COLORADO SPRINGS– The annual Festival of Lights Parade will take place this Saturday, Dec. 4, starting at 5:50 p.m. on Tejon Street, from St. Vrain Street to Vermijo Avenue. 

The parade is free and open to the public, and local officials would like to warn the community about the following road closures.

2-8:30 p.m.

Pikes Peak Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenues

3-8 p.m.

Tejon Street between Cache la Poudre and Boulder streetsDale Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesMonument Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesWillamette Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesSt. Vrain Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues

4:30-8:30 p.m.

Bijou Street between Cascade Avenue and Tejon StreetTejon Street between Boulder and Cimarron streetsBoulder Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesPlatte Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenuesBijou Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesKiowa Street between Cascade and Nevada avenuesPikes Peak Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenuesColorado Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenuesVermijo Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenuesCostilla Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues

Attendees are asked to arrive early for parking. On-street metered parking will be available on all open roads. 

Parking in all three city garages will be available for $1 per hour. Handicapped parking is located on both Bijou Street and Kiowa Street between Nevada and Cascade avenues.

Event attendees can register to receive emergency-related messages during the event by texting Lights2021 to 888-777 through the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management’s Everbridge notification system.

Additional parade information can be found at ColoradoSpringsFestivalOfLights.com.