Winterfest returns on November 23

Winterfest is a great way to celebrate the holidays with family and friends!

Businesses and stores throughout Park Ridge will stay open late to welcome visitors with warm hot cocoa and special treats. A visit from Santa, live reindeer and elves, carolers and trolley rides in the beautifully decorated Uptown and South Park areas of Park Ridge add to the fun evening. Just in time for the holidays!

Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, City of Park Ridge, and Park Ridge Public Library invite you to enjoy a traditional Park Ridge Holiday Celebration!

South Park Shopping Area
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Visit the merchants in South Park for Open House Treats.
- Live Reindeer & Santa’s Elves in the PNC Bank parking lot at 607 Devon
- Fire Station #35 at Cumberland/Devon open house. Enjoy light snacks & refreshments. See the 2017 Firetruck Engine #35!
- See the luminaries along Prospect & Courtland set up by the Boy Scouts and City.

3 Trolleys sponsored by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group; Summit of Uptown; and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital travel between Devon & Hodges Park – up Prospect & down Courtland. Enjoy decorated homes & luminaries. Look for the Best Decorated House judged by the Park Ridge Garden Club!

Uptown Park Ridge
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Santa arrives on Firetruck at City Hall at 6pm, meets Mayor Marty Maloney, and visits with children until 8:30 pm in City Hall
- Trolley sponsored by the Shops of Uptown will circle Uptown. Local historian, Karen Larsen will give historical commentary about Park Ridge.
- The Willow Academy Chamber Choir in Renaissance gowns
- Visit Uptown merchants for Open House treats!
- Get your commemorative photo at the RE/MAX Holiday Photo Booth, 37 S. Prospect!
- Listen to the lovely carols sung by The Willow Academy Chamber Choir in Renaissance gowns; Girl Scouts and Brownies will be caroling. All carolers welcomed to sing throughout Park Ridge!

Uptown Trolley Stops
Trolley sponsored by Shops of Uptown

• Across from the Metra Station on Summit Avenue
• Shops of Uptown & Summit of Uptown
• Raffia Gifts & Accessories, 141 N. Northwest Hwy
• Pure Barre, 110 N. Northwest Hwy
• Crosswalk at Euclid
• Holt’s Park Ridge, 43 S. Summit at stop sign
• Park Ridge Library, 20 S. Prospect after 6:15 when Prospect is open (every other circuit)

South Park Trolley Stops
Trolleys sponsored by Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group; and Summit of Uptown

• Prospect Avenue between Talcott & Devon (street closed to thru traffic)
• Fairview at TeaLula, 11 S. Fairview – drop off only, no pick-ups
• Prospect & Butler

Special thank you to:

• Luminary Sponsor: Jersey Mike’s Subs
• Park Ridge Boy Scouts and Public Works for setting up the luminaries
• Park Ridge Citizens Patrol for traffic control
• Park Ridge Garden Club for judging Best Decorated House
• Park Ridge Holiday Lights Fund for lighting up Park Ridge!
• Karen Larsen, local historian, for story-telling on the Uptown Trolley
• Trolley Sponsors
  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Koenig Rubloff Realty Group
  • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
  • Shops of Uptown
  • Summit of Uptown