Happy Holidays in Manhattan Beach & The South Bay

Happy Holidays Manhattan Beach!

From all of us Real Estate in Mahattan Beach .com, Vista Sotheby’s International Realty and Keith Kyle Homes, we wanted to wish you and yours a very happy Holiday season.  Definitely our favorite time of year (although summer’s not so bad)

Enjoy this wonderful time of year!Real Estate in Manhattan 

Fireworks in Manhattan Beach

Deck the Halls – Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Tonight!

34th Annual Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Display

Fireworks in Manhattan Beach

Another evening of festivities is happening at the Manhattan Pier as tonight (12/11) is the 34th annual holiday fireworks. They start blasting off at 7pm. Don’t miss it!

The annual event started as a way for local business leaders to kick-off the holiday season, and give something back to Manhattan Beach. The deed has flourished – and this spirit of sharing is nowhere more apparent than here, as quoted from the Beach Reporter from the founder and producer:

“If you want to feel a sense of community, there is nothing like the annual Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks show. It’s as if the entire town comes to the pier to see the show and see their neighbors… By the time the sun sets and the fireworks explode, the merriest people in the world …are probably the people sitting on Manhattan Beach Boulevard, wrapped in blankets and gazing into the night sky”

So come out and join me as we once again soak-in this great event and create new memories with family, friends and neighbors.

Pete Moffett MB Holiday Fireworks founder and producer

Here’s the night’s event lineup:

  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Sketchers snow park opens to Friendship Foundation
  • 4:00pm – 6:30pm – Sketchers snow park open to the public
  • 4:00pm – 6:30pm – Santa float on Manhattan Ave for photos
  • 3:00pm – 6:30pm – Mira Costa Choir caroling in downtown Manhattan
  • 4:00pm  – Hyperion Outflow band with their Dixie Christmas
  • 5:00pm – Mira Costa jazz band
  • 6:00pm – Joe’s Band
  • 7:00pm – 34th annual Sketchers holiday fireworks

Street Closure Map

 

30th Annual Manhattan Beach Pier Lighting and Holiday Kickoff

There’s no place like home for the holidays.  Especially if home is in the South Bay!  On of the events that really seems to kick off the holiday season in the South Bay is the pier lighting ceremony in Manhattan Beach.  The lighting is just the reason to have an event but the evening is filled with activities and community spirit and is a great way to bump into friends and family.  It’s not only a fun event but the green lights on the roundhouse at the end of the pier in the shape of a tree is a pretty iconic image for those of us fortunate enough to live in the area.

The 30th Annual Pier Lighting and 25th Annual Holiday Open House
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Info from the City of Manhattan Beach website and the Downtown Manhattan Beach website:

Holiday Lighting
In addition to the live entertainment listed below, the City of Manhattan Beach and the Downtown Business and Professional Association will be lighting the streets for the holidays with snowflake lights and lighted street banner.

Festival of Lights
Metlox Plaza will have the Festival of Lights (solar powered).

5:00 PM

METLOX PLAZA ENTERTAINMENT

  • Santa Danny
  • Soozi Show Balloon Art
  • Nicole Face Paints
  • Jack Tracy Ukelele
  • Picture with Santa provided by Ralf’s Photography
  • Treats for purchase by Frontier Kettle Korn + Le Pain Quotidien

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

ALL STREETS IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN BEACH

Holiday Open House, brought to you by the 300+ Business Owners in Downtown Manhattan Beach

LIVE REINDEER

Located in front of {pages}  bookstore

LIVE MUSIC + CAROLERS

  • A Holiday Affair, Carolers
  • Dietz Bros. Band  –  located at 10th + Manhattan Ave.
  • Harmony Carolers (Dickens style)
  • Hyperion Outfall Serenaders  –  located in front of Chase Bank
  • Matt Jazz, Saxophone  –  located at 12th + Manhattan Ave.
  • Michael Holmes, Guitar  –  located in Metlox Plaza

7:00PM

PIER LIGHTING

LIVING CHRISTMAS TREES

Musical entertainment begins at 6:00pm, the Mayor flips the switch promptly at 7:00pm

MBMS CHOIR   |   MCHS CHOIR