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Light Up Lutsen to be held on Black Friday this year



New starting this year, the Downtown Lutsen Business Group is excited to host its Light Up Lutsen event on Black Friday. Come shop on Friday, November 29, from 2-5 p.m. and enjoy food, drink, caroling, fires, and lights hosted by Lutsen businesses to kick-off the season of love and lights.

Each of the participating businesses will offer fun activities during the afternoon with a grand finale bronze pour at Mueller Studio at 5 p.m. There will be Christmas trees and fire pits located throughout the downtown corridor. It will be a dazzling experience.

“This is our third year of Light Up Lutsen, and we’re excited to move the event to Black Friday to encourage buying locally in our community,” stated Jeff Latz, Downtown Lutsen Business Group spokesperson. Activities planned at participating Lutsen businesses include:

47 North Quilt Shop – open house.

Clearview General Store – Free hot chocolate and coffee all day to keep you warm.

Clearview Park – tree lighting and bonfire.

County Plumbing & Heating – bonfire.

Fika Coffee – Caroling starting at 3 p.m.

Goettl Enterprises

Great Gifts – Santa Claus will visit from the North Pole from 2-4 p.m.

Lockport Marketplace and Grill – Cookie decorating for all ages from 2-4 p.m.

Jeweler of the North Shore – open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with 20 percent off in-stock retail items.

Lutsen Liquor Store – Vinter’s Glogg cider tasting by North Shore Winery 3-5 p.m.

Mueller Studio – Bronze pour and tree lighting at 5 p.m. with lite fare, beer, and wine.

North Shore Federal Credit Union – cake and coffee in the lobby with Operation Family Christmas gift tags available for purchase.

North Shore Winery – European-style Christmas Market noon to 6 p.m.

The last stop for the day’s festivities is at Mueller Studios, where artist Greg Mueller creates public art through sculpture. At his studio, there will be a bronze pour and Christmas tree lighting at 5 p.m. with refreshments. And don’t worry, you can watch the cool pour and still have plenty of time to make the Oh Ole Night parade in Grand Marais!

Downtown Lutsen is located on Highway 61 on the North Shore of Lake Superior is nestled just below the Sawtooth Mountains, the place between the seas and the trees for all of your shopping needs. Downtown Lutsen is uniquely North Shore!

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