Candles & Carols 2025
Dec 18, 2025
05:00 PM to 8:00pm CST
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Come to Downtown Monticello to enjoy a community celebration!
5 - 8 PM:
Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides available!
Local Retailers and Restaurants are open for last-minute shopping!
Grab a selfie for fun holiday photos in Rotary Park!
6:00-7:30 Join in a Community Carol Sing-a-Long!!
Late to 8 Shopping Map - Will be available closer to the event
Downtown Monticello 110 S State St, Monticello IL 61856 US
Take the north side of the 200 block of W. Washington Street... Just 5 years ago, there were only 4 businesses … and now there are 10 thriving spots—with just 1 space left to fill!
Because revitalized spaces make revitalized places.
We’re celebrating National Siblings Day with one of our favorite brother crews — Jake, Zach, and Luke of The Tamed Mane Barber Co. Not only are they well into 8 amazing years in business in downtown Monticello, but they’ve also transformed their downtown space into an absolute stunner. Proof that siblings can work together...
We keep downtown thriving… and you’re invited to join the fun.
Whether you can give an hour, or give a day- PM us to learn more!
Downtown businesses make up over half of our local Monticello businesses, and generate about 23% of the community’s total sales tax revenue.