30th CAA Winter Festival of Lights

The 30th Annual CAA Winter festival of Lights is fast approaching in Niagara Falls. It begins November 3, 2012 at the Outdoor Stage in Queen Victoria Park. Look for an exciting showcase including performances from your favorite Disney characters and the Festival of Lights Choir. This year’s festival which is Canada’s foremost illumination festival will…

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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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Study shows economic activity of Niagara’s Winter Festival of Lights is more than 40 times its price tag

From a press release seen on the Winter Festival of Lights web site: A detailed study of the 2009 Winter Festival of Lights found that the 59-day Festival generated $57.3 million in economic benefits for the region, more than 40 times the event’s fiscal year expenditures of $1.3 million. In its 42-page report, Toronto-based research…

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