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 streets
  • Dale Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Monument Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Willamette Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • St. Vrain Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues

4:30-8:30 p.m.

  • Bijou Street between Cascade Avenue and Tejon Street
  • Tejon Street between Boulder and Cimarron streets
  • Boulder Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Platte Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Bijou Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Kiowa Street between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Pikes Peak Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Colorado Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Vermijo Avenue between Cascade and Nevada avenues
  • Costilla 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. 

Courtesy of the City of Colorado Springs.

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.