Light Up St. Matthews / Brown Park Christmas Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Brown Park, Louisville, KY, St. Matthews, Kentucky
When: Lighting event December 6; display lit December 6-31 (through New Year's)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
Christmas musicletters and photos with Santatrain ridesice skatingfree cookies and hot chocolatewalk-through park displayattraction
A long-standing City of St. Matthews tradition at Brown Park that draws thousands, with Santa letters and photos, train rides, ice skating, and free cookies and hot chocolate at the kickoff event. The park's light display then stays lit nightly through New Year's for walk-through visits.