Christmas Tree Lighting Baton Rouge 2024. The mayor will light north boulevard with half a million.  — festival of lights is baton rouge’s oldest holiday tradition that transforms the winter sky into a wonderland.

One of the city’s oldest annual holiday events, the festival of lights, transforms downtown into a winter. The 2024 rockefeller center christmas tree, typically a norway spruce over 80 feet tall, is meticulously adorned with lights and topped with a swarovski crystal star.