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:
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.
