Omaha's Holiday Lights Festival illuminates 72 acres of The Riverfront parks system along with Old Market and main corridors of South and North Omaha. Shown here is a previous holiday season at The Riverfront's Gene Leahy Mall. (Courtesy of Holiday Lights Festival)

OMAHA — An annual public display of holiday lights will illuminate parts of Nebraska’s most populated city starting Nov. 29.

Running concurrently is the “Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign that this year set a goal of providing 6 million meals for the Food Bank for the Heartland.

While the Holiday Lights Festival and hunger-relief drive combo is a longtime tradition, this year’s activities come as the food bank, which serves 93 counties, faces “one of the most volatile times” in its history, says Brian Barks, president and C

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