The new ice rink in the Laub Downtown Plaza. (Photo: Will Feelright)
LOGAN — The city’s annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Celebration is slated for Saturday, Nov. 25.
The activities for the event will be held on Center Street, as usual, and on Logan’s new Laub Plaza on North Main Street in downtown.
Those events will include the arrival of Santa Claus in a horse-drawn carriage, caroling, a performance by the American Festival Chorus, holiday window displays, visits with Santa, a fireworks show and a free movie at the Utah Theatre.
The downtown festival will take place from noon to 9:30 p.m.
The festivities will begin with a 90-minute ice skating sessions at Ice Rink on Laub Plaza from noon to 1:30 p.m. Those sessions will continue from 2 to 3:30 p.m., 4 to 5:30 p.m., 6 to 7:30 p.m. and 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Starting at 1 p.m., the annual Winter Gift Market will display its wares along Center Street until 8 p.m. Local food trucks will also be available to holiday shoppers on Center Street from 1 to 8 p.m.
At 1:30 p.m, the Cache Valley Figure Skating Club will present a Winter Show on the Ice Rink at the Laub Plaza.
The American Festival Chorus will present a selection of hymns and carols on the Laub Plaza from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
At 4:45 p.m., city council member Ernesto López and guests will present Canciones de Navidad at the Laub Plaza, followed by local group “Native Leaves” from 5 to 6 p.m.
Local merchants will also be offering Holiday Window Displays starting at 5:15 p.m. Carolers will also be entertaining city residents along Center Street from 5:15 to 7 p.m.
The Twinkle Lights Christmas Parade will begin at 6 p.m. The parade’s route will begin at 200 West Center Street and proceed east to the Center Street Arch in downtown Logan.
The climax of the parade will be the arrival of Santa Claus in downtown Logan. The city’s official Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place at 6:45 p.m. on the Laub Plaza.
Local children can visit with Santa Claus on the Laub Plaza stage from 7 to 8 p.m.
Starting at 8 p.m., a fireworks show that will be visible from both Laub Plaza and Center Street will be displayed. Finally, a free screening of the comedic film “Elf” will be presented in the Utah Theatre starting at 8:15 p.m.
This holiday tradition of a parade and tree-lighting began in 2019 with a ceremony that included a ribbon-cutting for the Center Street Arch. After taking a hiatus in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event resumed in 2021 and continues to grow.
A fee schedule for the 90-minute skating sessions at the Laub Plaza Ice Rink will likely be approved by the members of the Logan Municipal Council at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Laub Plaza is located at 55 North Main Street in downtown Logan.