2025 Dates: May 1-3
Thank you for joining us during our 11th year of celebrating lights in Ramsey Park! Twenty-six community businesses and organizations along with Event Sound & Lighting join Celebrate Redwood Falls to bring you a fun and unique event in Ramsey Park. The lights come on at 8:30pm to showcase the natural beauty of the woods and trails. Come enjoy the show!
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To increase event safety and reduce the number of cars waiting along MN-19/US-71/Bridge Street, see the new vehicle waiting route below.
No parking along the waiting route will be implemented from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on May 2 - May 4.
Directions to Ramsey Park
in Redwood Falls, MN
PAST EVENTS GALLERY
OUR SPONSORS
Trailblazers
Illuminators
Sparklers
- Chuck Lussenhop
- Daktronics
- Dan Schmid Photography
- Dave & Corrine Gertsema
- Glenn Tiffany
- Henle Printing Company
- Jason Garman
- Jay Johanneck
- Jesse Bell
- Klabunde Electric
- Lonny Leske
- Mark and Brenda Dressen
- MnDOT District 8
- Redwood Falls Golf Club
- Rick Morris
- RVHS Drumline
- S&S Rental
- Scott Johanneck
- Steve Medrud
- Thrivent Financial
- Tiffany Farms
- West Central Sanitation
Light the Trails Donors $1,000+
Craig & Cindy LaBrie
$500 - $999
- American Family Insurance
- Dan & Pam Schmid
- Everstrong Construction
- HomeTown Bank
- Kirby & Donalee Josephson
- Minnesota Valley Snow Riders
- Minnwest Bank
- Orrin S. Estebo Foundation
- Sward Kemp Drug, Inc.
- Total Glass
- Truly Home Real Estate
- VFW Post 2553
$250 - $499
- A&W Furniture
- AgCountry Farm Credit Services
- Bayer
- Bob Schmidt
- Bobby & Brenna Elwell
- Clements Lumber
- Dental Center
- Olson Chevrolet
- RE/MAX Realty Plus
- Stephens Funeral Service
- Teri & Michael Smith
NEWS & UPDATES
We hear the kids love spotting the dinos, animals, fairies and spooks along the trails so we've added a weyr of dragons (yes, I had to look that up 🤣). Come see where your favorites are this year and explore more of the park in the dark to find them all! Only one week to go! NightFalls at Ramsey Park May 1-3 from 8:30-11:00pm #RamseyPark #RedwoodArea #ExploretheParkintheDark #NightFalls #CRWF
Each group brings their own fun to add to the lights we provide--who can forget @farmersunionindustries cute cow, Gertsema's Enchanted Land at Ramsey Falls, or the Redwood Falls Lions Club Lion? Who knows what you'll find this year as you explore the park in the dark! NightFalls is 10 days away! NightFalls at Ramsey Park May 1-3 from 8:30-11:00pm #RamseyPark #RedwoodArea #ExploretheParkintheDark #NightFalls #CRWF
We collected our new lights on Friday from Connie Bohn who rolled all of them up for us with help from Lori and Paul Hagert and Cathy Prouty. Connie and friends have been helping us for several years--thanks light crew! Our new grand total is 440,900 lights that will light up the park this year along with lights that some Illuminator groups provide themselves! That's a whole lotta lights to enjoy during NightFalls!!! NightFalls at Ramsey Park May 1-3 from 8:30-11:00pm #RamseyPark #RedwoodArea #ExploretheParkintheDark #NightFalls #CRWF
Illuminators are groups that light an area along the roadway or another area of the park. We have room for more if you want to help us highlight the park! Most groups finish an area in 1-2 hours with as few as 4 people. Leave a comment, send an email to [email protected] or contact us via Messenger. NightFalls at Ramsey Park May 1-3 from 8:30-11:00pm #RamseyPark #RedwoodArea #ExploretheParkintheDark #NightFalls #CRWF
FUN FACTS
The History of NightFalls
What began in 2014 as Founders’ Day celebrating the arrival of a small group of settlers establishing the future town of Redwood Falls has evolved into the NightFalls event you get to experience today. After several years in the area around Ramsey Falls, the event now encompasses the entire park. We’ve added more lights, new areas, and new displays to make it better than ever!
We hope you can help keep NightFalls growing with a donation to our Light The Trails fundraiser. Donate at one of the barrels in the park, send a check, or donate online. Thanks to all who have contributed so far – so far we've raised nearly $18,000 of our $30,000 goal!
We couldn’t do this without the support of all of the volunteers, illuminators, sponsors and donations – a very special thank you to everyone who has helped make this event possible. On behalf of the Celebrate Redwood Falls board, thank you for coming to explore the park in the dark at NightFalls!
Craig LaBrie, President
NightFalls Fun Facts
Number of lights used: 375,000- Miles of trails illuminated: 4
- Number of lighted bridges: 7
- Number of lighted waterfalls: 2
- Number of business & organizations decorating areas: 26
- Number of creatures hidden along the designated trails:
Spooks 10, Animals 24+, Dinos 15+, & Fairies 16+ - Past attendance: 8,426 attendees in 2023 including 1,416 vehicles & 4,474 walkers
- NightFalls began as Founders Day in 2014 during Redwood Falls Sesquicentennial
- The 2014-2019 events were entirely at Ramsey Falls, 2020 had 4 drive-thru displays installed by Celebrate Redwood Falls & a Home Edition contest, 2021 expanded drive-thru displays with 21 groups participating & lighting on some trails, 2022 had 22 groups & all trails lighted to include the entire park, 2023 had 26 groups
- Future goals for the event: Add more lighting along trails by decorating trees & ground areas, increase local participation, & bring more tourism to Redwood Falls
Ramsey Park Fun Facts
- Ramsey Park is 256+ acres which makes the largest municipal park in the state
- The unique swayback bridge built in 1938 is on the National Register of Historic Places
- Home to 2 waterways – Redwood River which creates the Falls of the Redwood & Ramsey Creek which creates Ramsey Falls
- 5 Bridges cross Ramsey Creek & 2 cross the Redwood River
SUPPORT NIGHTFALLS
What Can My Donation Help Light Up?
$40 - Small Tree
$60 - Medium Tree
$75 - Large Tree
$240 - Trail Crossing Canopy
$480 - Swayback Bridge
$600 - Trail per 10th of a Mile
$1,000 - Decorated Area or Walk Bridge
