Road Closures: Festival of Lights in downtown Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - The 35th annual Festival of Lights Parade will take place on Saturday and will cause temporary road closures in the downtown area.

The parade will begin at 5:50 p.m. and will travel south on Tejon St. starting at St. Vrain St. and ending at Vermijo Ave.

The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should arrive early and allow extra time for parking.

Attendees can register to receive emergency-related alerts during the event by texting Lights2019 to 888-777. The alert system is ran by the Pikes Peak Office of Emergency Management’s Everbridge notification system.

The following roadways will be closed during the following time on Saturday:

2-8:30 p.m.

-Pikes Peak Avenue, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

3-8:00 p.m.

-Tejon Street, from Cache la Poudre Street to Boulder Street

-Dale Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Monument Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Willamette Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-St. Vrain Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

4:30-8:30p.m.

-Bijou Street, from Cascade to Tejon Street

-Tejon Street, from Boulder Street to Cimarron Street

-Boulder Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Platte Avenue, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Bijou Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Kiowa Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Pikes Peak Avenue, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Colorado Avenue, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Vermijo, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue

-Costilla Street, from Cascade Avenue to Nevada Avenue