CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Festival of Light Opening Ceremony at Bushnell Park. Festival of Light Opening Ceremony at Bushnell Park. ================================================================================ Feeder on 11 November, 2010 09:36:18 The Hartford Festival of light is a tradition that goes back decades and each year they add more stuff.  This year in addition to the great big stage show with the man in red, there's caroling and a host of other warm and fuzzy events.  The ceremony starts 5:30 p.m. and when the stage show ends, there's a big countdown and Bushnell Park gets really