Light Up Louisville

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Light Up Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky
Photo: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District; Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Where: Downtown Louisville, KY, Louisville, Kentucky

When: December 6

Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM

Cost: free

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Louisville's official city light-up celebration, held December 6 in 2025.

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.

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Make a night of it. This is stop 21 on our 21-stop Louisville lights loop — about 221.5 miles and 616 minutes of driving in total.

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