EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The streets of East Peoria were lit up for Saturday’s 40th annual Festival of Lights Parade. This year’s theme was “40 floats for 40 years.” ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — East Peoria is marking 40 years of history, lighting the way for East Peoria’s Festival of Lights. Starting back in 1984, the festival has been a staple in the city ...

An enduring and expanding Parade of Lights will mark a four-decade milestone this year with two new floats. With a theme of "40 Floats for 40 Years," the annual event begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday ...

With a theme of "40 Floats for 40 Years," the annual event begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. The parade will kick off the East Peoria Festival of Lights. What's new for the 2024 Parade of Lights?

The parade will kick off the 39th annual East Peoria Festival of Lights. The parade will feature about 30 illuminated floats, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a 160-foot steam train and ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Millions of tiny bulbs light up a city park every holiday season in this Illinois River town, attracting about 125,000 revelers from across the country. The city's Festival of ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- The good folks of East Peoria, Illinois won the grand prize on Wednesday night's episode of "The Great Christmas Light Fight" on ABC 7. Every year - the town holds an ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois winters can be so frightful that one of the state's largest holiday light festivals is moving indoors, hoping turnout might be even more delightful this year.

A couple of weeks before East Peoria’s Festival of Lights was to start, organizers were busy as elves pulling all the last-minute details together. Randy Kellems of West Peoria was preparing to ...

But East Peoria's festival and about 80 other holiday light shows around the state pump up more than the economy, said Anne Wortham, a sociology professor at Illinois State University.

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- A laser light show and indoor winter carnival will be added to this year's East Peoria Festival of Lights, which also includes two miles of ...