Michigan Avenue will be full of people this Saturday night for much awaited Chicago Festival of Lights 2009 or the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival 2009. This fantastic event offers different attractions and happenings like free concerts, picture taking with Santa, item giveaways, and the much awaited fireworks display finale.

For the information of everybody, this event marks the start of the Christmas season in Chicago and the start of the holiday shopping along Michigan Avenue. This place is famous for its huge number of shops perfect for shopping. These stores will have their holiday window decorations and extended shopping hours.

Aside from the attractions mentioned earlier, Festival of Lights 2009 in Chicago offers several family activities which people may enjoy all day long. There are performances from the choir and theater artists, ice sculpting demos, and more!

The highlight of this Magnificent Mile Lights Festival 2009 is the Mickey Mouse Parade illuminating over one million lights along Michigan Avenue.