About Light the Night Winter Fest
A Holiday Celebration of Music, Community, and Connection
Center of Hope CDC invites you to celebrate the season at Light the Night Winter Fest: Christmas in the Neighborhood! Returning as a holiday community celebration, Light the Night brings together families, local businesses, community organizations, and neighbors for an afternoon and evening of festive entertainment, family activities, and meaningful connections.
Our Mission
At the heart of Light the Night is a commitment to strengthening community. We create opportunities for families to gather in a safe, engaging, and welcoming environment while connecting residents with local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and valuable community resources. By bringing people, businesses, and organizations together, we help build stronger relationships, expand opportunities, and foster a greater sense of belonging throughout the community.
Every partnership, participating business, and community connection contributes to this vision while supporting the continued work of Center of Hope CDC throughout the year.
Two Celebrations. One Community.
This year's celebration brings two exciting experiences together on the Center of Hope campus.
Winter Fest '26: Jazz on the Koi Pond
Sets the stage for an afternoon of live music, featuring an exciting lineup of jazz and soul artists. Presented by Hope Academy for Scholarship & Innovation in association with PocketJazzPresents.org, this separately ticketed musical experience celebrates the sounds of the season while supporting educational opportunities for students.
Light the Night: Christmas in the Neighborhood
Welcomes the community to a free holiday celebration filled with live entertainment, food trucks, local vendors, games, children's activities, and opportunities to connect with neighborhood businesses and community organizations. It's an opportunity for families to enjoy the season, discover local businesses, and create lasting memories together.
why your partnership matters
More Than an Event. An Investment in Community.
Strong communities are built through connection, collaboration, and shared investment. Light the Night Winter Fest brings these elements together, creating a space where families gather, local businesses gain visibility, community organizations expand their reach, and meaningful relationships take shape.
But the impact doesn't end when the festivities are over.
Through the collective support of sponsors, participating businesses, and community partners, Light the Night helps advance opportunities that strengthen our neighborhoods and support the broader mission of Center of Hope Community Development Corporation.
Your partnership helps us invest in:
Stronger Families: Creating welcoming spaces where families gather, connect, and build lasting memories.
Youth Engagement: Providing opportunities for children and young people to participate, explore, and experience positive community activities.
Local Business Growth: Connecting entrepreneurs and small businesses with potential customers, resources, and new opportunities.
Community Partnerships: Bringing businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders together around shared interests and goals.
Neighborhood Revitalization: Encouraging local investment, community pride, and stronger neighborhood connections.
Economic Opportunity: Supporting entrepreneurship, business visibility, and pathways for economic advancement.
Community Programming: Strengthening the outreach, educational initiatives, and programs that Center of Hope CDC advances throughout the year.
Every partnership plays a part.
Sponsors help make the celebration possible by supporting essential event needs, including production, security, entertainment, and family activities. Participating vendors contribute to a vibrant marketplace that encourages residents to discover, shop, and support local businesses. Community partners help extend our reach, connect residents with valuable resources, and strengthen the relationships that make community development possible.
When you partner with Light the Night Winter Fest, you're doing more than supporting a single day of celebration. You're helping create opportunities, strengthen connections, and contribute to a community where families and neighborhoods can thrive.
Support through Sponsorship
become a Community resource, business, or food vendor
Vendor Registration & Information
Light the Night Winter Fest
Saturday, December 5 | 4:00PM - 9:00PM
Center of Hope CDC | 9550 Crenshaw Blvd, Inglewood, California, 90305
An Opportunity to Showcase Your Business
Bring Your Business to the Community
Light the Night has long brought families, neighbors, community organizations, businesses, and community partners together for one of Center of Hope's most anticipated annual celebrations. This year, the tradition continues in a new seasonal setting as Light the Night Winter Fest: Christmas in the Neighborhood brings the community together for a holiday celebration of music, family entertainment, local businesses, and connection.
For participating vendors, this is more than an opportunity to display products or services. It's a chance to build visibility, connect with potential customers, cultivate relationships, and introduce your business to a broader audience.
We encourage vendors to bring their businesses to life through engaging displays, product demonstrations, interactive activities, special promotions, and other experiences that invite attendees to stop, connect, and discover what they have to offer.
As Center of Hope CDC brings together another season of community celebration, we recognize that the businesses and organizations that participate are an essential part of the experience. Your presence helps create a vibrant marketplace, introduces residents to new products and services, and contributes to an environment where entrepreneurship and community connection can flourish.
Bring your business. Share what you do. Connect with your community.
Become part of Light the Night Winter Fest and help us make this holiday celebration an opportunity for businesses and communities to grow together.
Vendor Information
Vendor Information
Vendor participation is $100.
To register for a vendor table:
Complete the vendor application below.
Shortcut to Vendor ApplicationClick “Submit” at the end of the application. After submitting, you will be redirected to the registration/payment page.
If you need to access the payment page directly, you may use the link below:
Please note: Submitting the vendor application does not complete payment. Vendor spaces are not held or confirmed until payment is received. We do not accept partial payments or hold spaces.
After making your payment, please email Terrina Scott, our event planner, at cohspecialevents@go2hope.com a copy of your receipt so that we can confirm your registration.
The vendor fee includes:
One 6-foot vendor table
Two chairs
Vendor table/space selection
Promotion through Center of Hope CDC / Center of Hope social media platforms and mass email communications
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 26, 2026
We encourage vendors to register and submit payment as early as possible. Vendor spaces are not reserved until payment is received in full.
Vendor tables will be located outdoors in the Center of Hope lot
Vendors may bring their own 10' × 10' tent.
Vendors are responsible for providing their own tablecloth.
No electricity is available.
Vendors are responsible for removing their own trash and leaving their assigned area clean.
The event will be held rain or shine.
Vendor fees are non-refundable.
Please complete this registration form online. The payment link is provided at the end of the form. We cannot hold vendor spaces or accept partial payments.
Already paid?
You're all set! Please watch your email for vendor updates and event information as we get closer to Light the Night.
Please do not submit another application to access the payment page. If you leave this page before completing payment, return to the Light the Night Vendor page and select Complete Vendor Payment to resume checkout.
Questions or Special Accommodations
Center of Hope CDC will make every effort to provide vendors with the information they need to prepare for the Fair. For questions regarding vendor registration, participation requirements, or event logistics, please contact info.cdc@go2hope.com.
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Vendor’s Registration Form
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