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KETV Family Festival

Children's Museums Winter Festival

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Enjoy a day of FREE family-friendly holiday activities at Omaha's favorite Downtown attractions!

Admission to all the venues is FREE and there will be a FREE Ollie the Trolley service available to transport patrons between venues.

Venues & Activities (all activities subject to change):

Omaha Children’s Museum:

- Holiday activities

- Meet and greet with Santa

Omaha Public Library:

- Storytime with OPL staff

- Crafts and coloring

- Book giveaway (to each child 12 and under while supplies last)

- Appearance and photo opportunities with Pete the Cat and Scamper the Prairie Dog mascots

Omaha Mounted Patrol Barn:

- Amazing Arthur Entertainment – balloons and face painting

- Candy and other giveaways

- Horse demonstrations

Downtown YMCA (at the Mounted Patrol Horse Barn):

- Take-home crafts

- Interactive winter game

Durham Museum:

- View permanent and temporary exhibitions

- Holiday activities with Christmas at the Union Station celebration

- Region’s largest indoor Christmas tree display

- Visit Santa and his elves

The RiverFront:

- “Dashing Through The RiverFront” – scavenger hunt to win a variety of prizes

- Holiday photo opportunities, food trucks, and cozy firepits available

- Ice skating at the Skate Ribbon, skate rentals will be at a cost

Enjoy a day of FREE family-friendly holiday activities at Omaha's favorite Downtown attractions!

Admission to all the venues is FREE and there will be a FREE Ollie the Trolley service available to transport patrons between venues.

Venues & Activities (all activities subject to change):

Omaha Children’s Museum:

- Holiday activities

- Meet and greet with Santa

Omaha Public Library:

- Storytime with OPL staff

- Crafts and coloring

- Book giveaway (to each child 12 and under while supplies last)

- Appearance and photo opportunities with Pete the Cat and Scamper the Prairie Dog mascots

Omaha Mounted Patrol Barn:

- Amazing Arthur Entertainment – balloons and face painting

- Candy and other giveaways

- Horse demonstrations

Downtown YMCA (at the Mounted Patrol Horse Barn):

- Take-home crafts

- Interactive winter game

Durham Museum:

- View permanent and temporary exhibitions

- Holiday activities with Christmas at the Union Station celebration

- Region’s largest indoor Christmas tree display

- Visit Santa and his elves

The RiverFront:

- “Dashing Through The RiverFront” – scavenger hunt to win a variety of prizes

- Holiday photo opportunities, food trucks, and cozy firepits available

- Ice skating at the Skate Ribbon, skate rentals will be at a cost

More about Holiday Lights Festival
The idea of decorating Omaha with holiday lights had been discussed by downtown advocates for many years. The occasion of the millennium provided the impetus for the project. In 1999, a coalition of city officials, corporations and foundations chose to present a legacy gift of holiday lights to the City of Omaha as the Millennium Lights celebration. That first year, more than 60,000 people came downtown to witness the lighting ceremony. Because the lights were so well received by the public, the Downtown Omaha Inc. Foundation was established the following year to continue Millennium Lights as the Holiday Lights Festival. The Shine the Light on Hunger campaign, sponsored by Conagra Brands Foundation and in partnership with Food Bank for the Heartland, was added to the Holiday Lights Festival in 2007.
When & Where
Dec 3, 2023, 11:00am to 4:00pm Timezone: CST
Free

No Registration required! Just show up!

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