Friends of the Riverwalk invites you to join our official 4th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting! Watch as Mayor Castor sails into the Convention Center basin aboard a Pirate Water Taxi to flip the switch on the Riverwalk Holiday Trees. Come kick off the holiday season along the Tampa Riverwalk with food, fun and entertainment for the whole family.
DATE: Sunday, December 1, 2024
TIME: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Tampa Convention Center & The Sail Plaza
NEW THIS YEAR!
- A 30-foot LED panel Christmas tree synchronized to music
- A Nutcracker performed by the Tampa City Ballet
Entertainment Schedule
5:30 PM: "The Nutcracker" characters interact with the audience, Archangels, Sugar Plum and Clara gather around the tree
5:45 PM: Battle scene between the Mice King and Nutcracker - Clara’s dream
6:00 PM: Interaction between Clara, Mice King, Nutcracker and the audience
6:10 PM: Snowflakes dance to the Snow music
6:20 PM: Presentation by Mayor Jane Castor
6:30 PM: Tree Lighting
6:45 PM: Main performance featuring dances from the second act of The Nutcracker:
- Spanish dance
- Arabian dance
- Trepak
- Chinese dance
- Waltz of the Flowers
- Sugar Plum Pas de Deux
- All character’s finale
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors!
