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 2024 as information becomes available!
1. Butch Bandos Fantasy of Lights in Delaware, Ohio
- Dates: November 22, 2024 -Jan. 1, 2025
- Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 5:30pm – 9:00pm, Friday + Saturday: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
- 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 15, 2024 – January 5, 2025
- 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!
3. Magic of Lights at Cuyahoga County Fair Grounds
- Dates: 11/27/2024 – 11/30/2024, Closed 12/01/2024 – 12/03/24, Open 7 Days a Week 12/04/24 – 1/04/2025
- Hours: Nightly: 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
- Where: 19201 E Bagley Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
- Website
This is a drive-through holiday lights experience will take place at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds! It features LED lights and digital animations including dinosaurs and Barbie!
Discounts are available if you purchase your tickets in advance online! Tickets are for a standard vehicle, 3 rows or less. Party bus/Limo tickets are available for larger vehicles.
4. Dazzling Christmas Lights in Westerville, Ohio
- Dates: November 29th to January 5th 2025
- 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!
5. Wild Winter Lights Drive Through in Cleveland, Ohio
- Dates: November 12 – December 30, 2024 – select dates vary throughout the season so make sure to double check before visiting!
- Hours: 5:30 PM – 9:30 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.
6. Lucy Depp Park Light Show in Powell, Ohio
- Dates: nightly beginning Black Friday 2024 through January 5, 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.
7. Festival of Lights in Springfield, Ohio
- Dates: Unconfirmed for 2024
- Hours: Nightly from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Where: 1918 Mechanicsburg Rd, Springfield, OH 45503
- Facebook Page
Drive through the campus of Oesterlen Services For Youth, Inc. for a festive light display of over 30,000 lights! There will be a beautiful festival of lights around their 100 acre campus and they will be on display each night through the time period listed above.
Cost is free. Read about our trip to Springfield here.
8. Pyramid Hill Lights in Hamilton, Ohio
- Dates: November 15, 2024 through January 5, 2025
- Hours: Tuesdays to Thursdays: 6PM – 9PM, Fridays to Sundays: 6PM – 10PM
- Closed on Mondays
- Open December 23. Closed Nov. 28 and December 25
- 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. Land of Illusion Christmas Glow in Middletown, Ohio
- Hours: Monday-Thursday: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Where: 8762 Thomas Road, Middletown, OH 45042
- Website
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. 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!
11. ParkLights at Caesar Ford Park in Xenia, Ohio
- Dates: December 1-31, 2024
- 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.
12. XeniaLights in Xenia, Ohio
- 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!
13. Christmas Lights Extravaganza in Lancaster, Ohio
- 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!
14. Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland
- Dates: Unconfirmed for 2024
- Hours: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM, nightly (may stay open later on Saturdays and Sundays)
- Where: 645 Infirmary Rd, Dayton, OH 45417
- Website
This drive-through holiday lights show takes place at the Fairgrounds and Event Center of Montgomery County in Dayton. It includes a RGB tunnel, multiple 50-foot-tall Christmas trees and more!
Standard tickets can be used any day the show is open and can be purchased online. Tickets are also available at the ticket booth. Gate ticket price is $29.95 per car.
Read about more family-friendly things to do in Dayton, Ohio when you visit!
15. Holiday Lights at Lost Creek Reserve
- Dates: Open weekends November 30 – December 1, December 6-8, December 13-15, December 20-22
- Additional days for 2024 December 16-19 (Monday-Thursday) and December 23 (Monday) from 6-9 p.m.
- 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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