McAlleyville
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Alley off Bay Street near Lamar Avenue, Elizabeth, Charlotte, North Carolina
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
decorated walk-through alleyneighborhood
A quirky Elizabeth-neighborhood tradition where residents decorate the alley off Bay Street near Lamar Avenue into a walkable holiday passage.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Charlotte is around 5:13 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:41 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 15 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 34 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- 12203 Royal Tern Drive Display
- Ardrey Neighborhood Lights
- Eastway Drive and Dunlavin Way Light Show
- Governor's Square
- Hillside Avenue Holiday Lights
- Perkins Lights
- Queen Family Christmas
- Sherwood Forest Drive Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 7 on our 21-stop Charlotte lights loop — about 44.6 miles and 191 minutes of driving in total.