We track 2 displays in Kennesaw. 1 of them are free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Kennesaw that means about 5:29 PM in early December and 5:31 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:58 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Kennesaw typically drop to around 32°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
5:29 PM
5:57 PM
Dec 15
5:31 PM
5:58 PM
Dec 25
5:35 PM
6:03 PM
Practicalities
Residential displays have no facilities of their own — no parking, no toilets, nowhere to warm up — so it is worth knowing what is around. Within about three miles of the Kennesaw cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 1 public car park and 9 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
1510 Ben King Rd. NW, Kennesaw · Kennesaw, Georgia
Nov. 30 - Dec. 28, 2025 · Nightly 6-10 p.m.
$5 per person; children 12 and younger free; $5 parkingresidentialover 1.2 million all-LED lights246 natural trees wrapped in lightstwo giant trees with 25,000 lights eachwalk-through displaylocal band and choir performances
A walk-through Kennesaw spectacle with more than 1.2 million all-LED lights strung across 246 natural trees, including two giants carrying 25,000 lights apiece. Local bands and choirs perform during the season, with overflow parking at a nearby church.
Opens Dec. 1, 2025 (times vary; some nights static displays) · typically dusk – 10 PM
Freeresidential60,000+ LED lightschoreographed to 13+ songsFrozen, Polar Express and Peanuts themestune to 101.3 FMabout 55 minutes of holiday musicSanta's Letters collection box benefiting Children's Burn Foundation
A drive-by residential show where more than 60,000 LED lights are choreographed to over a dozen songs broadcast on 101.3 FM. A red Santa's Letters mailbox out front collects donations for the Children's Burn Foundation.