Worcester’s annual Festival of Lights will return to the Worcester Common on Friday, according to the city’s website .

The winter-themed festival will take place Dec. 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will feature ice skating, food vendors, community organizations and performances from artists, the city’s website reads.

The festival will be headlined by NBC’s The Voice’s Season 17 runner-up Ricky Duran and the rock band Blue Light Bandits. Both acts originated from Worcester.

The event will also feature its signature seasonal lighting displays. Some of the lighting displays to be shown this year include a row of 16 abstract, immersive geometric shapes called “Kinetic Perspective” and an inflatable 3D projection snow globe. The lighting installations will be displayed from Dec. 5 to March

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