Northern Lights at California Center for the Arts
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, California
When: Beginning Nov 30
Hours: 4:30-9 pm daily
Cost: free
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A free walk-through display at the arts center with tunnels of twinkling lights and giant LED Christmas trees, curated by a family featured on ABC's 'The Great Christmas Light Fight.'
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Escondido is around 4:43 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:10 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 45°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 6 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 20 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Rees Road Crane Tree
- Christmas on Knob Hill
- Spence Family Light House
- Harmony Grove Village
- Eureka Lights
- Glendale Avenue Display
- Griswold Family Christmas
- Corte Ramon Themed Show
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 4-stop Escondido lights loop — about 11 miles and 42 minutes of driving in total.