Mayor Tyrone A. Garner along with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, are holding the 2022 Mayor’s Downtown Holiday Lighting Festival from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
Mayor Garner said at the Thursday night UG Commission meeting that this is the first time since COVID started that this festival will be brought back in person. Some variations were held in the past, with drive-throughs.
Residents are invited to this free community event that will bring holiday cheer and fun along with goodie bags given out to the first 1,000 children from Mayor Garner and Santa and Mrs. Claus.
See and hear amazing local performers and school choirs along with free holiday crafts, face painting, games and special guests. The year’s holiday festival will also feature local food trucks as well as 10 local businesses and organizations that will be set up in the front City Hall Plaza area.
Free parking for this event will be in lots, upper E, 3, and C.
The Santa line begins at 4 p.m. and the tree lighting is at 6:30 p.m.
- Information from Unified Government