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FREE: Downtown D'Lights at Perry Square

Friday December 6, 2019 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Perry SquareErie PA 16501

Description

Join us downtown for Erie's larger-than-life Holiday tradition: Downtown d'Lights! Come see Santa Claus light up Perry Square and our Downtown Holiday Tree with incredible professional lighting and enjoy entertainment and refreshments in Perry Square throughout the evening!

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This FREE Holiday event starts at 5:00 PM with holiday music, free hot cocoa, live ice carvings by Erie Ice Works, and the Holiday Village Shops will open with treats and goodies for sale. We will announce the Holiday Village Shop pop-ups soon!

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The Harry T. Burleigh Heritage Advocates will be unveiling a new historical marker at 6th and French Streets at 5:00 PM then proceed to the main stage to perform a selection of the trailblazing Erie-born African-American composer's music accompanied by dancing at 5:30 PM.

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The St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral Choir will sing carols on the main stage followed by DJ Bill Page who will play holiday music to get everyone ready for Santa's arrival!

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PARK AND TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY BEGINS AT 6:00

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Santa will arrive via horse-drawn carriage at 6:00 PM and help light up the park on stage with Mayor Joe Schember and some of the generous sponsors who make this evening possible.

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After that, Santa will head to the Boston Store Lobby for the UPMC Health Plan Santa Experience! Kids can get a FREE photo with Santa underneath the historic, recently-restored Boston Store clock. 

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The expERIEnce Children's Museum will have a few of Santa’s live reindeer in front of their location at Fifth and French for kids to visit and pet throughout the evening! It’s also Gallery Night in Erie so the festivities will continue in several indoor locations throughout the night including at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral where the Burleigh Heritage Advocates will perform more selections by Harry T. Burleigh.

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Keep an eye out for special Letters to Santa Mailboxes throughout Downtown Erie in the next few weeks. Santa will be picking up letters from these mailboxes during the event and taking them straight back to the North Pole! 

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It will be a fun-filled and magical evening in Downtown Erie with something for everyone to enjoy! Join us as we expand this tradition that for years has brought people of all faiths, ages, and backgrounds together in a huge Holiday celebration! 

Who

Families welcome!

Cost

FREE

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