​Holidazzle In Loring Park 2017: Event Schedule, Food, Parking

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Holidazzle returns to Loring Park for four weekends of community festivities. The annual holiday tradition in downtown Minneapolis offers free programming and activities for all ages and highlights local people, places and products from the Twin Cities community. The festival is free and open to the public.

Holidazzle 2017 Schedule

• Thursdays – Sundays, Nov. 24 – Dec. 23
• Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Fridays from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
• Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. | Sundays from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Location: Loring Park (1382 Willow Street)

“We are excited to invite you and yours to Holidazzle at beautiful Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis this
winter,” said Leah Wong, vice president of external relations for the Minneapolis Downtown Council. “We have a great lineup of free activities and programming, including different activities and pop-up vendors each week. Every time you visit Holidazzle this year, the experience will be unique.”

Weekly staples at this year’s Holidazzle include:

• Fireworks Displays
• Santa Visits
• 9 Movie Nights (featuring movies like Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone, Beauty and the Beast, Home
• Alone, Frozen and more!)
• Free Skating at Wells Fargo Mpls WinterSkate
• Kids Zone
• Local Musical Performances
• Bonfires & Warming Houses

Holidazzle will also offer activities unique to specific weekends, including:

Lands’ End: Lands’ End will spread holiday cheer at Holidazzle from Dec. 1-3 by offering
attendees the chance to call Santa. Event attendees can call the Santa Hotline in an iconic red
phone booth and speak with the jolly guy to share wish lists and for a chance be selected as
Santa for a Day. Selected “Santas” will each receive a sack of presents.

Northern Grade at Holidazzle: On Dec. 9-10, Northern Grade will return to Minneapolis where it
launched in 2010. Northern Grade will take over Holidazzle’s Shops Tent
and offer their Northern Grade experience in Loring Park.

Winter Open Streets at Holidazzle: On Dec. 16, a summer staple joins the winter lineup. Winter Open Streets at Holidazzle will activate the new Nicollet to Loring Park.

Holidazzle offers an assortment of on-site prepared food and beverages representing Minnesota’s culinary scene, including limited time items: the exclusive Holidazzle sausage (featuring wild rice and cranberries) from Kramarczuk’s, Fulton Beer’s wildly popular Holidazzle Proper Porter, and Mulled Hot Cider featuring Sociable Cider Werks’ Fat Bike released first at Holidazzle.

Other food offerings in the lineup include:

• Cindy’s Cinnamon Roasted Almonds K-Town Street Foods
• Pierogi’s Place Poffertjes (The Littlest Pancake)
• Waltz Wings Fair Faves
• Cheese Bros. The Thirsty Whale

Lighting and ambiance will be part of the Holidazzle experience, including twinkle lights within Loring Park, and the Wolf and Moose exhibit.

Transportation

When planning a trip to Holidazzle, visitors can enjoy Free Ride Nights courtesy of Metro Transit each Saturday throughout the run. Get there by bus or light rail with a free-ride pass, which can be downloaded at
Holidazzle.com.

The pass must be printed and shown during the free ride, and the free-ride pass is good from 10 am-11 pm each Saturday from Nov. 25 through Dec. 23.

Also look for parking options near Holidazzle with ramps offering low-cost parking opportunities. A drop-off and pick-up location will be available on the corner of Yale Place and Willow Street, and ADA-accessible parking spots are available along Willow Street.

The 2017 Holidazzle is managed and produced by the Minneapolis Downtown Council in partnership with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.

Photos courtesy of Holidazzle.com