The Olympia Downtown Association produces a downtown extravaganza each year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in downtown Olympia to kick off the holiday season. This event is brought to you through the generous donations of downtown businesses, sponsors, membership dues, and volunteers.

Downtown for the Holidays is a day filled with fun and entertainment. Most activities are centered in and around the Sylvester Park area. Each year for this holiday celebration we coordinate the following:

• A Hospitality Suite is staffed and supplied with soft drinks, coffee, cocoa and cookies for all participants and guests
• Visit with Santa – Professional photos with Santa are also available
• Free Wagon Rides – Horse drawn wagon rides around two square blocks in downtown
• On-going Entertainment – beginning at noon – throughout the town/throughout the day
• Holiday Parade – Up Capitol Way from Farmers Market to Sylvester Park
• Singing Christmas Tree – the Kids in Koncert group from Capital Playhouse perform on a huge constructed Christmas Tree on Legion Way at Sylvester Park
• Tree Lighting Ceremony – in Sylvester Park at the end of the event day (5pm) all gather for a countdown to lighting the tree in the Park, which is decorated beautifully by the State Dept. of General Administration with lights also provided by the ODA and the PBIA.

If you would like to volunteer for this committee or event, please click on odaevent@tss.net and I’ll add your name to our great volunteer list. You may also use that email address for more information. Thank you!