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ℹ️ About This Event

A major Lansing holiday tradition featuring downtown lights, parade-style spectacle, family-friendly holiday programming, and broad attendance. It is a clean fit for qMeet's holiday-festival category because it is free, highly recognizable, and widely attended.

Cost
Free to attend.
What to Wear
Warm layers, a winter coat, hat, gloves, and comfortable boots for walking outdoors.
What to Bring
Cash or a card, a reusable shopping bag, a warm drink if allowed, and a phone/camera for lights and displays.
Predicted Attendance45,000 total (45,000 peak day)

Who May Attend

VisibilityAny member — anyone on qMEET can find and join

Created by: Admin
Last updated

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🤝 Meetups for this Event

No meetups yet for this event.

Nobody has organized an actual get-together around this one so far. This page is the listing — it may run across a range of dates, and there's no organizer and no set plan behind it.

Someone needs to create a real meetup with a date, time and placeand that could be you. It takes about a minute, and everyone who marked themselves interested in this event can find it once you publish.

Want to Create Your Own Meetup for this Event?

This event is a listing — the concert, festival or activity itself. A meetup is your own smaller plan to go to it with other people: your date, your time, your meeting place. “A few of us are going, come with us.”

You don’t need permission and you don’t take anything over — this event isn’t changed at all. The venue, address and details are copied across, so you only pick when and where to meet.

As its organizer you get real tools to plan the when, where & what:

  • 📅 Member Availability — see which days and times everyone says they're usually free, so you know when to hold it.
  • 🎯 Member Interests & Cities — see everyone's interests and locations, so you know where to meet and what to include.
  • 🗺 Member Map — visually shows where most members are concentrated.
  • 🏷️ Activities & Voting — lists the tags and lets members vote on what they want to do.
  • 💬 Event Chat — everyone can discuss plans, who's bringing what, and last-minute changes.
  • RSVPs — who's coming, how likely, guest counts, and what they're looking forward to.
  • 🔗 Many Ways to Share or Invite — get the word out and grow attendance.

Your meetup starts hidden and set to “Only My Contacts”, with no date, so nothing is announced until you're ready. Nobody is notified when you create it. Once you set a date and switch Go Live? to Yes, it appears for people who marked themselves interested in this event.

🧭 Getting There
StartsFri November 20, 2026 @ 5 PM
EndsFri November 20, 2026 @ 9 PM
VenueDowntown Lansing / Michigan State Capitol area
Address124 W Michigan Ave
CityLansing, MI 48933
Driving / Transportation / Parking
Downtown Lansing parking ramps, lots, and street parking support the event footprint. Expect core downtown congestion near the main holiday-program areas.
💬 Event Chat
👥 Event Members (4)
MemberRSVP
Bonnie, 47Interested No RSVP
Kennedy, 26/mMaybe Interested No RSVP
Anna W., fMaybe Interested No RSVP
Gonzalez, 27Maybe Interested No RSVP
🏷️ Event Tags