Winter Lights Festival and Sounds of the Seasons Holiday Parade
Friday, December 4, 4:30 - 8 pm
Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg Annual Open Houses, 4 8 pm: Late night shopping, free gift wrap, snacks and beverages, holiday specials.
- Deo Gloria will carol through the stores and streets.
- Holiday Farmer's Market, 4 7 pm: Crafts, Funnel Cakes, free hot chocolate and hot cider, Student Government Association selling Hokie Basketball shirts, Blacksburg Junior Master Chorale Bake Sale, and more in the new Market Square Park, (fomer Blacksburg Farmer's Market space)
- Pictures with Santa at The Lyric, 4:30 pm: Bring your own camera.
- Opening Reception and Book Signing for Signs of Dysfunction at the Mish Mish Gallery, 5 -7 pm: In the show are photographs from the new book, Signs of Dysfunction by local photographer Kirk Carter. The show and book depict the subtext of signage through photos of incomplete, vandalized, weathered, painted-over and otherwise remarkably useless signs. Most of the photos were taken in or near Southwest Virginia. Framed prints and copies of the book will be available for purchase during the run of the show, December 4-31.
- Tree lighting with music from the Blacksburg Children's Master Chorale, 5:30 pm
- TubaChristmas, 6 pm: Market Square Park, co-sponsored by the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg, the Lyric Theatre and the Department of Music at Virginia Tech
- Sounds of the Season Holiday Parade, 7 pm: co-sponsored by Blacksburg Parks and Recreation Department and Virginia Tech Chapter of Circle K
Holiday Shopping Specials
- Thursday, December 10, 4-8 pm: Downtown Merchants host Ladies Late Night Shopping with free gift wrap, gift wish list, snacks and beverages and more.
- Thursday, December 17, 4-8 pm: Downtown Merchants host Gentlemens Late Night Shopping with free gift wrap, gift wish list, snacks and beverages and more.
- Participating merchants include: Fringe Benefit, Matrix Gallery, Xanadu, Bookholders, Kent Jewelers, Bollo's, Gillie's, Mad Dog, Homebody, Tech Bookstore, Campus Cruizers, Gourmet Pantry with more to follow. Visit Main Street Inn during these events for free gift wrapping, hot cocoa and holiday cookies by the fireside.
