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Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL 62901

Celebrate the holiday season with an after-dark parade featuring hundreds of thousands of lights.

Celebrate the holiday season with an after-dark parade featuring hundreds of thousands of lights. Delighting the young and the young-at-heart since l990, this wintertime celebration draws participants and onlookers from many surrounding communities. Crowds line up along Illinois Avenue to see dancers, marching bands and uniquely themed and lighted floats that bedazzle the senses.

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Best Western Saluki Inn

Carbondale

Whether guests are attending homecoming, graduation or an alumni event at Southern Illinois University, or if they enjoy the great outdoors, our Carbondale, Illinois hotel provides…

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Cabin on the Hill

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Cabin rental near the Shawnee National Forest and the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.

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Hampton Inn - Carbondale

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The Hampton Inn Carbondale hotel is located on the east side of Carbondale on Illinois Route 13. We're close to the many restaurants, golf courses and…

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