Light Displays, a favorite family tradition for many! Enjoy these light displays from the comfort of your vehicle or on foot. Here is a list, including neighborhoods that dress up sidewalks and homes for all to enjoy.
Nov 26-Dec 27 Wonderland of Lights and Santa's Village The Wonderland of Lights & Santa’s Village is celebrating five years as the Tampa-area premiere, holiday-themed experience. Visitors are routed through over a mile of spectacular lights and holiday displays all from the safety of their vehicles. At the end of your journey, stop by Santa’s Village every Thursday through Sunday. Enjoy tasty fair-type foods, family-friendly entertainment, catch the wolf exhibit and camel rides and don’t forget Santa!
Dec 1- Dec 31 Lights, Camera, Cocoa Experience the amazing light display this holiday season at Snook Haven! With over 30,000 lights on display, just one visit is guaranteed to brighten your spirits. From 5 - 8pm daily, enjoy a FREE cup of hot cocoa as you soak in our magical winter wonderland on the Myakka River. Make an evening of it and join us for a delicious BBQ dinner and music as well!
Nov 28 Above the Bar Hospitality Lights Up Siesta Key Free Event!! Kick off the Holiday Season as we unveil our Holiday Lights! On Saturday November 28th from 6pm-8pm -Live Music - Cookies 🍪 and Hot Cocoa - Santa’s Mailbox delivered for Letters to Santa - Balloon Artist - Snow!! - Visit from Santa, and so much more.
Dec 3 Holiday Splendor Drive-thru Experience Visit The Ringling for a Holiday Splendor drive-thru experience and donate an unwrapped toy! Participants will receive a $5 off coupon for their next visit to The Ringling. Free cocoa and cookies will be served by Metz Catering.
Dec 4 Holiday Night on St Armands St. Armands official “kick off” to the holiday season. The event begins with a special performance at 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Join in with our annual Christmas Carol Sing-a-long beginning at 6:00 pm, followed by “Santa’s Arrival” in his spectacular sleigh and our tree lighting ceremony. Photos with Santa are available throughout the evening from 6:30pm – 8:00pm.
Dec 4-5 Drive-thru Bethlehem Drive through Bethlehem and see the village from the comfort of your car as you listen to the sounds of the season. We will also have refreshments to give you as you leave.
Dec 10-13 The Tabernacle presents The Living Nativity A 45 minute performance with live animals. 7:30pm
Nov 25-Jan 3 UTC Holiday Festival of Lights There is no better place to celebrate the holiday season in Sarasota-Bradenton than right here at UTC! This year’s reimagined holiday experience – UTC Holiday Festival of Lights – is aimed at inspiring awe and wonder in the hearts of friends, families and communities through millions of lights over 44 nights.
UTC's Holiday Lights Show Experience The Holidays at UTC! Join us as we bring the magic of the holidays to life with a spectacular projection light show outside on our East Grand Entrance (near Kona Grill & Urban Outfitters). The holiday light shows will run nightly from Dec 9th- Dec 20th, every half an hour between 6:30 - 9:00 pm.
Dec 4-30 (select nights) Holiday Tour of Lights Join Siesta Trolley as we cruise through the best and brightest neighborhoods in the area. These homes, each year, light up for all our enjoyment, they love sharing the Holiday spirit as much as we do!
Neighborhood Light Displays
Antzcak Christmas Lights (Colonial Gables Neighborhood off Bee Ridge and Honore) Enjoy driving through a festive neighborhood with Christmas lights galore, pass under a tunnel of lights and be sure to stop at the Antzcak house for an extra special display!
Cedar Hollow Christmas Display Come see the neighborhood Christmas light display put on in Cedar Hollow. A neighborhood full of lights and a road covered with arches.
Lights of Palmetto Enjoy a Christmas light display set to music, plus see flying reindeer and Santa's sleigh, plus there will be a mailbox to mail your letter to Santa in.
Enander's Winter Wonderland DRIVE BY DISPLAY ONLY FOR 2020
Spectacular Individual Houses that go "all out" think Clark Griswald inspired, LOL!
SARASOTA Find two houses in the Saddle Creek Neighborhood (directly across from The National Cemetery on Clark Rd.) You'll find a private residence that has over 250,000 lights on their property (approximatly one mile from the Saddle Creek neighborhood entrance) and their neighbor.
PALMETTO On 69th St. E find a home that goes all out with a Christmas lights show, fun Christmas music choreographed to lights!
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