See Christmas Lights in California

Lights are fascinating, mesmerizing and everybody wants to see them at Christmas. In the past several years the popularity of large scale light installations has grown and now you can see them at tree lightings, boat parades, zoos, botanical gardens, and walking-through & drive-through attractions.

Here are few Lights to See in California:

Commercial Walk / Drive Through  Attractions

BAKERSFIELD: Holiday Lightasmic! November 30, 2024-January 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. evenings at CALM Zoo

CALABASAS: Holiday Road USA November 29-December 28, 2024, 5-10 p.m. King Gillette Ranch at King Gillette Ranch

COACHELLA VALLEY: Magic of Lights Drive Thru November 19-December 29, 2024, Opens at 5:30 p.m. at Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA

CORONA DEL MAR: Nights of 1000 Lights  December 5-22, 2024, 5-8 p.m. at Sherman Library and Gardens

COSTA MESA: Winter Fest OC November 22, 2024-January 5, 2025 at Orange County Fairgrounds 

ENCINITAS: Lightscape November 15, 2024-January 5, 2025 at San Diego Botanic Garden

FOLSOM: Wild Nights, Holiday Lights December 6-22, 2024. 5-8:30 p.m. at Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary

FORT BRAGG: Festival of Lights at Mendocino Botanical Gardens November 29-December 22, 2024, 5-7 p.m.

FRESNO: IllumiNature November 26, 2024-January 31, 2025 at Fresno Chaffee Zoo

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE: Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens November 17, 2024-January 5, 2025, 5:30-10 p.m. closed November 23 and December 24 & 25, 2024

LOS ANGELES: LA Zoo Lights, Animals Aglow November 15, 2024-January 5, 2025 at Los Angeles Zoo

LOS GATOS: Fantasy Lights Drive Through Holiday Display at Vasona Lake Park Walk-Through December 7, 2024-January 5, 2025
Walk-Through Dates: December 7-8, 2024, 4-9 p.m.

OAKLAND: Glowfari, Wildly Illuminating Lantern Festival at Oakland Zoo November 8, 2024-January 26, 2025, 4:30-9 p.m.

PALOS VERDES PENINSULA: Astra Lumina, An Enchanted Night Walk Amongst The Stars November 8-December 15, 2024  at South Coast Botanic Garden

POMONA: Imaginarium at Fairplex November 22, 2024-January 5, 2025

REDDING: Garden of Lights November 22, 2024-January 5, 2025 at McConnell Arboretum

SACRAMENTO: Imaginarium November 22, 2024-January 5, 2025 at Cal Expo

SAN JOSE: Illuminated Holiday Lights Drive Through November 21, 2024-January 1, 2025, 5-11 p.m. at History Park San Jose

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: Capistrano Lights at Mission San Juan Capistrano December 7-29, 2024

SAN LUIS OBISPO: Nature Nights November 22-December 28, 2024 at San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

SAN MATEO: IlluminOdyssey November 16, 2024–January 26, 2025 at CuriOdyssey

SANTA BARBARA: ZooLights lighted lanterns experience November 13, 2024-January 12, 2025, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Santa Barbara Zoo

SANTA MARIA: Christmas in the Country Elks Drive-thru Holiday Lights Experience November 29-December 24, 2024 at Elks Unocal Event Center. Timed entry starts at 6 p.m. Pick available day and time online. Location: 2325 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria, CA. $40 per car, elksrec.com

WATSONVILLE: Santa Cruz Holiday Lights November 29-December 24, 2024, 5:30-9 p.m.

WOODSIDE: Holidays at Filoli November 16, 2024-January 12, 2025, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. timed entry

Free Walk / Drive Through Attractions

ALAMEDA: Christmas Tree Lane December

ALTADENA: Christmas Tree Lane December -January

BALBOA ISLAND: Ring of Lights Bayfront homes - walk the entire perimeter of the island on a sidewalk next to the water throughout December

NAPLES: Trees in the Bay Thanksgiving-New Year's November 28, 2024-January 1, 2025 seen from 2nd Street Bridge and surrounding locations

NEWPORT BEACH: Newport Dunes Lighting of the Bay November -January

OXNARD: Oxnard Christmas Tree Lane December 8-26, 2024, 6-10 p.m.

PALO ALTO: Christmas Tree Lane December

RIVERSIDE: Mission Inn November 23, 2024 - January 5, 2025. The National Historic Landmark dazzles with millions of holiday lights.

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.