Beverly Hills Illuminates The Holidays With Its City-Wide Lighting Installations Featuring Stunning Sculptures By HYBYCOZO And More

Experience a revitalized city this holiday season filled with an array of festive lighting installations, special offers from its hotels and restaurants, extended shopping hours, live entertainment and more

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Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau

Nov 20, 2017, 12:00 ET

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Beverly Hills has officially kicked off the holiday season with stunning light installations along North and South Beverly Drive, Canon Drive and Rodeo Drive and Two Rodeo Drive, which will be lit through January 6, 2018. Open to the public at no cost, the lighting display is the city's largest as part of the Mayor's BOLD—Beverly Hills Open Later Days—Holidays initiative that enlivens the city's evenings by filling its streets with food trucks, DJ performances and more through December 23, 2017.

Beverly Hills' BOLD Holiday Launch with (L to R) Vanessa Lachey, Robin Thicke, Mayor Lili Bosse, Vice Mayor Julian Gold and Councilmembers, Robert Wunderlich and Les Friedman

HYBYCOZO sculptures in the Beverly Canon Gardens (Photo credit: Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau)

"We are excited to brighten the holiday season with spectacular lighting installations and a full range of BOLD experiences, bringing greater awareness to Beverly Hills as a destination that is forward thinking and energetic both day and night," says Julie Wagner, CEO of Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.

The extensive holiday lighting installation features over 70 pieces with various abstract graphic patterns and designs that echo elements of the holidays, the City of Beverly Hills and Southern California. Throughout the evening, the lighting installations cycle through pre-programmed color changing sequences creating a vibrant display.

Along Rodeo Drive, stunning chandeliers from Baccarat hang above the street while its palm trees come to life with colorful lights.

Rodeo Drive will once again be staying open later on Fridays and Saturdays until 8:00 p.m. as part of their '12 days of BOLD Holidays' campaign. Come take a selfie with LA's most famous at the Bizbash award-winning instagrammable Art Installation and follow the sidewalk art down the glamorous and illuminated Rodeo Drive. There will be live interactive activations, A Capella groups, luxury food experiences and more.

In addition to the holiday lighting, visitors and locals can enjoy live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night, colorful sidewalk art on display around the city well as special holiday overnight packages from: Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Beverly Hilton, Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel, Montage Beverly Hills, The Peninsula Beverly Hills and Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. Participating shops such as Alice + Olivia, All Saints, Carroll & Company, Only Roses, English Rabbit and more have extended their shopping hours on Friday and Saturday evenings through December 23.

Special offers are also available at select restaurants when they present a receipt from a local Beverly Hills retailer for a same-day sale transacted after 6 p.m. on any BOLD Holiday evening. BOLD offers include buy-one, get-one-free Bright Lights BOLD City Cocktail at The Briskin Bar at The Wallis, and a complimentary dessert or wine with purchase at La Dolce Vita, Villa Blanca, Heritage Fine Wines, Mosaic Hotel, Café Gratitude, Xi'an and other participating venues.

Beverly Hills has partnered with Lyft to provide transportation to BOLD Holidays on Fridays and Saturdays until December 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Travelers are instructed before they request a ride to enter the BOLDHOLIDAYS promo code in the "Promos" section of the Lyft app. Applied credit is displayed on the ride payment. Specific drop off locations apply.

Visit lovebeverlyhills.com/boldholidays for additional information including event information, times and locations for additional BOLD holiday activities such as the Hanukkah Celebration on December 18, Santa at the Paley Center For Media, Santa at Two Rodeo Drive, and more.

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SOURCE Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau