Photos: 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights
The 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights runs every night from 6-10 p.m. through December 29. Entrances are at at Tucson Blvd., Ft. Lowell Road, Prince Road and Country Club Road. Vehicles aren't admitted during festival hours, and there are no designated parking areas. There is no admission fee, but the neighborhood is collecting food or money for the Community Food Bank with boxes at the entrances.
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Thomas Plunkett, left, drops a shot over Cole Revis as the two get in a game or two at friend Katie Burns' home on Treat Cir., before the things get busy at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019. The festival runs every night from 6-10 p.m. through December 29 with entrances at Tucson, Ft. Lowell, Prince and Country Club. Vehicles aren't admitted during the hours the festival is open, and there are no designated parking areas. There is no admission fee, but the neighborhood is collecting food or money for the Community Food Bank with boxes at the entrances.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A yard on Fox Ave., sports Grinch-themed decor, and a lot of yard lights, at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Connor Hana, left, and Audrey Petersen take advantage of a seasonal tic-tac-toe set up along Treat at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Visitors stroll by the giant snowman structure along Treat Cir., one of the more elaborately decorated streets at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Green-colored aliens built with an eye to eco-green from recycled plastic milk jugs decorate a yard at Christmas and Kleindale at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A Kleindale window sports an intricate holiday diorama at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
BICAS stayed true to their bicycle roots with a display built from bike wheels, seats and and handlebars in a yard on Forgeus during the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Forgeus is temporarily Elvis Presley Blvd., at least at one house piping out the King's holiday hits at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A house along Farr sports all the princesses, all the princesses, for the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Candy canes line Treat Cir., at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A home with a Star Wars motif features quite a few stormtroopers at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A visitor strolls by the minimalist approach to lights and a Sonoran sunset along Christmas Ave.,at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
Santa takes to a well-lighted Ford tractor at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
WInterhaven Festival of Lights
A Bumble lights up a yard on Kleindale at the 70th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 17, 2019.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
This would have been the 71st annual festival in Tucson's north-side Winterhaven neighborhood near East Fort Lowell and North Country Club roads.
After pandemic-related cancellation in 2020, holiday tradition will run from Dec. 11-26.