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Downtown Boise Holiday Tree

Presented by Boise Cascade

Thanksgiving Weekend through the Holiday Season 2024

Celebrate the holidays in Downtown Boise with free, family friendly events! The season kicks off with a spectacular holiday tree lighting event the evening of Friday, November 29th in The Grove Plaza. Adorned with more than 5,000 lights and a custom-made tree topper, the 45-foot tree is Boise Cascade’s gift to our downtown. Throughout Downtown Boise is decorated with brightly lit wreaths, almost 350 streetlights wrapped with lights, and 13 intersections glittering with snowflake swags made possible by Downtown Boise Association.

The holiday tree is designated as the City’s ‘Giving Tree’ surrounded with over 4,000 gift tags supporting the families of Women’s and Children’s Alliance.

 

Holiday Tree Lighting

Friday, November 29th, 2024

5:00-6:00 p.m.

This free event is complete with candle lighting, musical performances, special guests, and the official lighting of our city's holiday tree! Entertainment by the talented and creative women of The Divas of Boise, founded in 1994 by Rocci Johnson of Humpin' Hannah's!

Stay after for our opening of Glide on Grove - Downtown Boise's Free Holiday Skate Rink!

Giving Tree

Holiday Season 2024
WCA is open Monday – Friday from 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Give back to your community by picking up a gift tag off the garland surrounding the holiday tree! Each of the over 4,000 tags note a wish list item from the Women & Children’s Alliance (WCA). Pick up a tag or two, shop for the requested item, then drop off your new, unwrapped gift to WCA at:

720 W Washington St
Boise, ID 83702

Drop off gifts to the WCA building are between Monday December 2nd and Thursday December 19th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

 

About the Tree

This year’s tree was donated by Mark Wiley. The Colorado Blue Spruce is local and roughly 45 feet tall. The citizen needed to remove the tree and opted to graciously donate it to serve as the Holiday Tree for the City of Boise.

Use after holidays: The tree is chipped up. These wood chips are turned into mulch at the Boise Community Forestry shop and this mulch is sold to the public. The mulch is great for garden beds or tree rings. Mulch is helpful because it adds organic matter to the soil over time and helps retain moisture in the soil. The larger wood we will save for either firewood or wood working. That is also available to the public.

Don’t miss other fun holiday events including Small Business Saturday, City Santa, and member events listed on the Downtown Boise events calendar.