Downtown Highland Park Alliance Hosts Annual Sugar Plum Shopping Spree

The Downtown Highland Park Alliance is proud to host the annual Sugar Plum Shopping Spree on Saturday, November 19 from 10 AM – 5 PM, in conjunction with the fun and festive kick-off to the City of Highland Park’s Heart of the Holidays event series. Shoppers are invited to get their holiday shopping done while enjoying seasonal special deals, holiday treats, and incentives, including the opportunity to win a $250 gift card at the Downtown Highland Park business of choice. Visitors will also enjoy Santa’s arrival by horse drawn carriage along with holiday carolers and street entertainers (balloon artist, juggler, magician, stilts). Kids will enjoy sharing their holiday wishes in Santa's mailbox located at Gearhead Outfitters. Additional activities include carriage rides from 12 - 4 PM presented by Highland Park Bank & Trust, a Toys for Tots toy drive, and more!

With every purchase made at participating Downtown Highland Park businesses, shoppers will receive a raffle ticket to be entered to win a $250 gift card to the Downtown Highland Park business of their choice. The more purchases, the more opportunities to win! The winner will be announced on November 21.

Participating businesses include: Allura Fine Jewelers, Babydreams, Beantstalk, Eileen Fisher, ENAZ, Furology, Gallery Five, Gearhead Outfitters, Goodies, Harmony Coffee Bar, HP Tops, Inspired Organics Children’s Boutique, Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema, Love That Spice, Lynfred Winery, Over the Top, Rock N’ Rags, Soulshine Boutique and Healing Sanctuary, Sugarcoated, Sugaring NYC, Summer Classics Home, Sunflower, Style Shack, and The Bar Method with more being added daily. A map of participating businesses will be available at enjoyhighlandpark.com/sugarplum soon. Shoppers can also look for a special poster in the windows of participating businesses as a reminder to stop and shop.

“The Sugar Plum Shopping Spree allows our businesses to open their doors to customers that come from near and far to experience all our award-winning downtown has to offer,” says Katie Wiswald, Chair of the Downtown Highland Park Alliance Board. “We love seeing all of the creative activities, promotions, and specials our downtown Highland Park retailers, specialty shops, restaurants, and service based offer all day long making it easy for shoppers to cross every item off their list.”

Voted best Downtown Shopping District by the readers of Better Magazine, Downtown Highland Park has everything to cover everyone’s list this holiday season! Visit enjoyhighlandpark.com/downtownhp to browse all Downtown Highland Park businesses.