Holiday Train 2023

The Holiday Train is a great way to get into the festive spirit. It’s about 1,000 feet in length with 14 brightly decorated rail cars. Each one is lit with hundreds of thousands of LEDs and holiday designs celebrating the spirit of the giving season. Please note: You don’t actually get to ride the Holiday Train. It’s more of a pop-up concert experience. The train arrives and pulls to a safe stop in front of the crowd. The stage door lowers and the band opens with its first song, followed by a brief presentation with the local food bank officials and other dignitaries on stage. Once the presentation is done the band resumes the show, singing a mix of traditional and modern holiday-themed songs, and popular original songs. After the final song the boxcar door closes and the train is on its way to the next stop.

Depending on the day, visitors can enjoy free musical performances by Tenille Townes and Breland or Dallas Smith and MacKenzie Porter. Any food or cash donations will also benefit the local community.

Holiday Train 2023:

12/6 Rochester at 1605 Civic Center Drive NW (1 p.m.)

12/6 Owatonna at 1145 Park Drive (3:40 p.m.)

12/6 Waseca at 308 South State Street and HWY 13 (5:15 p.m.)

12/6 Janesville at Veteran’s Memorial Park (7 p.m.)

12/7 Austin at 550 11th Street NE (5 p.m.)

12/8 La Crescent at The Commodore Food and Spirit (7:15 p.m.)

12/9 Winona at Amtrak Station (3:30 p.m.)

12/9 Wabasha at Gambie Avenue railway crossing (5:30 p.m.)

12/9 Hastings at CPKC Depot (8 p.m.)

12/10 Cottage Grove at South Sieben Bridge (5 p.m.)

12/10 St. Paul at Union Depot (6:45 p.m.)

12/11 Golden Valley at Golden Hills Drive railway crossing (4:45 p.m.)

12/11 St. Louis Park at W. Lake Street and Library Lane (6 p.m.)

12/11 Minneapolis at Lions Park (8 p.m.)

12/13 Loretto at Hennepin County Road 19 railway crossing (4:15 p.m.)

12/13 Buffalo at 5th Street NE railway crossing (5:45 p.m.)

12/13 Annandale at Downtown Park (7:15 p.m.)

12/13 Eden Valley at State Street railway crossing (8:55 p.m.)

12/14 Glenwood at CPKC station (10:15 a.m.)

12/14 Alexandria at 8th Avenue E railway (11:30 a.m.)

12/14 Detroit Lakes at Holmes Street railway crossing (2:20 p.m.)

12/14 Mahnomen at West of U.S. 59 and South of E Washington Avenue (4:20 p.m.)

12/14 Plummer at Central Avenue railway crossing (6 p.m.)

12/14 Thief River Falls at 405 3rd Street East (7:30 p.m.)

12/15 Elbow Lake at U.S. State Hwy 59 railway crossing (4:15 p.m.)

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