Festivities will kickoff near the Wurster splash pad with free ice skating for adults and children. 

At 2 p.m. there will be with horse-drawn carriage rides and a Santa Claus bounce house until 6 p.m. when Pastor Kari Lankford and the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church take center stage, caroling and playing bells. 

After Santa’s arrival at 5:15 p.m., lighting of the village Christmas tree will occur at the Pocket Park.

All activities, cookies, cupcakes, hot cocoa and drinks are free of charge. 

Leetonia’s administrative assistant to the mayor Hailey Taylor decorates the village’s Pocket Park tree in preparation for Saturday’s Light Up Night festivities. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Also on hand is Some Like It Hot On Wheels food truck from Columbiana featuring sandwiches and chilis. 

Leetonia’s administrative assistant to the mayor Hailey Taylor decorates the village’s Pocket Park tree in preparation for Saturday’s Light Up Night festivities. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Leetonia mayor Kevin Siembida talks about the village’s preparation for its Light Up Night festivities, as he examines the Pocket Park tree that will be lit as part of the event. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Leetonia mayor Kevin Siembida fluffs the branches on the village’s Pocket Park tree, which is being decorated in preparation for Saturday’s Light Up Night. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Leetonia mayor Kevin Siembida fluffs branches near the base of the village’s Christmas tree, which will be lit Saturday as part of its Light Up Night festivities. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Leetonia mayor Kevin Siembida and his administrative assistant Hailey Taylor fluff up the branches, after putting up the village trees and hanging lights Thursday in preparation for Saturday’s Light Up Night festivities. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)

Leetonia Mayor Kevin Siembida inspects his elves’ handiwork on the village’s Christmas tree in the Pocket Park Thursday prior to Saturday’s Light Up Night festivities. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi)