{"id":82614,"date":"2020-11-18T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=82614"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:10:27","slug":"holiday-lights-now-glow-for-the-season-in-downtown-fort-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2020\/11\/18\/holiday-lights-now-glow-for-the-season-in-downtown-fort-wayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Lights now glow for the season in downtown Fort Wayne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HolidayFest_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HolidayFest_banner.jpg 510w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HolidayFest_banner-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HolidayFest_banner-150x141.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HolidayFest_banner-447x420.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Downtown Improvement District news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Holiday Lights now glow for the season in downtown Fort Wayne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(November 18, 2020) \u2013 Downtown Fort Wayne brings you Merry and Bright: A Season of Lights presented by PNC Bank. <\/p>\n<p>Today the holiday season has officially kicked off in Downtown Fort Wayne! All of your favorite iconic  hometown displays are turned on and ready for you to enjoy, including Santa and His Reindeer at PNC, Indiana Michigan Power\u2019s Merry Christmas Wreath, and The Flagstar Trees over Calhoun Street and above the Rotunda of the Indiana Center building on Wayne Street. Lights will remain turned on through the end of the year. <\/p>\n<p>This year, due to public safety concerns, no Downtown public lighting events will take place on Wednesday, November 25th.  Please enjoy the lights as you practice current social distancing and mask protocols, in order to comply with state and local guidelines. <\/p>\n<p>For a <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/docs\/events\/2020\/2020_HolidayFest_lighting_ocations_map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">map of lighting display locations<\/a> or more information about the TV special Merry and Bright: A History of the Night of Lights, presented by PNC Bank please visit HolidayFestDowntown.com.<\/p>\n<p>Merry and Bright: A Season of Lights is presented by PNC Bank and your Downtown Improvement District and sponsored by Wane 15, Indiana Michigan Power an AEP Company, Majic 95.1 \/ Classic Hits 101.7, Fort Wayne Newspapers, TriCore Logic, Do It Best Corp., Visit Fort Wayne and Bona Vita.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/baker-street-station\/23660.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The view north from the Baker Street Train Station. 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Photo taken April 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Phil Keoghan with CVB bag\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Phil Keoghan with CVB bag\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1634\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090427\/thumbs\/thumbs_84744.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_01_13_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"At this date, we still did not have a name for the new ballpark, and it was still pretty much a hole in the ground.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='b2d4fe06e898b11459411855ed68cc65' data-image-id=\"1662\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_01_13_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_01_13_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2008\/01\/13: Parkview Field\" data-description=\"At this date, we still did not have a name for the new ballpark, and it was still pretty much a hole in the ground.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008\/01\/13: Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008\/01\/13: Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1662\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_01_13_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_02_17_header.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Some progress at Parkview Field.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='b2d4fe06e898b11459411855ed68cc65' data-image-id=\"1663\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/2008_02_17_header.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_02_17_header.jpg\" data-title=\"2008\/02\/17: Parkview Field\" data-description=\"Some progress at Parkview Field.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2008\/02\/17: Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2008\/02\/17: Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1663\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/blog-headers\/thumbs\/thumbs_2008_02_17_header.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/92352.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces the City won&#039;t renew the Light Lease with Indiana Michigan Power. 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