The North's Largest Indoor Light Park

Drawing its inspiration from the wintery North, the Northern Lights Festival is Minnesota's newest holiday experience, proudly anchored at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.

The Northern Lights Festival has something for people of all ages to enjoy; chances to eat and drink, enjoy our 25,000+ sq. ft. light park, shop in the Mini MN Christmas Market, countless photo ops, make-and-take experiences and more.

The festival will conclude with a Christmas Concert to remember on December 17th.

Hours (December 2-19):

Thursdays: 11am-8pm

Fridays: 11am-9pm

Saturdays: 10am-9pm

Sundays: 11am-6pm

The Northern Lights Festival is put on by Fight For Something and made possible through the support of Experience Rochester.

The beauty of it all: A portion of all proceeds are invested into organizations fighting for kids in Minnesota. This year's charity is The Reel Hope Project, a non-profit who makes videos of kids in Minnesota who are waiting to be adopted, sharing these videos around the state to find a forever family for every child.

The Light Park

At the center of the Northern Lights Festival is our one-of-a-kind 25,000+ sq. ft. indoor light park. Our light park is a self-guided experience full of photo ops, immersive experiences, and interactive elements.

Rumor has it that Santa might even make an appearance or two.

Save money by pre-ordering your tickets, save even more money when you purchase the Northern Lights Festival All-Access Package (Light Park + Mini Market + Concert Ticket).

Buy Tickets Here

Mini MN Christmas Market

The Mini MN Christmas Market will be a chance for our guests to eat & drink while shopping from 8-12 of our favorite local brands. We've pulled together some of the best products you can buy while supporting Minnesota small businesses. Want to experience the full-blown MN Christmas Market with all 50+ of our favorite local brands? Well you're in luck... It will be in Rochester just a few weeks earlier on November 13!

Just like at the MN Christmas Market, 7% of all shopping will go towards our charity for the year, The Reel Hope Project.

*The Mini MN Christmas Market is included in the Light Park ticket

Save money by pre-ordering your tickets, save even more money when you purchase the Northern Lights Festival All-Access Package (Light Park + Mini Market + Concert Ticket).

The Northern Lights Festival Mini Market is proudly sponsored by Schuler Shoes.

List of Brands You Can Shop Here

Christmas Concert

On December 17th Platinum Recording Artist and Songwriter Michael Shynes will be joined by Violin Virtuoso David Gerald Sutton (recently seen on Good Morning America) for a night of Christmas songs both re imagined yet familiar. The show will feature lush soundscapes from the looping and layering of Sutton with the warmth of vocals and acoustic guitars from Shynes. This is a night of music surely not to be missed.

Save money by pre-ordering your tickets, save even more money when you purchase the Northern Lights Festival All-Access Package (Light Park + Mini Market + Concert Ticket).

The Northern Lights Festival Christmas Concert is proudly sponsored by Victoria's Ristorante.

Buy Tickets Here

A special thanks...

We've dreamed of starting a full-blown winter festival for years and putting a city on the map as a winter capital. We've also known it would remain a pipe dream until the right partners and opportunities came along.

We are so thankful for the opportunity to have built this alongside the good folks at Experience Rochester and the entire team at the Mayo Civic Center. Without your big dreams and belief that the city of Rochester is ready for an event of this scale, none of this would have been possible.

- Mitch & the team at Fight For Something