Mitch Reaume, organizer of the Northern Lights Festival, is silhouetted by one of the light displays while working to install another on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester. The Northern Lights Festival opens Friday, Dec. 2, and will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 18. The hours for the event are from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.