Perkins Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 216 Port Royal Drive, Charlotte, NC 28105, Charlotte, North Carolina
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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A residential show synced to music broadcast on 89.5 FM so visitors can listen from their cars. The display raises money for the Child's Play charity.
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
- McAlleyville
- Queen Family Christmas
- Sherwood Forest Drive Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 8 on our 21-stop Charlotte lights loop — about 44.6 miles and 191 minutes of driving in total.