{"id":13076,"date":"2019-11-15T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niagarafallscliftonhill.com\/blog\/?p=13076"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:31:18","slug":"opening-ceremonies-winter-festival-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cliftonhill.com\/falls_blog\/opening-ceremonies-winter-festival-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Festival of Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ontario Power Generation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cliftonhill.com\/falls_blog\/winter-festival-of-lights-in-niagara-falls\/\">Winter Festival of Lights<\/a> invites you to join them as they kick-off the 2019-2020 season on Saturday, November 16th, 2019<span style=\"font-size: 10.8333px;\">!<br><\/span><br>The family friendly<strong> Opening Ceremonies of the WFOL<\/strong> will<em>&nbsp;<\/em>take place in&nbsp;&nbsp;<a title=\"Queen Victoria Park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cliftonhill.com\/attractions\/niagara-parks\/queen-victoria-park\">Queen Victoria Park<\/a>&nbsp;just steps from Niagara Falls&#8217; brink where Murray Street meets the Niagara Parkway just steps from the Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cliftonhill.com\/falls_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OpeningCeremoniesImage4rev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cliftonhill.com\/falls_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OpeningCeremoniesImage4rev.jpg\" alt=\"Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Festival of Lights\" class=\"wp-image-15486\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Festival of Lights<\/em> will officially kick off at <strong>3:00 pm<\/strong> and run until <strong>8:00 pm<\/strong> with fireworks launching at <strong>8:00 pm<\/strong> and <strong>10:00 pm<\/strong>.&nbsp;Come out to enjoy live entertainment, food trucks, interactive displays and special guests over the course of the event. 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