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Regions Building Lighting — Regions Center Christmas display in downtown Birmingham (Regions Bank)

You’re invited to join in the first-ever public celebration of one of Birmingham’s most recognizable holiday traditions, the Regions Center Building’s holiday light display.

The downtown tower will switch on its holiday lighting package, which displays giant images such as trees and wreaths on all four sides of the 390-foot building, on Friday, November 29th at a special lighting ceremony in Regions Plaza that is open to the public and free to attend.

What to expect

Date: Friday, November 29 | 4:30 P.M.
Where: Regions Plaza outside the Regions Center Building

Here’s what you can expect from the inaugural Regions Building Lighting Ceremony:

Local food + drink vendors
Music + Trivia
Live entertainment from local comedian Deno Posey

The Regions Center holiday lighting is the culmination of months of work each year and provides an iconic reminder of the holidays to anyone with a view of Birmingham’s skyline.

“Each year, teams within the building begin work months in advance to prepare the Regions Center for the iconic lighting. Each window, each part of the display, is hand replaced each season with the appropriate colored gel sleeve.

On a few mornings or evenings before Thanksgiving, you might even notice that we test the building to make sure the lights and display are just right.

Because it’s about more than images of trees, a wreath and a stocking. It’s a reminder – for all to see — about the importance of this great community we call home and the season we celebrate.”
Mel Campbell, Regions spokesperson

Fun Facts

It takes approximately 2,500 different windows in the Regions Center Building to make up their lighting displays.
The building has displayed two Christmas trees, a wreath and a stocking on its four sides every year going back to 1976.
The Regions Center Building has also featured special lighting displays on other special occasions— during the annual Regions Tradition golf tournament, the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 1991 Gulf War.