Bright Lights WINDSOR – CITYWIDE
Watch the city come alive with stunning light installations across the City.
The City of Windsor has worked with all the BIAs across the city to help beautify the streets. Bright Lights Windsor Citywide is your excuse to hop in the car and get in some festive fun while being socially distanced. Grab a hot cocoa and take a walk or drive by with your family to enjoy all the wonder and light that the holiday season has to offer! The City of Windsor has also moved some of Bright Lights Windsor (which normally takes places at Jackson Park) across the city at a few different spots. Our easy-to-download map can be found below.
While you’re exploring, you can use the links below find out the boutique shops & artisans in each district. Now is more important than ever to support local – shop online and pick up curbside from one of the shops while you explore. What a perfect way to check some people off your Christmas list – and put a smile on a local entrepreneurs face! Grab a coffee or pick up takeout while you explore each area.
You can also WIN while you’re exploring. Snap your pics while you’re visiting the light installations and share them with us. We’ll have signs up at each stop and you can just scan the QR code for your chance to win! There is no limit to entering – as long as you share a picture of you enjoying the light installations safely.
While you’re exploring please remember to follow the proper safety recommendations for the region – you can visit our COVID-19 hub by clicking here for more details, including:
- Always wear your mask
- Please only explore with your immediate bubble
- While viewing any of the light installations please remember to maintain at least 2m distance from any other group
Download Map
Use the map to help plot your way across Windsor to visit all of the displays & business districts.
EXPLORE & PLAY
Download our ‘Bright Lights Tic Tac Toe’ and print it out to play with the family as you explore.
Use this guide to help direct you to what to see, where to shop and what’s happening in each of our business districts.
DOWNTOWN WINDSOR
Bright Lights displays at:
- Windsor International Aquatic & Training Centre
- Art Gallery of Windsor
- Charles Clark Square
- City Hall
Downtown Windsor BIA is also pleased to present WinterFest for additional fun, family-friendly activities such as Take & Make ornaments, Virtual visits with Santa, festive music from the rooftops, storefront decorating and a gingerbread house competition! Visit their website for full details.
Downtown Windsor will be all aglow this holiday season, visitors can experience the magic of hundreds of lights while rediscovering downtown’s many treasures. Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available in Downtown Windsor.
Make sure to take a stroll through downtown to see the front window displays at retailers and coffee shops designed by local artist Julia Hall to keep Downtown dazzling this entire holiday season.
ERIE STREET
Stroll through Via Italia’s quaint and charming neighbourhood with newly added bright and festive lighting displayed throughout the winter months. While you’re out, make sure to stop and see the Christmas tree at St. Angela’s church and the new mural installation celebrating the neighbourhood’s heritage at the community garden. Also, don’t forget to take a moment to admire the clock tower monument and the surrounding bricks dedicated in honour of loved ones while you’re there. Pick up curbside from any of the unique, independently owned small businesses where you will be welcomed as if you are famiglia.
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re on Erie Street.
FORD CITY
Bright Lights displays at:
- Gino Marcus Community Centre
Make sure to also see the illuminated Star and two giant illuminated deer at the Parkette on the corner of Whelpton and Drouillard Road. Enjoy the exterior lights on the businesses in the area as well as the lights and seasonal florals.
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Ford City.
OTTAWA STREET
Stay tuned for light displays and special events on Ottawa Street.
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re on Ottawa Street.
WALKERVILLE
Bright Lights displays at:
- Willistead Manor
Enjoy Holidays in Walkerville with decorated streets, new lights and outdoor Christmas music! Share your photos or videos to social media and tag @visitwalkerville using the hashtag #HolidaysInWalkerville2020 to be entered to win a $250 Walkerville dollars on December 24th. Pick up curbside purchases or grab takeout in Walkerville and for every $15 spent, you’ll be entered to win $100 in Walkerville dollars each week until December 23rd!
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Walkerville.
WYANDOTTE CENTRE
Stay tuned for light display information happening in Wyandotte Centre.
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Wyandotte Centre.
PILLETTE VILLAGE
Pillette Village will have a lighted display of an illuminated 9.8’ Christmas Tree, with two illuminated stars on either side located at 4925 Wyandotte Street East. Just a block away Shoppers will have a Winter Wonderland with three Christmas Trees, along with two reindeer and Santa’s Mailbox. The village will be adorned with festive plants, lights and displays!
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Pillette Village
Old RIVERSIDE
Visit Old Riverside and check out their festive baskets, planters and lights as well as a lighted display of three reindeer in front of the Legion at 5645 Wyandotte Street East. Also the big Christmas tree beside the Legion has been completely redone with new lights. Two great opportunities for pictures and good view for a drive by. Some of the stores will have lights displayed on the exterior of their buildings.
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Riverside.
SANDWICH TOWNE
Bright Lights displays at:
- Mackenzie Hall
Head on down to Sandwich Towne and see how they glow! From candy cane arbour to the lights on Mackenzie Hall, Sandwich Towne is picture-perfect. Share your snaps with us by tagging them on Facebook or Instagram @SandwichTowne and follow them for upcoming specials that will be shared throughout the holiday season – from skateboards to cookie platters or take-and-bake pies and holiday brews, shop local, eat local!
Click here for a list of select shops & retail options available when you’re in Sandwich Towne.
Bonus Displays
- Dougall Ave & E.C. Row Expressway
- Howard Ave & E.C. Row Expressway
- Huron Lodge Long Term Care
- Windsor International Aquatic Training Centre
- Chimczuk Museum
- WFCU Centre Main Bowl Concourse & East Side of Building
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