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Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/01/2023
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Allerton Park and Retreat Center

Categories

• Christmas Season
• Winter Holiday Season

HOLIDAY [SHOWCASE + GLOW] OPENING NIGHT

Kick off the holiday season with a magical evening at Allerton’s Holiday [Showcase + GLOW] Opening Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. Take an enchanting stroll through this annual outdoor light show, enjoy festive music and partake in food and beverages from local food trucks and a cash bar.

Then, head to the Mansion to listen to the Monticello High School Madrigal singers and do some holiday shopping from local vendors at the Holiday Showcase. 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!

$10/person (10 & under free). Register here. Tickets will go on sale Oct. 2. All sales are final.

The Showcase continues Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email Jordan Zech at jmgiffor@illinois.edu.