Illuminated Ballroom, 6-9pm Jan. 6 at Courthouse Square Ballroom,
  1102 A St. Featuring wall-to-ceiling light projection by Marcell Marius,
  Helen Thorsen Dancers, and music by Guitarist Ian Croker and

  T.U.P.A.C. Lit Up! 6-9pm January 13 at 1105 Martin Luther King Junior
  Way. Featuring RUB Band, PNW Dance Foundation, Jasmine Brown, community
  lantern project and a poetry open mic.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARADE & KICK OFF! Dec. 31 Ring in the New Year on Dec. 31 with a Light Parade and a live outdoor event with DJ music, clowns, dance, interactive light art, community art-making, food trucks, NYE countdown with Tacoma’s Sister City Cienfuegos, Cuba and more. Live event rain or shine. 6-10pm at Tollefson Plaza, 1548 Commerce St. - Dec. 31 5:30pm: Light Parade: from University of Washington, Tacoma steps with Tacomarama brass band and flaming dragon sculpture. Click here to sign up to join the parade! <https://www.pugetsoundrevels.org/NYE-2023-Dragon-Parade-Sign-up.html> - Dec. 31 6-10pm: DJ Summer Soft, Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center Hilltop Holiday Show Revue, Asian Pacific Cultural Center fire & cultural dancers, Tacoma Dance Studio Belly Dancers and String & Shadow Puppet Theater whale puppet & clowns. LIGHT & SOUND TRAIL Dec. 31 – Jan. 14, 2024 Over 40 venues will host light art, from illuminated sculpture and painting to projection. Highlights include an illuminated ballroom, 4ft illuminated hummingbird, glowing Slavik trees of life and projected Afrofuturism illuminations. Tacoma’s downtown core and the Hilltop neighborhood are both walkable districts and each light art location can be found on an interactive web map <https://www.tacomalighttrail.org/map/> as well as a printed map at local libraries. Selected artwork is paired with local music or poetry, discovered via QR code posters. Light art will be visible 5-9 p.m. every night, and is walkable/rideable/drivable within the downtown core. A Lighted Bike Ride will tour selected locations on Jan. 4 at 6pm, led by Downtown on the Go (start location information: https://downtownonthego.com ). Artists include Daniel Baptista, Aleeza McCant, Steve LaBerge, Marcel Marias, Eileen Fitz-Falkner, Chelsea Berry and more. Locations include the Convention Center, Pantages Theater, UWT, Foss Waterway Seaport and local businesses. LUMENS CONCERTS Indoor, intimate and illuminated: Two Lumens concerts are on the Trail this year, featuring music and dance bathed in light art at Trail locations. All ages, all free. tacomalighttrail.org/lumens <https://www.tacomalighttrail.org/lumens/> - Illuminated Ballroom, 6-9pm Jan. 6 at Courthouse Square Ballroom, 1102 A St. Featuring wall-to-ceiling light projection by Marcell Marius, Helen Thorsen Dancers, and music by Guitarist Ian Croker and more. Cash bar. - T.U.P.A.C. Lit Up! 6-9pm January 13 at 1105 Martin Luther King Junior Way. Featuring RUB Band, PNW Dance Foundation, Jasmine Brown, community lantern project and a poetry open mic. Also join us for our Light Up Bike Ride, 6-9pm January 4 at 1201 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, Wa, 98402. Come light up your bike with Downtown On the Go and join us for the 3rd annual Light Up Bike Ride! Our route will include 20 sparkling Light art spots to view! Trail-goers are encouraged to wear or bring light to the festival: LED umbrellas, fairy light tutus flashing shoes or lanterns. Live events are partially live streamed and all art is visible on the website, for those who can’t come in person. The Trail is supported by Tacoma Creates, City of Tacoma Special Events, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Spaceworks and others. Fiscally sponsored by Shunpike, a 501c3 nonprofit.