Country Club Plaza Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
When: Thanksgiving night through mid-January
Hours: Nightly
Cost: free
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The Plaza's holiday lighting spans fifteen blocks of the historic shopping district and marked its 96th year in 2025. The lights switch on Thanksgiving night and stay lit into mid-January.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Kansas City is around 4:57 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:27 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 23°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 4 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 52 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Mayor's Christmas Tree at Crown Center
- Holiday Reflections at Union Station
- Christmas in the Park at Longview Lake
- Coleman Christmas Show
- 48th Street Christmas Display
- Deckard Family Christmas Display
- Vossen Christmas Display
- Oshel Family Christmas Display
Make a night of it. This is stop 4 on our 6-stop Kansas City lights loop — about 35.2 miles and 109 minutes of driving in total.