Clay Street Christmas Show
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 1249 S. Clay St., Louisville, KY, Louisville, Kentucky
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: Outdoor speakers typically off by 8pm
Cost: free
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Located across from Shelby Park, this show synchronizes more than 5,000 flashing LED lights to music. Small outdoor speakers let walk-up visitors hear the soundtrack, though they are typically switched off by 8pm.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Louisville is around 4:23 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:53 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 9 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 32 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Festival of Trees & Lights
- Larkmoor Lane Animated Display
- Louisville's Aurora Light Show
- The Woods of St. Thomas
- Windemere Place Neighborhood
- Gardens Aglimmer
- Lights Under Louisville
- South Hite Avenue - Crescent Hill
Make a night of it. This is stop 10 on our 21-stop Louisville lights loop — about 221.5 miles and 616 minutes of driving in total.