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Christmas lights · Las Vegas, NV

Christmas lights in Las Vegas

Away from the Strip, Las Vegas does Christmas lights like a local town: a three-mile drive-thru at the speedway, a charity holiday park, a lit cactus garden for $3, and one North Las Vegas street that fills with cars every night.

4 displays · 1 free · 1 with 2026 dates announced

Free neighborhoods

No ticket, but the best-known ones get very crowded. Go on a weeknight if you can, and read the card for how to get in.

Neighborhood·North Las VegasFree

Vincelli neighborhood

About 40 houses with lights and music that draw thousands of cars a night.

2025 season
Day after Thanksgiving – Dec 25
Last year's dates — this year's aren't out yet.
Cost
Free

Worth knowing

  • Expect a bumper-to-bumper line on busy nights.

Checked 2026-09-23 · KTNV (2025)

Drive-thru shows

Paid per car, not per person, so a full car is the cheap way to do it. Weekends are the busy nights.

Drive-thru·Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Glittering Lights

Six million lights and over 600 displays on a three-mile route, with mile-long tunnels.

2025 season
Nov 7, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026
From 5 pm nightly
Last year's dates — this year's aren't out yet.
Cost
$39 per car by card, $44 cash; Fast Pass $69 on select nights (2025)
Where
7000 Las Vegas Blvd N, Las Vegas, NV

Getting in and parking

  • About 10 miles north of the Strip: I-15 North to Exit 54, Speedway Blvd.
  • The operator says to follow the posted signs, not your GPS.

Worth knowing

  • Arrive early to miss the peak traffic.

Walk-through: gardens, zoo, parks

Mostly ticketed per person, and on foot. Check the hours before you set out.

Park·Opportunity Village, west Las Vegas

Magical Forest

A holiday park of lights with a train, slide, carousel and mini-golf. Every ticket supports Opportunity Village's work with people with disabilities.

2026 season
Nov 27–29, Dec 3–6, Dec 10–24, Dec 26 – Jan 1
5:30 – 9 pm Sun–Thu, 5:30 – 9:30 pm Fri–Sat
Cost
Tickets go on sale in fall 2026. Under-3s free.
Where
6300 W. Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Garden·Ethel M Chocolates, Henderson

Holiday Cactus Garden

Three acres of desert cactus garden wrapped in a million lights, with hot chocolate from the factory.

Season
Last published schedule: from Nov 5 to Jan 3, 5 – 10 pm most nights; closed Christmas Day.
Cost
$3 per person, part of it to local food charities. No reservation needed.
Where
2 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson, NV 89014

Checked 2026-09-23 · ethelm.com

Official site

Before you go

Why some dates say 2025

Most displays announce the season in October or November. Until they do, we show last year's dates and say so, rather than guess this year's. Every card shows the day we last checked it and where the facts came from.

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Questions

Which Christmas lights in Las Vegas are free?
Vincelli neighborhood (North Las Vegas). None of them sell tickets, but some charge for parking and the busiest neighborhoods have long lines, so check each card and go on a weeknight.
When do the Las Vegas light displays open this year?
So far Magical Forest (Nov 27–29, Dec 3–6, Dec 10–24, Dec 26 – Jan 1) have announced their 2026 dates. The rest publish in October and November; until then this page shows last year's dates, marked as such.