Oklahoma City

Kick off the holiday season and Downtown in December at the 24th annual Oklahoma City Tree Lighting Festival presented by Global Payments! One of the season’s most anticipated events, the festival will take place in Bricktown on Thursday, November 13th, 2025, from 5:30-7:30pm on the Mickey Mantle Plaza of the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

The free festival will include family-friendly activities such as photos with Santa Claus sponsored by Inasmuch Foundation, face painting, live entertainment, and more. Bring your kiddos to the Letters to Santa station sponsored by Communication Federal Credit Union, where they can write their letters to Santa and send in our North Pole mailbox, as well as decorate downtown-themed holiday postcards to take home or mail. There will be plenty of food and drinks to enjoy, from free samples and bites from downtown favorites to Junction Coffee hot chocolate for purchase. The main attraction of the evening will be a showcase of diverse holiday performances leading up to and following the countdown to the lighting of the tree by Mayor David Holt.

The Bricktown Christmas Tree Powered by OG&E will be lit at 6:00pm and will be on display through New Year’s Day.

2025 Festival Programming

• Tree Lighting by Mayor Holt at 6:00pm
• Live Holiday Music & Dance Performances
• Photos with Santa Claus sponsored by Inasmuch Foundation
• Letters to Santa Station sponsored by Communication Federal Credit Union
• Make & Take Ornament Station sponsored by OG&E
• Bublee Pop Life-Size Snow Globe
• Aerialist Twistina
• OKC ThunderBolt & Entertainers
• Face Painting
• Balloon Art
• Caricatures
• Curbside Chronicle Glow Accessories & Wrapping Paper Sales

Food & Drinks

• Bricktown Brewery – Pretzel Bites with White Queso
• Brickopolis – Pizza Slices
• Harkins Theatre – Buttered Popcorn
• McNellie’s OKC – Pub Curry
• The Melting Pot – Milk Chocolate Fondue with Pound Cake
• Mickey Mantle Steakhouse – Churro Bread Pudding
• Old Spaghetti Factory – Mizithra Cheese and Browned Butter Pasta & Cookies
• Rodizio Grill – Linguiça, Brazilian sausage
• The Social Order: Dave’s Hot Chicken, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, and Spark – Rotating Samples
• Tiff’s Treats – Chocolate Chip Cookies & Fudge Brownies
• Junction Coffee – items for purchase

 Stage Performances 

• Emcee – Kayla Williams
• Ckai Dawson & The Experience
• Hưng Việt Drum Show & Lion Dancers
• OKC Ballet
• RACE Dance Collective
• Lyric Academy Students
• Jabee
• Cindy Scarberry
• Ballet Folklorico Yetzali
• Sainrithya Dance Academy
• Capitol Hill Middle School Choir
• Lucas Ross

Parking for the event is available throughout the district. Find metered parking on the street (free after 6pm), or pay to park in any of the various lots located in Bricktown. Free parking is also available in the Compress lot located at 101 SE 2nd St (Next to U-Haul).

Attendees are also encouraged to park and ride the streetcar to Bricktown, getting off at the Mickey Mantle or Ballpark stops. Each parking receipt is valid for two people to ride for FREE for 24 hours from the time of parking. embarkok.com/streetcar/