Zoolumination at the Nashville Zoo
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Where: Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, 3777 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee
When: November 13 - January 4 nightly; January 8 - February 8 Thursday-Sunday
Hours: 5-9pm
Cost: $25 adults 13+; $21 youth 2-12; under 2 free; $10 parking (free for members)
1000+ custom silk lanternslargest Chinese lantern festival in the USice skatingNorth Pole VillageSanta visits Nov 28-Dec 24nightly entertainmentattraction
The Nashville Zoo's winter lantern festival is billed as the country's largest Chinese lantern festival, with over a thousand hand-crafted silk lanterns. The event adds ice skating, a North Pole Village, nightly entertainment, and Santa visits from late November through Christmas Eve.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Nashville is around 4:34 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:02 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 30°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 5 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 20 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Gaylord Opryland Nightly Lighting Ceremony
- East End
- Historic Edgefield
- Lockeland Springs
- Fatherland Street Archwalk
- Lynnwood Boulevard
- The Dancing Lights of Christmas at Jellystone Park
- Belle Meade Boulevard
Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 4-stop Nashville lights loop — about 26.1 miles and 79 minutes of driving in total.