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Popular Holiday Event Returns

People walking through a tunnel of lights inside the Chicago Botanic Garden.

The fifth annual Lightscape will be held at the Chicago Botanic Garden with a reimagined experience from November 10 through January 7, 2024.

The unique, after-dark, illuminated trail will dazzle with new installations from around the world and beloved classics, transforming new parts of the Garden, including Evening Island, into festive landscapes of light, color and sound. Visitors will discover incredible new works like the Electric Ribbon Tunnel and revisit favorites like the Winter Cathedral.

Location: 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe. For more information or tickets, visit
ChicagoBotanic.org/lightscape.

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