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Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/06/2024
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Allerton Park and Retreat Center
Categories
Holiday [Showcase + GLOW] Opening Night
Start the holiday season with a magical evening at Holiday [Showcase + GLOW] Opening Night from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Take an enchanting stroll through the magical, illuminated gardens of Holiday GLOW presented by the U of I Community Credit Union, shop from local vendors at the Holiday Showcase presented by Sterling Wealth Management, and enjoy festive music, food, and drinks!
Be sure to swing by the Carriage House for the Monticello Area Art Council’s Natural Ornament-Making Workshop, where you can make an ornament for the courtyard tree and one to take home!
Entertainment will include performances in the Brick Wall Garden by the Angelus Bell Choir of Quest Church: A Community of Grace in Urbana.
The following food trucks will also be onsite: Moon Bean Coffee, La Paloma, Pastamania
$10/person (10 & under free).
Registration opens Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. All sales are final.
For crowd control, tickets are timed entry at the beginning of each hour (5 to 8 p.m.); please try to arrive anytime within the hour of your selected time frame.
The Showcase continues Saturday, Dec 7 (12-8 p.m.) and Sunday, Dec. 8 (11 a.m.-4 p.m.), with optional meal add-ons. Learn more here.
Find weather-related information here.
If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Christina Calcagno at clc@illinois.edu.
