December 13-26, 2024, 4-9 p.m.
Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA
Select dates in December
Del Mar Fairgrounds
$30.94, delmarfairgrounds.com/ events/ 2024/ coastal-christmas
Includes Adult Admission to the festival, Holiday Light Trail, Entertainment
and Photos with Santa & Friends.
Skating is an add-on available for purchase on-site based on availability.
Coastal Christmas features a festive journey in California's winter
wonderland by the sea. With twinkling lights, holiday cheer, and delicious
snacks and drinks, Coastal Christmas promises to be your family's holiday
tradition.
Del Mar Fairgrounds, home to the San Diego County Fair, has hosted holiday events for decades. One of the most popular past events was Holiday of Lights which enjoyed several years of crowds and attention in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and more years, perhaps.
DEL MAR - The Holiday of Lights at the Del Mar Fairgrounds was the largest animated drive-through light show on the West Coast during its stint. More than 400 displays located around the Del Mar Racetrack on a 1.5 mile route c0uld be seen either by car or a hayride offered. In 2011 over 21,000 vehicles drove through the display, and close to 2,000 took the hayride. The popular annual event was one of the few remaining commercial drive-through displays in California (Los Angeles DWP used to hold a drive-thru event at Griffith Park but it went dark.)
Del Mar Fairgrounds is easily accessed off Interstate 5 at Via de la Valle. Enter the Fairgrounds at the Main Lot on Jimmy Durante Boulevard. Weather is notoriously pleasant --it seldom drops below the 50s at night in San Diego so you'll be just fine with a jacket or coat on as you cruise through the San Diego County wonderland with your car windows rolled down.
Transformed from its meeting and events venue featuring one of the busiest and best-attended county fairs in the nation, Del Mar is the home to San Diego Fair held annually in June / July. The fairground is near the beach and Pacific Ocean, making it one of the finest fairs and events to attend, thanks to those cool ocean breezes and fantastic weather.
Drive through light displays are extremely popular--other drive through areas you may want to check out include Altadena Christmas Tree Lane, and Oxnard's Historic Homes District Christmas Tree Lane and Los Gatos Vasona Park Holiday Lights 1.5 mile drive through display.
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.