# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2025 Annual Lighting of the Square
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Celebrate the start of the holiday season in charming downtown Woodstock, Illinois, on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Watch as tens of thousands of twinkling white lights transform the historic Square during this beloved community tradition. Named one of the TODAY Show’s “Merriest Main Streets” in America, Woodstock captures the magic of the holidays with this highly anticipated annual event.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

4:00 – 7:00 PM – Recreation Department Grinch N’ Greet
Location: Ethereal's Courthouse Square in the Old Courthouse Center

4:00 – 8:00 PM – Annual Tree Walk
Location: Opera House

4:00 – 8:00 PM – Gingerbread Walk
Location: Old Courthouse Center

4:00 – 8:00 PM – Library Story Time and Crafts
Location: Stage Left

4:00 – 8:00 PM – Stuff the Squad – PD Toy Drive
Location: In front of Read Between the Lynes

4:00 – 8:00 PM – Selfie Stations
Location: Around the Square

4:30 – 8:00 PM – Food Trucks
Location: East & West Jackson Street

5:00 PM – Santa’s Arrival by Firetruck

5:00 – 6:30 PM – Brass Choir Performance
Location: Bandstand

5:00 – 6:30 PM – Dickens Carolers
Location: Around the Square

5:15 – 7:00 PM – Firetruck Photo Op with Woodstock Fire & Rescue District. Location: Across from Rocket Fizz

5:15 – 6:45 PM – Santa Visits
Location: Benton Street near the Santa Hut, presented by Rotary Club of Woodstock

5:30 – 7:00 PM – Donuts, courtesy of Woodstock Heating & Cooling. Location: Spring House

6:35 – 6:55 PM – Community Choir Sings
Location: Bandstand

7:00 – 7:10 PM – Lighting Ceremony
Location: Bandstand and Park in the Square

7:15 – 7:45 PM – Santa/Willie Photo Ops
Location: Park in the Square

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THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS: 

Starlight Sponsors: 
ComEd, An Exelon Company
KUNES Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Woodstock
Trotter & Associates, Inc.

Snowman Sponsors: 
Home State Bank
Sofie’s Whiskey & Wine
Squire on the Square
Terrabis Dispensary Woodstock
Woodstock Chevrolet

Snowball Sponsors: 
BMO
ComEd
Northwest Herald
Woodstock Country Club
Woodstock Heating & Cooling
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/woodstock/2025-annual-lighting-of-the-square/200029135330551
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, food-drinks, toy-drives, holiday, thanksgiving, pictures-with-santa
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1459

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029135330551?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=woodstock-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Woodstock
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Woodstock Square Historic District
- **lat**: 42.314107641058
- **long**: -88.44759106636
- **full address**: Woodstock Square Historic District, 123 E Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098-3201, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Real Woodstock (https://allevents.in/org/real-woodstock/27015919)

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  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=2025+Annual+Lighting+of+the+Square&date=28+Nov

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Woodstock Square Historic District, 123 E Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098-3201, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Real Woodstock
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, food-drinks, toy-drives, holiday, thanksgiving, pictures-with-santa
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 2025 Annual Lighting of the Square ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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