NOVEMBER 9TH - DECEMBER 31ST
CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI
Over 100,000 lights will transform Cleveland, Mississippi into a winter wonderland this holiday season. Join us from November 9th until December 31st for lights, Santa, music, shopping, dining, and more.
MANY YEARS AGO...
Many years ago, a group of ladies including Mrs. Jane Dunlap, Mrs. Clemmie Collins, and Mrs. Jo Beth Janoush started a Holiday tradition downtown and encouraged business owners to put white lights in their windows and had white light trees installed on the green strip and started “Light Up Your Holidays”. The downtown lighting later expanded to include rooftop lighting on the buildings in the downtown area.
Last year the Janoush Family added the beautiful tree downtown, along with many other awesome lighted and animated decorations.
There was a tree lighting ceremony for the new tree, which was a great success and brought many people downtown. After seeing the excitement over our new decorations, a committee was formed to expand on what had been started with the goal of making downtown Cleveland a destination place for people to come look at our downtown lights and decorations.
The committee developed a plan to add white lights to the crepe myrtles downtown and to have a Musical theme on Sharpe Street in the sections from Highway 8 to North Street as a tribute to The Grammy Museum, a Candy Land theme on the block of Sharpe Street from North Street to Court Street, and a train theme for The Depot and Train Museum block of Sharpe Street. The space at the south end of Sharpe Street will be reserved for larger decorations with a lot of lights.
Local businesses, individuals and civic clubs were asked to purchase displays as a donation to the City. The response was overwhelming and over $200,000 worth of new holiday displays and decorations were donated. We plan to expand on the lights and displays each year. We hope that you will visit Cleveland this holiday season during our “50 Nights of Lights”.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
November 9, 2019
Holiday Open House
Stores Open 5 - 8 pm
Selfies with Santa & Characters 5 - 8 pm
Food Trucks 4 - 8 pm
Live Music by The CUZ Band 5 - 8 pm
Tree Lighting Ceremony 6:30 pm
November 10, 2019
Holiday Open House 1-4 pm
Train Rides 1-4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
November 14 2019
Joyous Jingles 6 pm
Local School Choirs Perform
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
November 16 2019
Presents and Prayers for Pets 1-4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
November 21, 2019
Screen on the Green Holiday Movie 6 pm
ELF
Chamber Lawn
November 23 2019
Camels & Critters on Cotton Row 11 am - 3 pm
Westerfield, Janoush & Bell parking lot on Cotton Row
Selfies with Santa in the Caboose & Train Rides 1 - 4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
November 29, 2019
SHOP SMALL FRIDAY
November 30, 2019
Fire Truck Delivers Santa Downtown 12:30 pm
Selfies with Santa & Characters 1 - 4 pm
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
Train Rides 1 - 4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
December 2, 2019
Have Yourself a Delta Little Christmas 7 pm
(Featuring Buddy Greene and Jeff Taylor, along with Tricia Walker and Steve Azar)
GRAMMY Museum MS
December 3, 2019
A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage 7 pm
Bologna Performing Arts Center
December 5, 2019
Cleveland Christmas Parade 6 pm
Downtown Cleveland
Train Museum Open Late 1-6 pm
December 7, 2019
Selfies with Santa in the Caboose
& Train Rides 1-4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
Holiday Hustle 4:30 pm
Bayou Academy 5K Downtown Trail
Blackwater Trio Christmas Concert 7-10 pm
Downtown Cleveland
December 8 2019
Selfies with Santa & Characters 1 - 3 pm
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
December 12, 2019
Screen on the Green Holiday Movie 6 pm
THE GRINCH
Chamber Lawn
December 14, 2019
Selfies with Santa in the Caboose & Train Rides 1-4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
Pickers on the Porch 5-7 pm
Chamber Porch
Caroling Pub Crawl 6 pm
Downtown Cleveland
December 15 2019
Selfies with Santa & Characters 1-3 pm
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
December 17, 2019
Screen on the Green Holiday Movie 6 pm
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
Chamber Lawn
December 19, 2019
Ugly Sweater Fun Run 4:30 pm
Downtown Walking Trail
Rotary Sing-A-Long 6 pm
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
December 21, 2019
Selfies with Santa in the Caboose
& Train Rides 1-4 pm
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
A Taste of Christmas 1 - closing
Downtown Stores
December 22 2019
Selfies with Santa & Characters 1- 3 pm
Downtown Gingerbread House (Gazebo)
CONTACT US
Cleveland-Bolivar County
Chamber of Commerce
101 South Bayou
Cleveland, MS 38732
(662) 843-2712
DONORS
We would like to thank our donors for 50 Nights of Lights:
Airport Grocery
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Bolivar Medical Center
Castrol Premium Express Lube
Cleveland Country Club
Cleveland Heritage Commission
Cleveland State Bank
Roy Collins Construction Company
Entergy
Exchange Club
Eley-Barkley Engineering & Architecture
Friends of the Library
Gainspoletti & Associates
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Havens Family
Lucy and Paul Janoush
Junior Auxiliary
Mid South Water, LLC
Needle Specialty Products Corporation
Partnership Properties
Patrick Davis State Farm Insurance
Planters Bank
Povall & Jeffreys PA
Quality Steel Corporation
Renasant Bank
Rotary Club
State Bank & Trust Company