13 Drive Through Christmas Lights Displays Within Driving Distance of Columbus, Ohio for 2025

Drive-through is all the rage in and these drive-through Christmas light displays near Columbus, Ohio will keep your family in the Christmas spirit this season!

2020 was the year of the drive-in movie, the drive-through window, and the drive-up shopping experience! Drive-through events have been sticking around ever since! This holiday season, continue the tradition with these drive-through holiday light displays taking place in and near Columbus, Ohio!

Some of the events on this list are new for this year and some have always been drive-through experiences! Take a look at this list and make your plans for a festive outing with the family!

This list includes drive-through holiday light displays all around Ohio and it is being updated for 2025 as information becomes available!

1. Butch Bandos Fantasy of Lights in Delaware, Ohio

• Dates: November 21, 2025 -Jan. 4, 2026
• Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 5:30pm – 9:00pm, Friday and Saturday: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
• Holiday Hours (Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day): 5:30pm-9:00pm
• Where: Alum Creek State Park Campgrounds, 3311 South Old State Rd., Delaware, OH 43015
• Website and Tickets

Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights is an annual holiday 3 mile drive thru light show with over 300 LED brilliant light displays, 500 feet of light wall and several tunnels you can see from the comfort of your own car!

Lines for this show have been super long on weekends and occasionally the gates have to be closed in order to control the high volume of traffic. If possible, plan your visit for a weekday for shorter lines AND cheaper admission!

You can also buy a season pass for $80 which is good for any time the show is open during the season. Season passes can only be purchased at the gate.

2. WonderLight’s Christmas in Hartford, Ohio

• Dates: November 14, 2025 – January 4, 2026
• Hours: Nightly: 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
• Where: Hartford Fairgrounds, 14028 Fairgrounds Rd, Hartford, OH 43013
• Website

“WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio”, a drive-through Christmas light show, is housed at Hartford Fairgrounds this holiday season!

This family-friendly event will feature a 2-mile car ride through more than a million LED lights, all synchronized to music! Giant Christmas trees, floating snowflakes, shooting stars, dancing candy canes, and (a favorite of children of all ages) three enchanting tunnels of light will illuminate the night!

• Read more: 7 of the Most Festive Things You Can Do in Columbus This Holiday Season

3. Dazzling Christmas Lights in Westerville, Ohio

• Dates: November 28, 2025 – January 4, 2026
• Hours: Sun-Thurs: 6pm to 10pm, Fri-Sat: 6pm to 11pm
• Where: 649 Old Coach Rd Westerville, OH 43081
• Website

The Dazzling Christmas Light display is a synchronized Christmas Lights show that takes place every night in a Westerville neighborhood. There are 90,000 Christmas Lights that dance to music.

The show is every night (weather permitting) from 6:00pm – 10:00pm Sunday thru Thursday and 6:00pm – 11:00pm Friday and Saturday. Tune your car radio to 90.1 FM to hear the music!

Cost is free!

• Related: 10 of Our Favorite Columbus Christmas Traditions

4. Lucy Depp Park Light Show in Powell, Ohio

• Dates: nightly beginning Black Friday 2025 – ?
• Hours: Dusk until 10pm Sun-Thurs and until 11 on Friday and Saturday.
• Where: 9360 Frabell Dr Powell OH 43065
• Website

This 7 acre drive through display is put together by a group of neighbors on private property in Powell, Ohio! The show covers 1/2 mile, 6 houses and features over 60,000 lights. Tune to 87.9 FM to “hear” the lights!  

The drive through is one way. Enter on Frabell Dr. and loop around to Springdale. Weekends can get busy so it is suggested that you come on a weeknight if possible! You can drive through as many times as you like as time and traffic allows!

Cost is free! Donations to Feed the Kids Columbus are accepted at a donation box at the entrance of the show.

5. Lights of Glenross in Delaware, Ohio

• Dates: Show begins on Thanksgiving Day
• Hours: 5:00 PM-9:00 PM Sunday-Thursday, 5:00 PM-11:00 PM Friday and Saturday 
• Where: Glenross, Glenross North, and Braumiller subdivisions, located between US 23 and South Old State Rd., Delaware, OH (See directions.)
• Website

This show includes over 250 houses decorated with lights and choreographed to Christmas music which you can access through your radio on 88.5 FM. There are 3 neighborhood subdivisions included in the show! The light show is free to drive through.

For extra fun, check out the scavenger hunt they have developed so you can look for 20 different items as you drive through!

6. Christmas Lights Ohio at the Delaware County Fairgrounds

• Dates: November 26, 2025 – January 3, 2026
• Hours: Monday – Wednesday: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Thursday – Saturday: 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, Sunday: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Where: 236 Pennsylvania Ave, Delaware, OH 43015
• Website

This drive-through light show at the Delaware County Fairgrounds is 1.5 miles long and includes more than 40 displays. The lights are in sync with Christmas music played through your radio.

Cost is $33/car and tickets can be purchased online. Get $10 off when you purchase your tickets online, ahead of time. Use the code “KEMBA95” at checkout at https://www.kemba.org/christmaslightsohio

7. Wild Winter Lights Drive Through in Cleveland, Ohio

• Dates: Select evenings from Tuesday, November 18, through Tuesday, December 30, 2025
• Hours: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Where: 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, OH 44109 
• Website

Drive through more than one million individual lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo! There will be themed areas like Candyland, Enchanted Forest, Santa’s Workshop and more! You can experience this in the comfort of your own vehicle.

Tickets are limited and online reservations are encouraged. Make sure to double check the dates because there are both drive-through and walk-through nights available.

8. Pyramid Hill Lights in Hamilton, Ohio

• Dates: November 14, 2025 through January 4, 2026
• Hours: Tuesdays to Thursdays: 6PM – 9PM, Fridays to Sundays: 6PM – 10PM
• Closed on Mondays
• Check calendar for holiday hours
• Where: 1763 Hamilton Cleves Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013
• Website

This is a 2.5 mile drive-through light display at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Butler County, Ohio featuring story-telling through light and sound! The “journey” includes a celebration of various holidays and cultures and includes lights, yarn-wrapped trees and a projection experience.

Cost:

• $25/ carload for non-members
• $15/carload for members

9. Christmas Glow Drive Through at Land of Illusion in Middletown, Ohio

This is a 2 mile long drive through Christmas lights display featuring “Christmas Around the World”. This display is Southwest Ohio’s largest Christmas lights drive-thru event. You can visit Santa’s Workshop, too!

Cost is $12/person. Tickets are available online. 

10. ParkLights at Caesar Ford Park in Xenia, Ohio

• Dates: December 1-31, 2025
• Hours: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, nightly 
• Where: 520 S. Stringtown Rd. Xenia, OH 45385
• Website

This is a free event that features a Winter Wonderland with over 250 LED light displays on a 1 mile driving path in Caesar Ford Park. Enjoy this entire holiday lights experience from the comfort of your own car.

11. XeniaLights in Xenia, Ohio

• Dates: November 22, 2025 – January 1, 2026
• Hours: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM, nightly 
• Where: 591 South Park Dr., Xenia, OH 45385
• Facebook Page

This is a free holiday lights drive through experience featuring 45,000 lights synchronized to music. The show runs nightly from 5:00 PM until midnight through New Year’s Day.

Tune into 104.1 FM for the synchronized music!

12. Christmas Lights Extravaganza in Lancaster, Ohio

• Dates: November 27, 2025 – January 1, 2026
• Hours: 5:30 PM – 11:30 PM, nightly 
• Where: 3595 McDonald Rd., Lancaster Ohio 43130
• Facebook Page

This is a free drive-through Christmas light show in Lancaster, Ohio! Donations are accepted and donated to local charities. Free pictures with Santa are offered on select dates. Check their Facebook page linked above for the most recent updates!

13. Holiday Lights at Lost Creek Reserve

• Dates: Open weekends only November 29 – December 7, 2025 and nightly from December 12 through 23.
• Hours: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Where: 2385 E State Route 41 Troy, OH 4537
• Website

Drive through 1.25 miles of woods, farm lanes and the historic Knoop Homestead, all aglow with holiday lights.

This drive-through lights show in Troy, Ohio is only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning November 30th. They will be open nightly during the week before Christmas (December 16-19 and 23).

Cost:

• $10 per car (cash only)
• $30 for 15 passenger vans (cash only)

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