Burbank’s 30-plus-year community Holiday in the Park festival along Magnolia Boulevard — tree lighting, holiday music, carnival games, bounce houses, food trucks, and the Magnolia Park business community’s street takeover.
Holiday in the Park is Burbank‘s longest-running community holiday tradition — a 30-plus-year, nonprofit, volunteer-run festival that turns Magnolia Boulevard between North Hollywood Way and Buena Vista Street into an evening street fair each late November. The Magnolia Park business community runs it; the city’s families fill it.
The street fair features glittering holiday lights, festive tunes and live performances, carnival games, bounce houses, arts & crafts booths, a wide variety of food trucks, and unique vendor offerings. The lights along Magnolia Boulevard come on as the event’s anchor; the corridor stays lit through the season. Mid-event activities run for the families who arrive earlier; later in the evening transitions to the live music and the lit-corridor walk.
For families across Burbank — the Rancho District, the Hollywood Way blocks, and the broader Magnolia Park neighborhood — and Glendale’s east edge and the foothills, this is the season’s officially-everyone-in moment. Distinct from the Warner Bros. Studio Tour holiday event, which is a ticketed indoor-and-backlot experience.
Along Magnolia Boulevard between North Hollywood Way and Buena Vista Street in Burbank’s Magnolia Park neighborhood — the city’s vintage-retail corridor.
In the evening, with live music, kids’ activities, and lit-corridor stroll all happening across the window.
Yes — the event itself is free. Carnival games, bounce houses, and food trucks have per-use or per-item charges.
No — they’re different. Holidays Made Here at Warner Bros. Studio Tour is a ticketed indoor-and-backlot experience with the Stars Hollow set. Holiday in the Park is the free outdoor community street festival along Magnolia. Many Burbank families do both over the season.
Magnolia Boulevard closes for the event. Park along the surrounding residential side streets and walk in. The closer blocks fill fast; arrive a little early or take a shorter rideshare in.
Magnolia Park is Burbank‘s vintage-retail neighborhood along Magnolia Boulevard between Hollywood Way and Buena Vista Street — a walkable mile of mid-century and pre-war storefronts that’s become one of LA’s most identifiable vintage and specialty-shopping corridors. Antique stores, vintage clothing shops, the Magnolia Theatre, and locally-owned restaurants line the street. The corridor sits in the heart of Burbank’s residential blocks, with the Disney and Warner Bros. studios a short drive north and west.
A late-December walk-through of the working Warner Bros. lot decked out for the holidays — Stars Hollow lit for Christmas, nightly light show, themed food and drink, and a Hollywood-only run of dates after the regular tour winds down.
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The City of Burbank’s official outdoor holiday decorating contest — residents enter their decorated homes, the city publishes an annual OurBurbank Holiday Destination Guide with about 30 routed addresses, and families drive a curated route from one side of Burbank to the other to see the entries. Free, self-paced, and runs the full holiday season.
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Burbank’s official municipal holiday kickoff on the front steps of Burbank City Hall — the Mayor opens the ceremony, the City Council hosts, Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive (often on a Burbank Fire Department truck strung with lights), local performing groups bring music, and the City Hall holiday tree shines to life. Free, family-friendly, and held in the downtown Burbank civic core.
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The annual Burbank Town Center tree-lighting evening on the mall’s dining terrace — the holiday tree sparks to life, costumed characters greet families, hot festive beverages and ornament-decorating stations spread across the terrace, and the indoor mall transforms into a winter wonderland with photo ops throughout. Free, family-friendly, indoor-friendly weather backup.
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Southern California’s holiday lights and festive outings are pure magic — but nothing compares to Santa Claus himself stepping through your own front door. House of Kringle brings a real-bearded, professionally trained Santa to homes and gatherings across SoCal for an intimate live visit your family will treasure for years.
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