‘Holiday Lights of Niagara’ opening soon

From the Niagara Gazette: Several business and civic groups are combining efforts to stage the Holiday Lights of Niagara Trail that will feature more than 60 illuminated displays in Hyde Park and around the city. The event opens Nov. 21 and runs through December. In addition, the event organizers said area business owners along Pine…

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Preparing to Drop The Guitar in The Falls!

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): The scaffolding is being set up, the stage will soon be in place, and the thousands will soon jam down Old Falls Street, as 2012 will be ushered in in fine musical fashion. For the third year, The Hard Rock Guitar Drop will bring in the new…

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Niagara Falls Holiday Market Meets Half Its Goal For Visitors

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: When it opened on black Friday, organizers of the Holiday Market in Niagara Falls thought they could hit 400,000 visitors. Now, it appears they will only get around half that. With four days before Christmas, an estimated 150,000 people have visited the market. Despite that, the people behind the…

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Holiday Lights Shine in Hyde Park

WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo has a report (with video) of the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail: Families can now visit the Holiday Lights of the Niagara Trail. The first lighting took place Wednesday night. There are 50 displays located throughout Hyde Park in Niagara Falls. There are an additional 10 displays on Pine…

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The ‘Holiday’ has arrived for downtown Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Gazette: Mark Rivers is calling it the “anti-mall.” While thousands of eager shoppers will be running through department stores and retail outlets Thanksgiving night and early Black Friday, the man behind the new Holiday Market in downtown Niagara Falls is encouraging his customers to take it easy, avoid the rush and get…

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Ceremony set Nov. 23 to open Holiday Lights

From the Buffalo News: The Holiday Lights of Niagara Trail, which has raised more than $120,000 for the United Way of Niagara since 2004, will open for this year’s season with a ceremony at 5 p.m. Nov. 23 in Sal Maglie Stadium. Sponsors said there will be more than 50 lighting displays in Hyde Park,…

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