Parade of Lights 7:00 PM

Grand Marshalls:  Laiona Michele, Kory Wise, Leah Abraham

Location: Countdown at Morningside & 125

Holiday Lights Celebration and VIP Reception 5:00 PM

Northern Manhattan Office (431 W. 124th St)

To RSVP, CALL 212-531-1609

Location:  Morningside Avenue between 125 & 126

Children’s District 3:00 PM

Manhattan CB9 – Arts and Culture Committee

Producers: Harriet Rosebud, Daria Hardaman

Location: Harlem Commonwealth Auditorium. 361 West 125th Street.

Performances by:

Harlem chamber players

Sugar Hill Museums- Art Demonstration and art making Harlem Swing Dance Society of the Harlem Renaissance period

Dreamers academy  – The Steel Pan Performance Can’t Be tamed Dance troop Grant housing

AND OTHERS

Curvy District 3:00 PM

30 plus size models from Lov N MY Curves will appear in various locations throughout the parade route on 125th Street

Producer:  Dr. Marquita Williams

Location:  125th Street between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards

Digital Education Van 3:00 PM

Check your emails, create resumes, search-apply for jobs, do schoolwork, connect with friends and family through social media, and more

Location:  Grant Houses

Blink Fitness 10:30 AM

10:30 am – Join the blink Fitness Certified Personal Trainers for a feel good, calorie burning workout, perfect to kick off the holiday eating season.  All fitness levels welcomed.

Family Crafternoon: Harlem Light it Up 3:30 – 4:30 PM

George Bruce Public Library. 518 W 125th Street.

Harlem Heritage Tours 4:00 PM

Locations:  Get write up from Neal Shoemaker

Go to Event Brite — to sign up

JOSHUA’S GIANT BALLOONS SELFIE FRAME DISTRICT 4:00 PM

Location: 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell and Malcolm X Boulevard

Giant Selfie Balloons

Ugly Sweater Contest 5:00 – 8:30 PM

Olive Garden Ugly Sweater Contest  Wear your ugly sweater and watch the Parade of Lights from our Window

Happy hour $5.00

Selfie Station

AND more!

Financial and African District 4:00 PM

Location: CARVER BANK – 72 West 125th Street

3:00 – Small Business Market Place

4:00 — Mali Music Festival

8:00 — Second Lights Countdown

Columbia University Plaza Lighting 6:00 PM

Location:  125th Street between Broadway and Twelfth Avenue

Trees located on the plaza of the New Manhattanville Campus will be turned on to support the festivities

Performances 3:00 PM

Stage Managers: Rema Webb, Michele Sweeting, Angela Rooks – MC Cynthia Holiday

Performances by: NYCHA — Darryl Walker — Delores Morales — Ronny Marks — Simone McCoy — Diago MHarlem — School of the Arts — AND MORE!

Info Tables/Other Activities:

New York City Police Department

New York City Parks Department

New York City Department of Small Business Services

New York City Department of Transportation

125th Street BID

Emblem Health Face Paintings

 Harlem To Me Is 3:00 PM

The 125th Street BID and Columbia University Date Science Institute kicks off the “Harlem To Me Is” campaign.  Take a photo or video with the “Harlem To Me Is” frame and post to your social media and make sue to tag us on social media.

HEALTH AND FITNESS DISTRICT 3:00 PM

Locations:  125th Street between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Activities: Join the blink family of Personal Certified Trainers and Moodlifters for a kid-friendly workout and the chance to win a complimentary blink membership

COMIC CHARACTER DISTRICT 3:00 – 5:00 PM

Meet and Greet Spider Man and Black Panther and memorilize your Harlem Holiday Lights experience by taking a photo with these amazing comic heroes.

Think Creative 3:00 PM

On Morningside between Hancock Place and 125th Street

Think Creative

Think Creative is a Harlem based urban attire company celebrating our culture with their Think Africa collection.

Industrial Bank 3:00 PM

382 West 125

Come and enjoy hot apple cider, pastries, and candy canes.

EVERYONE COME OUT AND JOIN US ON NOVEMBER 20TH (RAIN DATE NOVEMBER 25TH) AND DO NOT FORGET TO DRESS IN LIGHTS

Central Park – Harlem 

Holiday Lighting