St. Matthews Area Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: St. Matthews, Louisville, KY 40207, St. Matthews, Kentucky
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
many well-decorated homes spread across the areaneighborhood
Not a single subdivision but an area where brightly decorated homes are common. A good option for an unplanned evening drive up and down the streets hunting for lights.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in St. Matthews 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 8 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 36 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.