See the new Light Up Lakewood Video here!

Light Up Lakewood 2011 from Chris Karel on Vimeo.

Orchestrating an event like Light Up Lakewood is the result of a lot of hard work from volunteers, local businesses and associations, and we are very grateful for all of their assistance. We want to recognize those groups here, and we encourage you to show your support for these organizations and companies now and throughout the year. Please click their logo or name for more information on our wonderful sponsors!

Thank you to our 2011 Light Up Lakewood Sponsors 

               Key Bank                   

Lakewood City Schools      Lakewood Masonic Temple         

OMG Mobile Gaming             

  Panera Bread and LakewoodAlive Light Up Lakewood Event

For those of you that had Pictures with Santa at Panera, click HERE for the link on Fliker where you will be able to find and print your pictures! We hope you enjoyed your photo-op! More pictures from Chris Karel HERE

You’ve found it! The link to Light Up Lakewood 2011. There are so many new and exciting events added this year that will add a new facet to the family fun. Click our logo to the left to view the schedule. Check back again to find out what else there is, as the schedule is subject to change….for the better!

Wanted: Imaginative, talented and fun Lakewood residents to be part of a new tradition as part of the Light Up Lakewood FIRST ever Holiday Parade on Saturday December 3rd! Gather your friends, relatives, social groups or organizations and dream up a motorized “float” or strut your creativity as a group in the march.

The parade will begin at 5:00 pm, preceeding the Light Up Lakewood lighting ceremony at the Hospital, starting at Bunts and ending at the Drug Mart parking lot. Join Santa and his entourage of parade watchers make their way back to the hospital balcony for the lighting.

Click the LUL logo where you’ll find all the details and the registration form. So, get in the holiday mood, put your heads together and come up with something wonderful for all to see as you christen a new tradition for Lakewood!!

LakewoodAlive invites anyone interested in sponsoring a portion of Light Up Lakewood Festivities to go no farther! You’ve reached the page where you can see all benefits of becoming a sponsor! The event draws not only Lakewood residents, but people from other cities as the word spreads about this wonderful holiday gathering. With the addition of the first ever Parade, there will be more people than ever as they come to see the latest addition that is sure to become a family tradition for everyone.

Sponsorships for snow machines, ice carvers, singers and jugglers are just a few of the opportunities avaliable. Depending on your sponsorship level, from articles, press and media releases to LakewoodAlive, Downtown Lakewood and Light Up Lakewood website exposure, there is a level for everyone!

Click our logo and read all the benefits and details as well as a printable form.

We always depend on and truly appreciate all our wonderful sponsors that make our Lakewood events so successful!

This year we’ve added something special to the annual Light Up Lakewood event. Plantation Home in Downtown Lakewood  generously sponsored a $500.00 scholarship.

The Light Up Lakewood Festival King and Queen Scholorship was avaliable to any Lakewood resident that is a high school Sophomore or Junior during the 2011 – 2012 school year. Six finalists were selected to be interviewed, three for the queen and three for the king. One king and one queen was chosen by the selection committee

The winners are…….

King – Pete Nelson – Lakewood High School
Queen – Rachel Ritter – Lakewood High School

Congratulations to them both as the winners of the scholorship and the FIRST parade King & Queen!

Rachel & Pete will be presented to the community in a horse drawn carriage in the parade at 5:00 pm and again at the lighting ceremony at Lakewood Hospital at 6:00 pm.

A huge thank you goes do David Stein of Plantation Home for sponsoring the scholarship and to the following volunteers on the scholarship committe for their time. It had to be a hard decision to make among the applicants!

Kelley Drumm – Chairperson
David Stein – Sponsor
Chris Gordillo
Tori Worron
Tamera Karel
Geof Pelaia

Saturday December 3rd, 2011
Once again, Downtown Lakewood will be aglow with lights, decorated festive displays and teeming with residents from Lakewood and beyond at this 2011 event. This year we will be including a HOLIDAY PARADE with a King & Queen, followed by The Holiday Lighting Ceremony and Holiday Kickoff  at Lakewood Hospital takes place on closed Detroit Avenue.

Activities include music, Lolly the Trolly rides, an ice carver, jugglers, kids crafts and a “Twigbee-Style” Shop along with Holiday characters, the Gingerbread House Tour (click HERE to see information about the 2010 House Tour) and of course, Santa’s arrival! If it is your first time or your 5th, make sure to join the crowd and make it your family holiday tradition.

You won’t believe the new additions to our community holiday season kick-off! Click the logo to find out more.

We hope you like our 2011 Light Up Lakewood Logo! The logo was designed my the logo contest entrant Julie Sweany.

Who can beat the cost?  It’s FREE!

Saturday December 3rd 2011 from 5-8 p.m. Click here to see highlights from last years LUL!