Speedway Christmas
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
When: November 21, 2025 - January 4, 2026 (closed Christmas Eve)
Hours: 6 to 10 p.m., rain or shine
Cost: $46.41 standard per vehicle; $57.93 with christmas village
4-mile course through the speedwaymillions of lights and 800+ displaysmusic synchronized via FM radioChristmas Village with Santa, s'mores and shoppingdrive-in moviesup to 15 people per vehicledrive-thru
One of America's largest holiday light shows, Speedway Christmas sends vehicles on a four-mile course around the Charlotte Motor Speedway oval, pit road, and infield past millions of lights synchronized to FM radio. An infield Christmas Village adds Santa visits, s'mores, shopping, and drive-in movies on select nights.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Concord is around 5:11 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:40 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 31°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There is 1 other display within 5 miles of this one, and 28 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Christian Family Lights
- Lights on Bosson
- Lights on Indian Beech
- Hard Family Christmas Lights
- Union Street Historic District Lights
- 851 Burrage Road NE Display
- Greenman Family Lights
- Zimnowski Light Show
Make a night of it. This is stop 5 on our 7-stop Concord lights loop — about 43.9 miles and 133 minutes of driving in total.