Christmas lights in Pennsylvania

24 displays across 12 cities — each listing shows when it was last confirmed.

Devon

Luminary Walk at Jenkins Arboretum

· Devon, Pennsylvania

December 12-13 · Arrival slots at 5:00pm-6:30pm or 6:30pm-8:00pm

$25-$35 per carattraction3,000 luminarieswoodland garden pathsfood and beverage sales

✓ Verified 2025-26

Kennett Square

A Longwood Christmas at Longwood Gardens

1001 Longwood Road · Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

November 21 through January 11, nightly · typically dusk – 10 PM

$25-$45attractionmillions of outdoor lightsjewel-themed indoor displaysthousands of poinsettiasgarden railwaybeer garden

✓ Verified 2025-26

Lahaska

Peddler's Village Grand Illumination

Route 202 & Street Road · Lahaska, Pennsylvania

November 14 through mid-January · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeattractionmillions of lights across a shopping villageGrand Illumination kickoffgingerbread competition1920s carousel

✓ Verified 2025-26

Langhorne

Colonial Drive Lights

155 Colonial Drive · Langhorne, Pennsylvania

November 28 through January 1 · Dusk until 10:00pm

Freeresidentialfull-house projection mappingmusic synced to 91.1 FMGrinch, Griswold and Jack Skellington themes

✓ Verified 2025-26

Media

Holiday Village Festival of Lights at Rose Tree Park

1671 N. Providence Road · Media, Pennsylvania

December 4 through January 3 · 5:00pm-10:00pm daily

Freeattractionilluminated historic buildingswheelchair accessibleleashed dogs welcomevendor nights

✓ Verified 2025-26

Norristown

Wild Lights at Elmwood Park Zoo

1661 Harding Boulevard · Norristown, Pennsylvania

November 21 through December 30, select nights · typically dusk – 10 PM

$13-$24attractionlight projections and strandssome animals viewablelive musiccarousel ridesSanta photos

✓ Verified 2025-26

Nottingham

Herr's Holiday Lights Display

20 Herr Drive · Nottingham, Pennsylvania

Thanksgiving through January 5 · 5:00pm-7:00am daily

Freedrive-thru600,000+ lightsfree drive-thruovernight viewing hours

✓ Verified 2025-26

Philadelphia

American Heritage Credit Union Grand Illumination

2060 Red Lion Road · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thanksgiving through New Year · Dusk onward

Freeattraction400,000+ lightstwo 40-foot Christmas treesfireworks at kickoffhistorical character appearances

✓ Verified 2025-26

Electrical Spectacle at Winter in Franklin Square

200 N. 6th Street (6th and Race Streets) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 20 through January 4 nightly; Thursdays-Sundays January 8 to February 28 · 5:00pm-9:00pm, shows every 30 minutes

Freeattraction200,000+ lightsmusic-synchronized light showBen Franklin electricity themecarouselmini golf

✓ Verified 2025-26

Elfreth's Alley Holiday Lights

124-126 Elfreth's Alley · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December; Deck the Alley event December 6 · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeneighborhoodhistoric colonial streetunderstated traditional decorticketed Deck the Alley eventmuseum tours

✓ Verified 2025-26

Holiday Garden Railway at Morris Arboretum

100 East Northwestern Avenue · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 22 through December 30; evening sessions select nights · Daytime with admission; nighttime Thursday-Sunday in December

$12-$22 for evening sessionsattractionmodel train garden railwaythousands of lightsnew 60-foot illuminated tunnel

✓ Verified 2025-26

Holidays at the Comcast Center

1701 JFK Boulevard · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Through January 2 · 10:00am-8:00pm, hourly shows

FreeattractionComcast Holiday Spectacular video wall showDreamWorks Shrek's Festive Flight at the Universal Spheresensory-friendly showings

✓ Verified 2025-26

LumiNature at the Philadelphia Zoo

3400 W. Girard Avenue · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

November 21 through January 3, select nights · typically dusk – 10 PM

$22+attractionanimal-inspired light installationslive performersSanta's Loungesnack stops

✓ Verified 2025-26

Manayunk Gets Lit / Holidays in Manayunk

Main Street · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Late November through December 31 · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeneighborhood80,000+ lights50+ decorated storefrontsfree Jolly Trolley on select nightsstorefront votingRudolph Run

✓ Verified 2025-26

Mayfair Residential Decoration Competition

3500 block of Oakmont Street and surrounding blocks · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeneighborhoodneighborhood decorating contest100+ participating homesoccasional trolley tours

✓ Verified 2025-26

Miracle on South 13th Street

1600 block of South 13th Street (between Tasker and Morris Streets) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Saturday after Thanksgiving through January 1 · 5:00pm-10:00pm nightly

Freeneighborhoodrowhouse block displaythemed dioramasSanta visitstoy and food drivesopening night block party

✓ Verified 2025-26

Smedley Street Christmas Light Spectacular

2700 block of Smedley Street (between Moyamensing and Oregon Avenues) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Late November through January 1 · From 5:00pm daily

Freeneighborhoodgiant candy canesinflatablesdecorated traffic islandsletters-to-Santa mailbox

✓ Verified 2025-26

South Colorado Street

2700 block of South Colorado Street (between 17th and 18th Streets) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December through January 1 (typical) · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeneighborhoodelaborate rowhouse displays

✓ Verified 2025-26

Wanamaker Light Show at the Wanamaker Building

100 East Penn Square · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Select days through December 11, then daily December 12-24 · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeattractionindoor Grand Court light showWanamaker Organ performancesDickens Village with free timed tickets

✓ Verified 2025-26

Phoenixville

Christmas at Colonial

· Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Black Friday through December 27, select nights · typically dusk – 10 PM

$13-$15attraction1.1-mile routeSanta meet-and-greetcut-your-own Christmas trees by dayhalf a million dancing lightshot chocolate and candy cane includedmusic synchronizationtens of thousands of lights

✓ Verified 2025-26

Pottstown

Carnival of Lights at Norco Fire Company

144 W. Schuylkill Road · Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Black Friday through January 1 · From 6:00pm most nights

$19-$24attraction250,000 lightsunlimited carnival rides includedFerris wheelSanta photossensory-friendly night

✓ Verified 2025-26

West Chester

The Corrado Family Lights Display

1102 Nobb Hill Drive · West Chester, Pennsylvania

Weekends through January 8 · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeresidentialcharity donation driveSanta hands out candy canes

✓ Verified 2025-26

The West Chester Griswolds

304 Dutton Mill Road · West Chester, Pennsylvania

Thanksgiving night through January 1 · 4:45pm-9:45pm Monday-Thursday; 4:45pm-10:15pm Friday-Sunday

Freeresidential140,000 computer-controlled LED lightsradio broadcast on 87.9 FMSanta mailbox

✓ Verified 2025-26

Yardley

Holiday Light Show at Shady Brook Farm

931 Stony Hill Road · Yardley, Pennsylvania

November 22 through January 4, nightly · 5:00pm-10:00pm nightly, until 11:00pm Friday-Saturday

$45+ per cardrive-thru1.25-mile drive-thruradio soundtrack on 90.7 FMCandy Cane Lane walkthroughopen-air wagon ridess'mores fires

✓ Verified 2025-26

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