Manayunk Gets Lit / Holidays in Manayunk
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Where: Main Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: Late November through December 31
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
80,000+ lights50+ decorated storefrontsfree Jolly Trolley on select nightsstorefront votingRudolph Runneighborhood
Manayunk's entire Main Street commercial corridor glows with more than 80,000 lights across upwards of 50 storefronts, a competition now in its sixth year. A free Jolly Trolley with carolers runs on select December evenings, and visitors can vote for their favorite decorated businesses.
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 is 1 other display within 5 miles of this one, and 14 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- LumiNature at the Philadelphia Zoo
- Holidays at the Comcast Center
- Electrical Spectacle at Winter in Franklin Square
- Holiday Garden Railway at Morris Arboretum
- Mayfair Residential Decoration Competition
- Miracle on South 13th Street
- Smedley Street Christmas Light Spectacular
- South Colorado Street
Make a night of it. This is stop 11 on our 12-stop Philadelphia lights loop — about 26.7 miles and 112 minutes of driving in total.