BOSTON COMMON TREE LIGHTING
The City of Boston and guests from the Province of Nova Scotia will celebrate the 82nd Annual Tree Lighting on Boston Common on Thursday, November 30.
Mayor Michelle Wu, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and title sponsor The Province of Nova Scotia will host Boston’s signature holiday celebration, the 82nd Annual Boston Common Tree Lighting, on Thursday, November 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. adjacent to the Visitor’s Information Center at 139 Tremont Street.
Mayor Wu will be joined by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston for the event, marking the 52nd year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor. Within 24 hours of the disaster a train loaded with supplies and emergency personnel was making its way from Boston to Nova Scotia.
WCVB Channel 5’s "CHRONICLE" co-anchors, Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour, will once again host Channel 5’s live broadcast of the event beginning at 7 p.m. This year’s entertainment is to be announced.
The official holiday season kick-off in Boston includes the lighting of the City of Boston's official Christmas tree and trees throughout Boston Common and the Public Garden. Boston’s official 2023 Christmas tree is to be announced.
The holiday lights throughout both parks will light up in sequence shortly before 8 p.m. when Mayor Wu is joined onstage by Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
The event is supported by title sponsor Province of Nova Scotia and media sponsors WCVB Channel 5.
Immediately following the celebration on the Boston Common, join Mayor Michelle Wu, the Friends of the Public Garden, and the Committee to Light the Commonwealth Avenue Mall as they flip the switch to light the lights on Commonwealth Avenue Mall.
For more information, please call 617-635-4505. For Boston Common parking information, visit the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority website.
November 30, 2023
6:00PM
139 TREMONT STREET
BOSTON, MA 02116
Contact:
PARKS AND RECREATION