Honolulu City Lights: Opening Night Festivities and Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade

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Photo by Ron Slauson

Crowds gather for the Honolulu City Lights tree lighting ceremony in 2018.

Join festivities at Honolulu City Lights on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. The opening night festivities kick off a monthlong celebration of free family-friendly attractions and merry fun

• 4 p.m. - Keiki rides and souvenir booths open. Returning to opening night is the Honolulu City Lights Block Party, featuring food trucks located along Punchbowl Street.
• 6 p.m. - The Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony begins at Honolulu Hale, just as the Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade steps off from River Street, running down King Street.
• 6:30 p.m. - Mayor Kirk Caldwell will illuminate the city’s 50-foot holiday tree on the front lawn, and unveil the employee Christmas tree display and public wreath exhibit in the Honolulu Hale Courtyard.
• 7:30 p.m. - The evening is highlighted with a star-studded holiday concert near the Sky Gate, featuring multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winners Hōkū Zuttermeister and Sean Na‘auao, singer-songwriter Izik, and Keolalaulani Hālau ‘Ōlapa O Laka under the direction of Kumu Hula Keola Dalire.

Free parking is available in the city’s municipal lot. Go to honolulu.gov for more information.

Honolulu City Lights will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center Grounds, and will run through Dec. 29, 2019, including Christmas.