Lights at the Fountain
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: City Center at Oyster Point, Newport News, Newport News, Virginia
When: December 6, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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The fountain plaza at City Center hosts a recurring light show set to holiday music through the month of December. It is a free outdoor show in the middle of Newport News' shopping and dining district.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Newport News is around 4:50 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:19 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 35°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 6 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Winter Nature Nights at the Virginia Living Museum
- Stern Family Holiday Light Show
- Hampton Holiday Wonder Walk
- Newport News Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
- NlightN Celebration in Lights
- Busch Gardens Christmas Town
Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 5-stop Newport News lights loop — about 22.4 miles and 74 minutes of driving in total.