Chetola Resort Festival of Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Chetola Resort, around Chetola Lake, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
When: November 27, 2025 - January 25, 2026
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
nearly 30,000 lights around the lakelighted ice skatersnativity sceneRudolph fishing displayattraction
Chetola Resort rings its lake with nearly 30,000 lights forming scenes like ice skaters, a nativity, and Rudolph fishing, drawing thousands of visitors each winter. The drive-by display is free and lingers into late January.