🎡 Light shows, drive-throughs & attractions
Smoky Night Lights at Zoo Knoxville
A first-of-its-kind 360-degree immersive light, music and nature show created by Montreal multimedia studio Moment Factory, transforming Zoo Knoxville after dark into a glowing amphitheater across four chapters (Awakening, Abundance, Harmon
Holiday Festival of Lights at The Cove at Concord Park
Knox County's decades-old holiday tradition (27th annual in 2025) turns the three-quarter-mile lakeside greenway trail at The Cove in Concord Park into a walk through animated light displays coordinated to music, on the shore of Fort Loudou
Muddy Creek Christmas Lights (Stumpy's Holiday Spectacular)
A fully drivable light show of more than 200,000 lights and animated characters synchronized to music on your car radio, running roughly 30 minutes, with an LED angel selfie station, food trucks, Santa Land and s'mores. Relocated for the 20
Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland at Soaky Mountain
A multi-mile drive-through light show at Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Sevierville, choreographed to holiday music broadcast to your car stereo, with a walk-around Snowy Mountain Village of activities at the end. About 35-40 minutes southeast
Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas
Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge glows with more than six million lights and towering Christmas trees for its Smoky Mountain Christmas festival, capped each evening after sunset by a festive Christmas drone show over the
Winterfest at The Island in Pigeon Forge
The Island entertainment complex in Pigeon Forge is draped in millions of lights and more than a mile of garland for Winterfest, centered on a 40-foot walk-through LED Christmas tree and the Island Show Fountain performing a choreographed m
Anakeesta's Enchanted Christmas
The Anakeesta mountaintop adventure park above downtown Gatlinburg transforms into a walk-through holiday wonderland of millions of twinkling lights for its Enchanted Christmas, with the Skywalk, treetop gardens, holiday shows and a Hot Coc
Christmas at Chilhowee Park
The City of Knoxville lights the historic Chilhowee Park on Magnolia Avenue for a free drive-through of holiday lights around the park's lake, with a free hayride on kickoff night plus Santa photos and crafts. A longtime east-Knoxville trad
Light Up Lakeshore at Lakeshore Park
The City of Knoxville's Lakeshore Park along the Tennessee River lights its trees and grounds for the holidays, a free stroll or slow drive through sponsor-lit displays on the park's greenway near Lyons View. A quieter, cozy alternative to
Smokies Winter Wonderland Light Show at Covenant Health Park
The Double-A Knoxville Smokies debuted a walk-through Winter Wonderland Light Show at their new downtown ballpark, Covenant Health Park in the Old City / Magnolia Warehouse District, filling the concourse and stadium bowl with festive light
🏠 Decorated home displays
Christmas on Conner
A synchronized home light show broadcast on 91.5 FM with a Remote Falcon request site letting visitors queue songs from their car
West Hills Christmas Light Show
A West Hills family display of more than 10,000 lights synchronized to Christmas music, a neighborhood tradition run by Charlie Kalna's family for over two decades
Johnson Christmas Light Displays
A Knoxville home light show synchronized to music on 91.5 FM, run by the Johnson family with its own Facebook following
Listen to the Lights (BranchLights)
A home light show synchronized to music on 98.9 FM running a roughly 35-minute program nightly through Epiphany
A Quails Bend Lane Christmas Light Show
A West Knoxville (Hardin Valley area) home Christmas light display with its own Facebook following
Hardin Valley Light Show (Golden Nugget)
A radio-tuned synchronized light show on a Hardin Valley cul-de-sac where the whole circle gets in on the fun
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