Luminaria in Riverside-Avondale
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Riverside-Avondale historic neighborhood, Jacksonville, Florida
When: One evening each December
Hours: From dusk
Cost: free
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For one evening each holiday season, the historic Riverside-Avondale neighborhood lines its streets with lit luminaries at dusk, with live bands, caroling, and hot chocolate turning the whole district into a walking celebration.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Jacksonville is around 5:28 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:54 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 48°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 10 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 16 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Arbor Glade Subdivision
- Blackhawk Bluff Subdivision
- Dazzling Nights at the Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
- Downtown Jacksonville Holiday Lights (Laura Street)
- Go Tuk'n Holiday Lights Tour
- Greenwood Subdivision
- Loretto Road
- Smith's Lights on Rue
Make a night of it. This is stop 8 on our 14-stop Jacksonville lights loop — about 30.6 miles and 129 minutes of driving in total.