Festival of Lights cancelled, switched to one-day Winter Wonderland festival
A fundraiser for Multiworks is going to look a little different than the organization’s initial vision, but the event’s planners are feeling positive about their new idea.
Originally, a Festival of Lights was set to take place from Nov. 23 to Dec. 23 in Meadow Lake’s Lion’s Park, where local groups and individuals could decorate stations in the campground with holiday light displays. However, a number of community members were worried about vandalism given this summer’s number of incidents, so the event was cancelled.
It will be replaced with a one-day event with events taking place at the museum and in the park, including pictures with Santa, silent auction, horse-drawn sleighs and dog sleds, crafts and a bonfire set to take place Saturday, Dec. 9 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Louise Slater, program coordinator at Multiworks, said the overall response to the Festival of Lights idea was positive, but the vandalism concerns were a recurring response during the promotion of the event.