NlightN Celebration in Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Newport News Park, 13560 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23603, Newport News, Virginia
When: November 27, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Hours: 5:30-10 p.m. nightly (2024 schedule)
Cost: $15 weekdays / $20 weekends per car (2024 pricing; $12 advance)
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Billed as Virginia's original drive-through light show, this event winds two miles through Newport News Park and has run for over three decades. Signature scenes include a Tunnel of Lights, 3D trees, and a candy arch.
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 10 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Newport News Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
- Hampton Holiday Wonder Walk
- Winter Nature Nights at the Virginia Living Museum
- Lights at the Fountain
- Holiday Nights at the Park
- Stern Family Holiday Light Show
- WinterFest on the Wisconsin
- Woodland Christmas Wonderland
Make a night of it. This is stop 5 on our 5-stop Newport News lights loop — about 22.4 miles and 74 minutes of driving in total.