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Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (Jingle Bus)
Milwaukee, WI · Holiday
- When
- November 19, 2026 – January 1, 2027
- Where
- Cathedral Square Park, 520 E Wells St · Milwaukee · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A six-week downtown holiday lights festival run by Milwaukee Downtown BID since the late 1990s, spanning Cathedral Square, Zeidler Union Square, Pere Marquette and Red Arrow parks. Its narrated Jingle Bus tour is the signature sub-event.
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A six-week downtown holiday lights festival run by Milwaukee Downtown BID since the late 1990s, spanning Cathedral Square, Zeidler Union Square, Pere Marquette and Red Arrow parks.
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One of the largest French-themed festivals in North America, launched in 1982 by a Pfister Hotel manager to revive downtown foot traffic and now run by the East Town Association.
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Flemish Renaissance in Cream City brick, and the tallest habitable building in the United States for four years.
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Built with electricity and thermostats in every room when both were novelties, and holding the largest hotel collection of Victorian art in the world.