| | | RELEASE DATE: November 3, 2026
Anne Mancour, Marketing Manager, Sloan Museum of Discovery/Longway Planetarium. Direct: 810.237.3443 | Email: AMancour@SloanLongway.org
Phillip Krapohl, Communications & Marketing Manager, Flint Institute of Arts
Direct: 810.237.7387 | Email: PKrapohl@FlintArts.org
The Holiday Walk Returns to the Flint Cultural Center Campus Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 5-8 p.m. -Free Annual Event is Open to the Public-
Flint, MI – The 41st Annual Holiday Walk returns to the Flint Cultural Center campus on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 5-8 p.m, with the official holiday tree lighting ceremony in the Durant Plaza at 5:30 p.m.
This Genesee County holiday tradition takes place on the 33-acre campus of the Flint Cultural Center and is free to the public. The campus will be transformed into a winter wonderland with a live decorated 25-foot tall holiday tree, holiday light displays, festive live music and performances, seasonal crafts, planetarium holiday sampler shows, live reindeer, and photos with Santa Claus in the FIM Whiting Auditorium. New this year will be festive music throughout the campus by DJ Scot Kuhl, and CARS 108 radio personality Jeremy Fenech will be broadcasting live.
Santa will arrive in Sloan Museum’s red 1963 Buick Wildcat to officially light the Holiday Tree at 5:30 p.m. in the Durant Plaza, located between FIM Whiting Auditorium and Sloan Museum of Discovery. Food trucks from Northern Smoke BBQ and Mexi Crunch will be selling food on East Kearsley Street during the event.
Participating organizations and free activities include:
Applewood Estate– carolers; ice carvings; hot cider and cookies; holiday lights; live reindeer.
Gloria Coles Flint Public Library – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Children's Crafts (while supplies last); 5:30-7:30 p.m. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Flint Public Library (while supplies last); 5:30-6 p.m. & 6:30-7 p.m. Carman-Ainsworth High School String Orchestra; 6-6:30 p.m. & 7-7:30 p.m. Creative Expressions Dance Studio, Inc.®.
FIM Flint School of Performing Arts & Dort Music Center – Flint School of Performing Arts ensembles performing from 5:30-8 p.m.; photos in the giant Nutcracker rocking chair (line closes at 7:45 p.m.); hot chocolate and cookies, provided by Allegro.
FIM Elgood Theatre/Flint Repertory Theatre – 5:30-8 p.m., musical cabaret of Motown holiday favorites and special holiday treats.
FIM Whiting Auditorium – 5:45-7:45 p.m. free photos with Santa (line closes at 7:30 p.m.); 5:30-7:30 p.m. live music by El Ballet Folklórico Mariachi Band; holiday treats and activities.
Flint Cultural Center Academy –refreshments; makers fair (items will be available for purchase)
Flint Institute of Arts – make-and-take art projects in Isabel Hall; hot shop glass-blowing demos; Museum Shop, Palette Café, and bar open for purchases
Longway Planetarium – FREE timed tickets to a sampler of Cosmic Christmas Light Show; ticket vouchers available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 4:30 p.m. in the E. Kearsley Street tent. Shows are at 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Planetarium gift shop open. No late seating, and no food or drinks inside the theater; strollers will need to be left in the lobby.
Sloan Museum of Discovery – four primary hands-on galleries open plus free Scholastic Book giveaway inside FUN Gallery; Museum Store open with sale pricing for holiday shoppers; Coffee Beanery Café inside lobby open; Hot Cocoa for purchase
Whaley Historic House Museum – Wandering Lantern Carolers; open tours and historic interpretors; holiday crafts.
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan is the official charitable partner this year. Monetary donations are encouraged to https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/holidaywalk26.
Parking is free at all Flint Cultural Center public parking lots. Each venue along the Holiday Walk route will have event maps in advance and during the event to plan your walk to the various organizations on campus. For more information, visit FlintCultural.org/HolidayWalk, or the FCC Facebook page.
About the Flint Cultural Center Holiday Walk:
The Holiday Walk has been a tradition for 41 years and began as the Flint Cultural Center’s way of giving back to the community. Thousands of visitors attend the free event each year. The Holiday Walk is supported in part by these sponsors: The View Newspaper Group; FlintPrints; ABC 12; the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; and the Genesee County voters who approved the Arts, Education & Cultural Enrichment millage. Learn more at www.FlintCultural.org.
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Longway Planetarium 1310 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48503 _____________________________ Sloan Museum of Discovery 1221 E. Kearsley St, Flint, MI 48503 |
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