| Light Up Night | |
|---|---|
 The ice rink and Christmas tree at One PPG Place is unveiled on Light Up Night. | |
| Genre | Winter holiday season |
| Dates | late November |
| Location(s) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Founded | November 21, 1960 [1] |
| Attendance | over 200,000[1] |
| Website | www |
Light Up Night is a family festival in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania coinciding with the unofficial start of the Winter holiday shopping season. Many retailers in Downtown Pittsburgh remain open late, and street vendors and other concessionaires sell food and give away hot beverages, treats and promotional items. The city is decorated with Christmas lights, trees, among other holiday decorations. On Light Up Night, the skyscrapers and buildings in and around downtown keep their lights on throughout the night, lending to the name. Over 200,000 people attend the festivities.[1]
Light Up Night is also a time for free music, including many choirs, street performers, and even rock concerts, downtown and in Station Square.[2] In addition, the city offers free carriage rides downtown.
The event was held in November on the Friday before Thanksgiving until 2019, then on the Saturday before Thanksgiving from 2021.
With the increasing popularity of the event, The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has threatened to sue other communities and organizations that fail to pay a licensing fee for trademark infringement.[3]
- ^ a b - Traffic to be heavy on Light Up Night - November 20, 2009
- ^ Dan Eldridge (17 June 2014). Moon Pittsburgh. Avalon Travel Publishing. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-61238-771-0.
- ^ Fontaine, Tom (December 17, 2009). "Group serious about 'Light Up Night' name". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012.