LIGHT UP LIVINGSTON
All are invited to this free community event to kick off the magical holiday season in Livingston on Saturday, November 28th from 4-7 pm. There are many giveaways and the only costs are for food and drinks. The Depot Park trees will be lit during the event with over 100,000 lights on 38 trees and they will Light Up Livingston through the holiday season, thanks to the Holiday Lights Committee and donors, and Downtown is lit up with 90 large light pole snowflake lights thanks to the Downtown Livingston Business Improvement District, Tourism Business Improvement District and Holiday Lights Committee.
The event is scheduled on National Small Business Saturday to encourage attendees to support locally-owned small restaurants, shops and businesses in Downtown Livingston both before and after Light Up Livingston to strengthen the local economy. Shop with the Small Business Saturday Passport for adults to kick off the holiday shopping season.
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY:
🎄 Free kids activities and crafts inside the Depot organized by Links for Learning.
❄ Candy Cane hunt kicks off at 4 pm with hundreds of candy canes hid in the Depot Park
👸 Holiday Characters
🚂 Model Railroad Club will be running their trains downstairs in the basement between the Gourmet Cellar and the Depot (only 20 people at a time at the exhibit, thanks for waiting for turns to visit!)
❄Hayrides in the Depot Park with a John Deere tractor, thanks to in-kind support from Frontier Ag Solutions and straw bales from the Spur Line.
🎄Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30 pm with Santa magically turns on the thousands of lights in the Depot Park
🎅 After 5:30 Santa will head inside the Depot to meet children with help from his entourage of elves (parents welcome to take photos of their children with Santa). Parents, enjoy a chair massage while your child waits to see Santa!
📸 Faces-in-holes Christmas Rail photo board, and take photos in front of the Livingston Christmas Tree, Depot Tree, and the miniature Rail Engine.
FOOD & DRINKS:
🌮 Great Food Trucks
🍺 Enjoy beer and wine at Caviste (formerly Uncorked) next to the Gourmet Cellar
☕️ The Livingston Depot Center will serve hot chocolate to raise funds for the Depot Foundation.
🍿 The Livingston Tourism Business Improvement District will give away hats, scarves and gloves to the first several hundred guests, plus a limited amount of mugs.
💡 Holiday Lights of Livingston, a community-funded nonprofit that lights the Depot trees, will be in attendance. Shout out to Midway Rentals, Treeincarnation and Ace Hardware for their in-kind support as well as the hundreds of individual and business donors.
SUPPORT THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAY:
The group is community-funded and receives no County, City, or tax funds. Thank you for supporting their work.
Everyone is encouraged to shop, eat, drink and be merry at Downtown and area businesses. When you spend locally in Livingston, your dollars circulate seven times in the community, so we applaud everyone who supports Livingston’s small business economy.
We look forward to a bright and beautiful holiday season full of events and opportunities to support Livingston businesses.
PARTNERS:
Light Up Livingston is a collaboration of:
Livingston Tourism Business Improvement District
Livingston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Downtown Livingston Business Improvement District (Explore Livingston Coalition)
Livingston Holiday Lights Committee
Livingston Parks and Recreation
and more
PHOTO GALLERY:
NOTE: Livingston's Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID), in partnership with Downtown Livingston Business Improvement District (LBID) and Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is collectively called the Explore Livingston Coalition and all are funded by downtown district property or hotel bed taxes to support Livingston's business and tourism economy. This group is not a membership-driven organization so serves all Downtown and hospitality businesses in Livingston and does not charge for their services, but rather provides services, projects, marketing, and grants supporting events that bring tourism dollars into Livingston's economy. Email info@explorelivingstonmt.com with any questions.