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Celebrate the official kickoff to the Holiday Season with FREE high-quality entertainment, activities, music, magic and memories all across the Golden Triangle
Official Tree Lightings + Ceremonies:
12:00 p.m. U.S. Steel Tower Dedication of the Crèche
4:45 p.m. Allegheny County Courthouse Tree & Tower Lighting – County Courthouse Courtyard
5:15 p.m. City County Building Tree Lighting
5:30 p.m. PPG Plaza Tree Lighting
5:45 p.m. One Oxford Centre Tree Lighting
5:45 p.m. BNY Mellon Season of Lights Countdown
7:00 p.m. Highmark Tree Lighting with Rooftop Fireworks & Jumbotron Show
7:45 p.m. Santa Spectacular Fireworks at Point State Park
9:30 p.m. BNY Mellon Fireworks Finale by Zambelli
One Oxford Centre
Annual Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival | 5:45 p.m.
Don’t miss the official lighting of One Oxford Centre’s 30-foot Christmas Tree and children can welcome and share their Christmas wishes with Santa!
Free Horse Drawn Carriage Rides | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Take a ride around the block in a beautiful horse-drawn carriage. Pick up is on Fourth Avenue (last ride is at 8:45 p.m.)
Santa’s Reindeer and Free Activities | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Santa’s trusty reindeer will greet you in the outdoor plaza. Free indoor activities for children include face painting, balloon art, temporary tattoos, a selfie station, live music by Scott and Rosanna, and caricatures.
Fifth Avenue Place
Family Fun & Festivities | 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Show your holiday spirit with a commemorative airbrush tattoo. Snap photos with the cheeriest Raggedy Ann and enjoy festive balloon art as you get in the holiday spirit with live musical performances by the Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Cross/Current from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.Mr. McFeely, Pittsburgh’s favorite delivery man, will be greeting visitors from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
PPG Place Plaza and Rink - Downtown Pittsburgh's only outdoor ice skating rink is open until midnight on Light Up Night and Magic Ice USA is donating $1 or each skate admission to the American Cancer Society.
Robert Morris University Island Sports Center’s Figure Skating Academy opens the evening’s festivities with a holiday skating show. - 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
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