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People visit the Christmas Light installation in downtown Macon, Georgia, on a winter evening.
Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza returns with 1M lights, music and free shows
The Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza kicked off on Nov. 28 with more than 1 million lights synchronized to music arranged and performed by Macon Pops.
Luke Cox volunteered to help set up the lights and manage the event. Cox told 13WMAZ that he has grown up attending the event.
“It was just amazing to see the work that we put in and how it comes out for this, and it was an amazing experience overall,” Cox said.
Each show lasts 45 minutes and starts at the top of the hour from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The lights stay on until 11 p.m. The show will continue each night until Jan. 4.
The show started in 2017 and Visit Macon estimates the event contributes to $7.1 million in economic impact with more than 685,000 people visiting downtown Macon during the event in 2024.
- Price: Free
- Lights: +1,000,000
- Accessibility: Handicap parking spaces are in the middle of each block of Poplar Street. There are no handicap spaces on Third Street.
- Walkable: Yes, preferred
- Drivable: Yes, tune into 89.1 FM to hear the synchronized music
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The Politics Bar
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Jody Hamilton and Shawn "Smith" Peirce are the proprietors of The Politics Bar, a progressive audio show that recreates the spirit of the old neighborhood bar where friends could discuss the news of the day without starting a brawl. Jody is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning media producer, actress, and radio host—daughter of TV producer Joe Hamilton and comedy legend Carol Burnett—who's made her own mark in media through "The Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers," "The Porkchop Playhouse," "From The Bunker" podcast, and her work as executive producer and fill-in host of "The Stephanie Miller Show". Shawn is a long-time national media producer and radio talent who's one of the few producers in U.S. political media to have worked on the left, right, and center, including more than a decade with "The Randi Rhodes Show" and stints producing "The Stephanie Miller Show," "The Bill Press Show," "The Laura Ingraham Radio Show," and "The Steele & Ungar Show" for SiriusXM. The show airs weeknights on progressive radio affiliates nationwide and is available on-demand through podcast platforms and Substack subscription.
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