Dowding Light Program
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Where: 13100 W 70th Terrace, Shawnee, Kansas
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: Evenings
Cost: free
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A long-running program that coordinates its lights to music played through an outdoor speaker rather than FM radio. A newer set of lights above the garage door can spell out short words.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Shawnee is around 4:58 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:28 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 23°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 25 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 68 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Soffiotto's Wonderland
- Summit Street Display
- Clark Family Christmas
- Hallet Christmas Display
- Steve Pearson Christmas Display
- Quivira Road Christmas Display
- Brady Christmas Light Display
- Christmas On Bradshaw (Lenexa)
Make a night of it. This is stop 7 on our 9-stop Shawnee lights loop — about 91.5 miles and 256 minutes of driving in total.