Zilker Holiday Tree

Around Austin-The Zilker Holiday Tree lighting tipped off Austiin's Holiday season at 6:30 PM Sunday November 30th 2025. It was the 59th lighting, an event that started in 1967. "The Zilker Holiday Tree stands 155 feet tall and is composed of 39 streamers, each holding 81 multicolored led [sic] bulbs-totalling 3,309 lights...The base of the tree is made up of 19 utility poles, each 14 feet tall, arranged in a circle around the Moonlight Tower." [Source https://www.austintexas.gov ]. See more images below. See video short of the lighting at https://youtube.com/shorts/GTazFi12-PA?si=OwSmu7AS58A02h3W

The crowd collected en masse underneath the tree

KVUE's Anchor Quita Culpepper was the MC for the Lighting Ceremony. To the left Mayor Watson and Eight District Council Member Paige Ellis congratulate kids Holiday Tree Art winners.