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Candlestick Lane Opening

December 11, 2021 By From The Editors

PLEASE NOTE: This event has already occurred.

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/11/2021
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Location
Candlestick Lane

Categories

  • Christmas Season
  • Winter Holiday Season


Traditionally, Urbana’s Candlestick Lane opens the second Saturday in December with a lighting ceremony.

This year, 2021, there will not be a ceremony. All the houses on Candlestick Lane will light up at 5 pm. The streets will not be barricaded and cars will be allowed to drive through the streets.

(If you do plan to walk through, please be safe, watch for vehicles, and social distance. There are no sidewalks.)

Note that Candlestick Lane is not actually the name of the real street. That would be Grant Place and surroundings. The nearest major cross street to Candlestick Lane, for reference, is Washington and Philo Road.

Streets include:

  • Eastern Drive from Cottage Grove Avenue to Cole Place
  • Fairlawn Drive from Cottage Grove Avenue to Patton Place
  • Grant Place from Fairlawn Drive to Eastern Avenue

To get there: take Philo Road to Fairlawn, go west. Grant Place is located between Fairlawn and Eastern in Urbana.

After opening, Candlestick Lane will light up every evening from 5 – 10 p.m. through New Year’s Day.

This is a free annual tradition put on by the residents of Grant Place and Eastern Drive in Urbana.

Many of the houses participate by putting up elaborate Christmas lights that vary from classic elegance to inflatables to fun characters and more. Here’s a past story on Candlestick Lane.

Looking for other lights in Champaign-Urbana and beyond? Check out our huge list HERE. 

Here’s a video of Candlestick Lane from years past:

 

Find everything related to Back to School in Champaign-Urbana right here!

 


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