Newport News Parks, Recreation & Tourism will present the 14th
Hollydazzle, Hampton Roads’ most unique holiday event, on Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in City Center at Oyster Point. Hollydazzle is a free family event with activities and entertainment leading up to the spectacular BayPort Credit Union
“Fountains of Light Show” at 7:45 p.m. with fireworks and special effects by Pyrotecnico and the lighting of the 45 foot Larry King Law Tree on the Fountain Plaza.
Choral groups, musicians, dancers, and variety acts will perform on four stages:
SNOWFLAKE CHILDREN’S STAGE (Pearl Way)
4:00 p.m. City Arts Dance Company (Dance)
5:00 p.m. The Academy of Dance
6:00 p.m. Mary Passage Middle School (Music)
6:30 p.m. Wacky Chad (Stunt Comedian)
7:00 p.m. John Norton Comedy Juggling Show
DAZZLE STAGE
(Mariners Row)
4:30 p.m. Soundscapes (Children’s Orchestra)
5:00 p.m. Take Note (A Capella)
5:30 p.m. Wacky Chad (Stunt Comedian)
6:30 p.m. Extreme Measures (A Capella)
7:00 p.m. Harmonica Plus (Instrumental)
MISTLETOE GAZEBO STAGE (Town Center Drive)
4:00 p.m. Expansion (A Capella)
4:30 p.m. The Newport Pearls (A Capella)
5:30 p.m. Extreme Measures (A Capella)
6:00 p.m. Take Note (A Capella)
6:30 p.m. Expansion (A Capella)
7:00 p.m. The Newport Pearls (A Capella)
HOLLY PLAZA STAGE
(Lakefront Commons)
4:00 p.m. John Norton Comedy Juggling Show
4:30 p.m. U.S. Army TRADOC Colonial Brass Quintet
5:30 p.m. John Norton Comedy Juggling Show
6:30 p.m. SantaBones (Holiday Brass Band)
Street performers will include living statues, fire performers, magicians, a spray paint artist ($), hoop dancers, holiday characters, and stilt walkers. The Snowflake Children’s Area will include “make and take” holiday crafts, entertainment, and free face painting. Twenty food vendors will sell dinner items, snacks, and holiday treats (turkey legs, corn dogs, pizza, kettle corn, hot chocolate, fried Oreos, cupcakes, and funnel cakes).
The BayPort Credit Union
“Fountains of Light Show” (at 7:45 p.m.) will be shot from floating islands within the fountain and the lower perimeter edge of the fountain. This “one of a kind” show will combine fireworks, theatrical lighting, ground-based pyrotechnics, and special effects all choreographed to festive music. The show will transform City Center into a kaleidoscope of color reflecting on the fountains’ five-acre water surface. The fireworks show will be followed by the illumination of the Larry King LawTree. The tree fades from color to color, shimmers, chases lights, and creates unique patterned effects. The tree’s lights are synchronized with recorded holiday music and the “sights and sounds” of the tree can be enjoyed on the Fountain Plaza through January 1, 2018.
Admission to Hollydazzle is free. For complete information on Hollydazzle, visit www.nnparks.com/hollydazzle.php or call 757-926-1400. The website includes maps showing road closures and parking areas. The event program with performance times and the event site map. For live updates during the event, follow the event on Facebook (NewportNewsFestivals) and Twitter @nnfestivals. In the case of inclement weather on Saturday, December 2, the BayPort Credit Union “Fountains of Light” fireworks show, followed by the lighting of the Larry King Law Tree will take place on Sunday, December 3, from 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (the other Hollydazzle activities will not be rescheduled).
For your pet’s safety, and the safety of the crowds of people attending the event, please leave your pets at home. Only service animals are permitted on HRT shuttle buses. A designated viewing area for handicapped guests is available on the Fountain Plaza for the BayPort Credit Union
“Fountains of Light Show.”
PARKING INFORMATION:
Free parking will be available at the City Center Merchants Walk Parking Garage, the Fountain Way Parking Garage, at a satellite lot located at Canon Virginia, Inc. Free, continuous shuttle bus service will be provided to and from the Canon Virginia satellite parking lot and the event area from 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The last shuttle bus from the satellite parking lot leaves at 7:00 p.m. or when the lot is full. Attention: Private business parking lots in Oyster Point may enforce towing. Handicapped parking is available in marked spaces in each parking garage. Additionally, to access handicapped parking in the Mariners Row Parking Garage, guests must enter from Thimble Shoals Blvd. (westbound only) onto Sun Way. All HRT shuttle buses are handicapped accessible. For live updates about the status of the parking areas during the event, follow the event on Twitter @nnfestivals and on Facebook (NewportNewsFestivals).
DIRECTIONS:
From I-64
Exit 256A – To Canon Virginia, Inc. Satellite Parking: Exit onto Oyster Point Rd., turn left onto Canon Blvd., turn left onto Old Oyster Point Rd., turn right into Canon Virginia, Inc. (satellite parking). The event site shuttle drop-off/pick-up for the Canon Virginia, Inc. Satellite Parking Lot is on the corner of Canon Blvd. and Town Center Dr.
From J. Clyde Morris Blvd. into the City Center Parking Garages: From J. Clyde Morris Blvd., turn onto Thimble Shoals Blvd, then turn right onto Fountain Way to access the Fountain Way Parking Garage;. or turn right onto Town Center Dr. and left onto Merchants Walk to access the Merchant’s Walk Parking Garage.
HOLLYDAZZLE ROAD CLOSURES:
8:00 AM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – 5:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
-Town Center Dr. at Canon Blvd. to the Merchants Walk Parking Garage Exit
-Fountain Way from Town Center Dr. to Mariners Row
6:00 AM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 – 8:00 AM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
-Pearl Way from Town Center Dr. to Mariners Row
-Merchants Walk from Town Center Dr. to Thimble Shoals Blvd.
-Mariners Row at Merchants Walk to Sun Way
-Fountain Way at Mariners Row to the Fountain Way Parking Garage Entrance/Exit
-Town Center Drive from the Merchants Walk Parking Garage Exit to Merchants Walk
3:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 – 12:00 AM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
-Canon Blvd. from City Center Blvd. to Thimble Shoals Blvd.
-Lakefront Commons from Canon Blvd. to Merchants Walk
-Merchants Walk from Lakefront Commons to the Merchants Walk Parking Garage Entrance/Exit
-Sun Way from Thimble Shoals Blvd. to Mariners Row
-Mariners Row from Sun Way to Canon Blvd.
-Omni Blvd. from Canon Blvd. to Rock Landing Dr.
*TOWN CENTER DR. TO THE MERCHANTS WALK PARKING GARAGE WILL CLOSE WHEN THE GARAGE REACHES CAPACITY*
*FOUNTAIN WAY INTO THE FOUNTAIN WAY PARKING GARAGE WILL CLOSE WHEN THE GARAGE REACHES CAPACITY*
HOLLYDAZZLE NO PARKING AREAS:
8:00 AM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – 5:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER3
-Town Center Dr. from Canon Blvd. to Merchants Walk
-Fountain Way from Town Center Dr. to Mariners Row
-Entire Length of Lakefront Commons
-Merchants Walk from Lakefront Commons to Mariners Row
6:00 AM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 – 12:00 AM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
-Pearl Way from Town Center Dr. to Mariners Row
-Canon Blvd. from City Center Blvd. to Thimble Shoals Blvd.
-Town Center Dr. from Thimble Shoals Blvd. to Merchants Walk
-Mariners Row from Merchants Walk to Canon Blvd.
-Fountain Way from Mariners Row to Thimble Shoals Blvd.
-Thimble Shoals Blvd. from Town Center Dr. to Diligence Dr.
-Omni Blvd. from Canon Blvd. to Rock Landing Dr.
-Sun Way from Thimble Shoals Blvd. to Mariners Row
-Merchants Walk from Mariners Row to Thimble Shoals Blvd.