🎄 Light Up Main 2025 🎄
📍 Downtown Garner
📅 Saturday, November 29, 2025
🕐 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Kick off the holiday season in true Garner style at Light Up Main – our annual celebration packed with festive fun, local pride, and holiday magic for all ages!
✨ Event Highlights Include:
- 🛍️ Small Business Saturday (all day) – Shop local and support Garner’s amazing small businesses with special deals and holiday gifts you won’t find anywhere else.
- 🎅 Experiences with Santa – Meet Santa right here in Downtown Garner! Bring your wish lists and cameras for unforgettable moments.
- 1:00 – 1:45 – Nana’s Lil Sweets: Cookies with Santa
- 1:45 – 2:30 – Garner Area Historical Society at Shady’s: Santa’s Workshop (making ornaments with Santa)
- 2:30 – 3:15 – Steep Right Up: Sips with Santa (hot cocoa bar)
- 3:15 – 4:00 – Zin Yoga Studio & Wine Lounge: Letters to Santa
- 🎤 Live Performances – Enjoy festive entertainment from local choirs, dancers, musicians, and performance groups. There’s something for everyone to enjoy!
- 4:00 – 5:45 – Santa’s Stage: Various Performances
- 🌟 Town of Garner Annual Tree Lighting – Join Mayor Buddy Gupton and Santa Claus as they light up our beautiful town tree in a heartwarming ceremony you won’t want to miss!
- 5:45 – Very Merry Read-a-Loud with Santa
- 6:00 – Tree Lighting
🎁 Whether you’re shopping for unique gifts, making memories with Santa, or enjoying the sounds of the season, Light Up Main is the perfect way to start your holidays in Garner.
📣 Mark your calendars, invite your friends and neighbors, and get ready to light up the night in Downtown Garner!