FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3, 2025
Celebrating the finale weekend of lightsup!
Bring the family together for LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination
Summary: Enjoy the finale weekend of LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination with some additional holiday cheer at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. To purchase timed tickets go to: TucsonBotanical.org/lightsup/
Saturday, January 11, 6 – 9:30pm: HeadlightsUp!
A Holiday Bike and Car Show at Tucson Botanical Gardens with Co-host, Truly Nolen Pest Control. Decked out in their very finest holiday lights, vintage and lowrider bikes and cars are returning to Tucson Botanical Gardens on Saturday, January 11 only! Included in LightsUp! special event tickets.
Marvel at the lowrider bikes on display, along with a selection of the Old Pueblo’s vintage and lowrider cars all decked out for the holidays in lights and decorations. You’ll know you’ve arrived when you spot co-host Truly Nolen’s iconic yellow VW 27-foot Limo, with mouse ears and a tail!
LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination is one of Southern Arizona’s favorite holiday traditions. Trees dance under a million sparkling lights, tin stars shimmer and twinkle, and luminarias glow in grand chandeliers.
A mile-long walk through seven light zones, some choreographed to music. The trains at The Great Garden Express, decorated for the Holidays, will be running.
Edna’s Eatery by Charly’s Grill will be serving a special grab-and-go menu, and Peddler on the Path will be serving hot beverages.
Sunday, January 12, 6 – 9:30pm: A Little LightsUp! Music We’re amping it up on the last night of LightsUp! with musical offerings from beloved community groups, Havin’ a Blast, a women’s quarter that sings Barbershop style, and the Tucson High Magnet School Orchestras’ String Quartet Class. Baby, if it’s cold outside, pop into Porter Hall and the Education Building for A Little LightsUp! Music. As always, enjoy the mile-long walk through seven light zones, some choreographed to music. The trains at The Great Garden Express, decorated for the Holidays, will be running. Edna’s Eatery by Charly’s Grill will be serving a special grab-and-go menu.
About Tucson Botanical Gardens: Located on the site of the historic Porter family property in the heart of Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Botanical Gardens is a lush oasis set on nearly six acres. More than 7,000 plants are displayed in over twenty curated garden spaces including a world-class collection of cacti, grasses, flowers, and mature trees. Gardens include Cacti and Succulents of the World, Nuestro Jardín, a traditional Mexican-American neighborhood garden, Children’s Discovery Garden, and many more that showcase the diversity of plants that can thrive in the Sonoran Desert. The Great Garden Express is a G scale model railway set in an Arizona, Sky Island inspired landscape, and the Gardens is home to the only tropical butterfly pavilion in Southern Arizona, open October – May. Tucson Botanical Gardens offers rotating art displays, community classes, events, and international exhibits. The café at Edna’s Eatery by Charly’s Grill serves a seasonal menu daily. Event services are available for groups, weddings, and social gatherings. The Tucson Botanical Gardens is located at 2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712. Learn more and purchase tickets at TucsonBotanical.org
Media Contact: Laura Leach
Director of Development & Marketing
(520) 326-9686 ext. *35
(410) 258-0699 (cell)
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