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Contact: Maggie Walters

Vice President, Allentown Chamber of Commerce

maggiew@lehighvalleychamber.org

610-349-2180

Allentown Tree Lighting Ceremony

Powering the Season Presented by PPL

November 29, 2023 – The Downtown Allentown Business Alliance in partnership with the City of Allentown and PPL are proud to present the 2023 Downtown Allentown Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at the ArtsPark in Downtown Allentown. Festivities include performances by Allentown School District groups, horse-drawn carriage rides, hot cocoa, and appearances by Allentown Symphony Nutcrackers, meLVin, Mrs. Claus, and of course, Santa. This is a free event and is open to the public.

The Lehigh Valley Marine Corp. Toys for Tots will be in attendance to donate and distribute toys to the children. (Toys are available on a first come, first served basis.)

Leading up to the 2023 event, the Downtown Allentown Business Alliance, along with PPL, hosted an essay competition. The winner of the competition will be selected to countdown to the tree lighting with City, School District, and PPL Leadership. The topic of the essay is “Why Do You Love Allentown?’ The competition is open to all 5th graders in the Allentown School District.

WHEN: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023

TIME: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: ArtsPark, 24-32 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101

The event will feature various community partners, vendors, crafts, and activities!

TREE LIGHTING SCHEDULE OF ENTERTAINMENT:

4:00-4:03 – Maggie Walters, Vice President, Allentown Initiatives, starts program

4:03-4:45 – Various ASD performances and holiday music

4:45 – Santa arrives on fire truck

5:05-5:10 – Countdown to Tree Lighting

5:15-5:45 – William Allen Dance Team

5:45-6:15 – Dieruff High School Choir Group

6:15-7:00 – Holiday music, pictures with Santa, and various activities

7:00- Program Ends

SPONSORS: City of Allentown, PPL (Title Sponsor), Gold Credit Union

Downtown Allentown is proud to present a whole weekend of holiday activation. Events this year include Lights in the Parkway Party Bus (purchase tickets), Christmas Trivia at the Market, Lunch with Santa at the Market, Cookies & Coffee Reception at The Baum School, Holiday Shopping Cookie Trail (purchase tickets), Tree Lighting Ceremony, Chaddsford Winery Pop-Up, Winter Wonderland Tour at The Allentown Art Museum, and Repertory Dance Theatre’s Nutcracker (purchase tickets).

You can find more information regarding all these events on downtownallentown.com/tree-lighting-2023/.

About the Chamber: The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area. We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises. With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.