Wanamaker Light Show at the Wanamaker Building
✓ Verified 2025-26
Where: 100 East Penn Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: Select days through December 11, then daily December 12-24
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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The century-old holiday light show in the former Wanamaker department store's Grand Court returned for 2025, paired with live performances on the famous Wanamaker Organ on most days. The Dickens Village walk-through upstairs requires free timed-entry tickets.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Philadelphia is around 4:36 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:07 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 9 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 12 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Electrical Spectacle at Winter in Franklin Square
- Holiday Garden Railway at Morris Arboretum
- Mayfair Residential Decoration Competition
- Miracle on South 13th Street
- Smedley Street Christmas Light Spectacular
- South Colorado Street
- Holidays at the Comcast Center
- Elfreth's Alley Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 8 on our 12-stop Philadelphia lights loop — about 26.7 miles and 112 minutes of driving in total.