Historic Downtown North Wilkesboro organizers are planning the 13th Annual Light Up Downtown Christmas Celebration to be held on Friday, November 21st from 5:30pm – 9:00pm in Downtown North Wilkesboro.
Santa will be there from 5:30pm – 9:00 pm in the lobby of Wilkes Towers to listen to all your Christmas wishes. Free pictures will be available to take with Santa.
Hayrides will also be available to ride around the downtown and enjoy the Christmas lights and decorations.
There will also be lots of food, craft, and merchandise vendors lined down Main Street. Don’t forget to get a jump on your holiday shopping. Downtown Retailers will be open late to kickoff the Christmas shopping. Liberty Theater will also be open.
There will be two stages of entertainment. The first stage will be on 9th Street and the second stage will be at Melody Square on 6th Street. Various singing and dance groups will be performing. Mayor George Church will be on the 9th Street Stage at 6:00pm to flip on the Christmas Lights.
Smart Start will be hosting an adventure into Santa’s Reindeer Land near the 9th Street Stage at 211 9th Street. Mrs. Claus will be reading a Christmas story, children will have the opportunity to have their faces painted as reindeers with antlers (FREE) and to complete their visit to Reindeer Land they will receive reindeer food to sprinkle in their yard to guide Rudolph on Christmas Eve. Smart Start will also be selling raffle tickets for a hand crafted gingerbread scale replica of the Train Depot Station in North Wilkesboro. Key City Grille hand crafted and donated the replica.
The Wilkes Art Gallery will be open from 6:00pm-8:00pm for their Opening Reception for two new exhibits during Light-Up Downtown. Those exhibits are Threads-New Works by Sandi D’Allesandro and EyeCandy- An Exhibit of 16 Artists from Across the Southeast guest curated by Jane Harrison.
For more information call (336) 667-4875 or email info@hdtnw.org.
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