Festival of Lights

December 07
The History Of The Palm Springs Festival Of Lights
- Our Desert Past
The annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights has been a long running tradition in Palm Springs. It was first a thought when Mayor’s Will Kleindienst and Sonny Bono wanted to increase visitors downtown. This is how it all came about.

Tiani Jadulang
December 07December 07
Palm Springs 29th Annual Festival of Lights 2021
- Community
After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Palm Springs and NBC Palm Springs have partnered up to broadcast the 29th Annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights.

Ceci Partridge
November 27
Holiday Lights Return to Downtown Riverside, But No Festival
- Community
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The “Festival of Lights” will return to downtown Riverside Friday and remain for the duration of the Christmas season, but with much less luster than in previous years. “The Festival of Lights is a much-loved Riverside tradition,” Mayor Rusty Bailey said when officials decided in the summer to restrict activities. “I look […]

Taylor Martinez
November 23
Coronavirus Will Dim Riverside’s Festival of Lights This Year
- Local
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The famed “Festival of Lights” in downtown Riverside will be drastically scaled down this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t feature the traditional switch-on ceremony. The nightly festival, which usually begins the day after Thanksgiving, features the century-old Mission Inn Hotel & Spa bathed in multi-colored hues, with some 400 […]

Taylor Martinez
December 03December 03
Holiday Cheer at the Festival of Lights Parade
- Community
- Local
The 25 annual Festival of Lights Parade brought out the holiday cheer to the thousands who made their way to Downtown Palm Springs. This year was one of the biggest holiday parades Palm Springs has seen with over 80 groups participating and many of them decorated with flickering lights from head to toes. The Dance […]

Max Rodriguez
November 01November 01
Palm Springs Festival of Lights Names Lorna Luft as Gran Marshall
- Community
- Local
Author, Singer, Actress and Local Resident Lorna Luft Named Celebrity Grand Marshal of 26th Annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. Modernist Architect Hugh Kaptur and NBC Palm Springs Anchor Gino Lamont Named Community Grand Marshals Nov. 1, 2018. The New York Times best-selling author, singer, actress and Palm Springs resident Lorna Luft will lead […]

The History Of The Palm Springs Festival Of Lights

Palm Springs 29th Annual Festival of Lights 2021

Holiday Lights Return to Downtown Riverside, But No Festival

Coronavirus Will Dim Riverside’s Festival of Lights This Year

Holiday Cheer at the Festival of Lights Parade

Palm Springs Festival of Lights Names Lorna Luft as Gran Marshall

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