Event · Community

Festival of Lights — Lake Jackson

When

Through Nov 22Nov 19: Yuletide Carnival 5–10 pm; Nov 20: Mayor's Tree Lighting & Santa Pajama Jam 6–8 pm (Civic Center); Nov 21: Festival Day 10 am–5 pm, Santa's Workshop 11 am–3 pm, carnival 11 am–11 pm, Parade of Lights 7 pm; Nov 22: carnival 3–10 pm.

Where

Downtown Lake Jackson — Civic Center and Circle Way parade routeCircle Way, Lake Jackson, TX 77566Open in Google Maps ↗

Ages

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Cost

Free Children's Wintertime Playground

Organizer

City of Lake Jackson — Holidays in Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson opens its holiday season the week before Thanksgiving with the Festival of Lights. The Yuletide Carnival starts in the Civic Center parking lot on Thursday, November 19 (5–10 p.m.), and on Friday, November 20 the Mayor's Tree Lighting and Santa Pajama Jam runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Center. Saturday, November 21 is Festival Day: Breakfast with Santa at the museum (8–10 a.m.; registration is linked from the festival page), Holidays Around the World at the museum (11 a.m.–2 p.m.), art, food and craft booths (10 a.m.–5 p.m.), a food truck court (10 a.m.–8 p.m.), community performances, and a free Children's Wintertime Playground (10 a.m.–5 p.m.) with Santa's Workshop, where Santa listens to children's Christmas wishes and poses for photos from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a 21-foot Grinch. The carnival runs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. At 7 p.m. the Parade of Lights, which has more than 60 entries each year, travels through downtown and heralds Santa's official arrival; the Circle Way median is closed to parking from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and residents are invited to bring lawn chairs and refreshments there to watch. The carnival reopens Sunday, November 22 from 3 to 10 p.m., and Light Up Lake Jackson continues the season through January 3. Overflow parking is at the Recreation Center, 91 Lake Rd, with a shuttle every 15 minutes from noon until midnight.