Free
Palafox Street corridor, Downtown Pensacola, FL
Downtown Improvement Board / ParkPensacola / Saenger Theatre
First City Lights Festival — Pensacola, FL
The First City Lights Festival transforms downtown Pensacola into a magical holiday destination with over half a million white lights on Palafox Street, running from November 5 through January 16 each year
Dates & Location
When: November 5, 2026 – January 16, 2027
Where: Palafox Street, Downtown Pensacola, FL 32502
Kickoff lighting of 500,000+ lights along Palafox Street with Santa photos, Peanuts characters, mini-train and Palafox Market holiday edition; the light display itself runs into mid-December, overlapping the tracked window.
Imported from Claude research tracker.
- Dates: ~Nov 5 – mid-Dec 2026 (opens before tracked window, display continues through it; 2026 exact start unconfirmed)
- Time: unknown (evening lighting ceremony historically ~5:00 PM) - unknown
- Address: Palafox Street corridor, Downtown Pensacola, FL
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