadden Plaza
    • Hot Cocoa - Holiday with a Hero Fundraiser@ City Hall & McFadden Plaza
    • CCSO Car 54 & Warren Engine Company Fire Engine on display on Carson Street
    • The Hilltop Church Rock Band plays upbeat holiday tunes on a flatbed on Carson Street
    • Caroling at the McFadden Plaza Stage:
      • 6:15 – 6:45 Carson High School Choir
      • 6:45 – 7:15 Carson City Symphony Youth Chorus & Chamber Singers
      • 7:15 – 7:45 Sierra Lutheran High School Choir
      • Caroling through the downtown at various locations including restaurants
    • Carson Nugget will be providing complementary hot chocolate in Alatte from immediately following the tree lighting until 7:30p.
  • 8:00 pm   Carson Street Reopens

 

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