Electrical Spectacle at Winter in Franklin Square
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Where: 200 N. 6th Street (6th and Race Streets), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: November 20 through January 4 nightly; Thursdays-Sundays January 8 to February 28
Hours: 5:00pm-9:00pm, shows every 30 minutes
Cost: free
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Franklin Square's free light show strings more than 200,000 bulbs across the historic park and syncs them to holiday music in a nod to Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiments. Shows repeat every half hour from 5pm, and the run extends deep into February, well past most displays.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Philadelphia is around 4:36 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:07 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 9 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 12 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Holiday Garden Railway at Morris Arboretum
- Mayfair Residential Decoration Competition
- Miracle on South 13th Street
- Smedley Street Christmas Light Spectacular
- South Colorado Street
- Wanamaker Light Show at the Wanamaker Building
- Holidays at the Comcast Center
- Elfreth's Alley Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 12-stop Philadelphia lights loop — about 26.7 miles and 112 minutes of driving in total.