Placerville Festival of Lights 

November 24, 2023, 4-7 p.m.

Tree Lighting at approx. 6 p.m.

Downtown Placerville Main Street
Placerville, CA
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Come join a great holiday program and the lighting of the community Christmas tree! Looking forward to seeing you and your family!

This lively and fun community event includes free hot cocoa and cookies, live music by the courthouse, stage coach rides, DJ at Bell Tower, old fashioned Christmas carols, photos with Santa, Main Street shops stay open late, Treasure Hunt to enter for prizes, and fundraising for Grizzly Flats Christmas

Music
Live entertainment
Santa
Stagecoach rides

Santa, tractor hayrides, Holly Jolly Trolley (to outlying parking lots), and the tree-lighting at 6 p.m. at the Courthouse

Festival of Lights on Main Street is an old-fashioned event rekindling the spirit of the old-fashioned holidays in which miners seeking gold put down their pans and tools to take time for Christmas in the mines. While the event takes place throughout the evening after Thanksgiving, the tree lighting is held at 6 p.m.

Historic Main Street is filled with music, entertainment, Santa, stagecoach rides, and the tree-lighting at the Courthouse.

"Doc" Wiser and his crew usually provide FREE rides (in good weather) at the Bell Tower during the festival, and on two Saturdays in December. During December you also can enjoy the Placerville Holiday Parade.

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.