# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Community Tree Lighting & Holiday Market (Rain or Shine!)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Celebrate Shelton as we deck the halls and light the community Community Tree on Friday, December 5 from 5:00-9:00pm. 

Come early, drop off your TEAM toy drive gift, sip on some free hot cocoa, enjoy community performances and stay warm by the bonfires, sing along to your favorite holiday songs, and shop our Holiday Market featuring an amazing group of local artisans and vendors!

Tree Lighting will take place at 6:30pm.
Special guests Santa & Mrs. Claus arrive a bit later in the evening! 

Programming:
- Local Artisan Market
- Ornament Making with The Giggling Pig (while supplies last)
- Community bonfires
- Free hot cocoa & cookies courtesy of Dave Grant Caterers

6:00pm - Performance by the Frozen sisters
6:30pm - Tree Lighting with Mayor Lauretti
6:30 - 7:15pm - Meet & Greet with Anna and Elsa
7:00pm - Center Stage Theatre holiday performance
7:15pm - Santa & Mrs. Claus arrival + meet & greet

Artisan Vendors:
Bcause I Soy So 
Believe Your Grreatness
Bone & Barrel Co. 
Craven’s Toys N Tunes
Giggling Pig
Glass Source Studios 
Love, Linds
Monroe Cycle Bar 
PHire in the Hole
Planet Bee Apiary
Serafin Candle Co.
Slime Before Time
Tide & Trinkets
Tres Naturels

2025 Vendor Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWotHLDkTmLfpN4crUboclLjacuwRCMZt9D2DZ6dqDn7-_Hg/viewform
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shelton/community-tree-lighting-and-holiday-market-rain-or-shine/200028946075002
- **Event Categories**: christmas-lights, holiday, christmas-markets-and-fairs, toy-drives, it, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 756

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028946075002?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=shelton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Shelton
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Veterans Memorial Park
- **lat**: 41.315221730829
- **long**: -73.090083391006
- **full address**: Veterans Memorial Park, 7 Hill St, Shelton, CT 06484-3250, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Celebrate Shelton (https://allevents.in/org/celebrate-shelton/25980442)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Veterans Memorial Park, 7 Hill St, Shelton, CT 06484-3250, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Celebrate Shelton
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** christmas-lights, holiday, christmas-markets-and-fairs, toy-drives, it, art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Community Tree Lighting & Holiday Market (Rain or Shine!) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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