Parkview Trace Musical Light Show
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 12105 Parkview Trace Dr., Louisville, KY, Louisville, Kentucky
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: Nightly 5:30-10:30pm
Cost: free
30,000 lightsGriswold-style National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation sequencerotating Christmas music30-minute showresidential
This South Louisville home runs a 30,000-light display synchronized to the iconic Griswold house scene from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, paired with a rotating mix of Christmas music. The 30-minute show runs nightly from 5:30 to 10:30pm.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Louisville is around 4:23 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:53 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 5 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 27 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Blue's Light Show
- East Hebron Lights
- Zoneton Road Lights
- The Roller Coaster Christmas House
- Toyland Christmas Display
- Bright Light House (Jeffersontown)
- Christmas on the Square in Jeffersontown
- Lights Under Louisville
Make a night of it. This is stop 14 on our 21-stop Louisville lights loop — about 221.5 miles and 616 minutes of driving in total.