Nights of Lights at Miami-Dade Fairgrounds
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds, 10901 SW 24th St, Miami, Florida
When: December
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
walk-through and drive-through optionsdrive-thru
The county fairgrounds host a holiday light event that can be experienced either on foot or from the car, filled with bright, colorful displays.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Miami is around 5:33 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:58 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 62°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 4 other displays 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.
- Holiday Village on Flagler Street
- 600 Brickell Holiday Display
- Luminosa: A Festival of Lights at Jungle Island
- Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights
- Michael Hornyak's House
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Christmas Park
- South Miami Holiday Display on Sunset Drive
- NightGarden at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Make a night of it. This is stop 8 on our 9-stop Miami lights loop — about 48.6 miles and 153 minutes of driving in total.