Crews are busy at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds setting up for the annual Holiday Lights drive and walk-through.
The event starts Nov. 29 and runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.
“Because many of our guests have a Christmas Eve tradition of coming to Holiday Lights on December 24, we will have two Bonus Nights this year – December 23 and December 24,” said Ron Haedicke, marketing director for the Fairgrounds Foundation.
Last year, some 15,000 vehicles drove through the light display, Haedicke said.
Volunteers have been working over the year to create new lighted characters and other dazzling shapes through the three-quarter mile course.
Put on by the Fairgrounds Foundation and the Agricultural History Project, the event this year includes two special walk-thru nights on Dec. 6 and 7, which ties in with the 47th annual holiday craft and gift fair. The fair, presented by the Fairgrounds Foundation, runs from noon to 9pm each day at the Harvest, Crosetti, and Fine Arts buildings.
Lights kickoff each evening at 5:30pm.
For tickets, visit fairgroundsfoundation.org or call 786-9698.
Meanwhile, the City of Watsonville welcomes the public to their annual tree lighting ceremony today (Nov. 22) from 5-6pm at Watsonville Plaza
