Christmas Nights of Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St. (enter Gate 3 at 1698 E. 42nd St.), Indianapolis, Indiana
When: November 7 - December 31, 2025
Hours: Evenings; final entry typically 10 PM
Cost: $38+ per car
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This two-mile drive-through at the Indiana State Fairgrounds runs over a million LED lights synchronized to music broadcast into visitors' car radios. Online reservations are required, with car passes starting at $38 for up to eight passengers.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Indianapolis is around 5:21 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:51 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 7 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 65 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Corner of Madison and Banta Road Lights
- Festival of Trees
- Circle of Lights
- Alabama Street Lights
- Christmas at the Zoo
- Lights on Auburn
- Happy Holidays on Fisher
- Fisher Avenue Lights (2101 & 2105)
Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 30-stop Indianapolis lights loop — about 105 miles and 372 minutes of driving in total.