🎡 Light shows, drive-throughs & attractions
Dragon Lights Reno
A large after-dark Chinese-lantern light festival produced by Tianyu Arts & Culture at the Wilbur D. May Arboretum in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. The 2025 edition, themed 'Odyssey of Waves & Woods', laid out an Asian Culture Zone aroun
Home for the Holidays at Greater Nevada Field
A multi-night immersive holiday experience at the Reno Aces' downtown ballpark, Greater Nevada Field. Guests get multiple unique tree-lighting shows each night, a vendor village, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, with a fireworks show e
Reno Holiday Lights Festival
The Downtown Reno Partnership's free festival lights up downtown Reno with festive illuminations extending from City Plaza to the iconic Reno Arch, anchored at Believe Plaza. Activities include holiday train rides, photos with Santa, and a
Sparks Hometowne Christmas
The City of Sparks' decades-old holiday celebration across Victorian Square, just east of Reno. The mayor flips the switch on the city's permanent 60-foot living Giant Sequoia at a public tree-lighting ceremony by the large gazebo, followed
Silver & Snowflakes Festival of Lights
Carson City's long-running tree-lighting festival on the Nevada State Capitol grounds, about 30 minutes south of Reno. The state grounds crew wraps the Capitol plaza in lights; the kickoff evening brings the tree lighting, free sleigh rides
Christmas on the Comstock
The historic Comstock mining town of Virginia City, about 30 minutes from Reno, lights its Victorian C Street for a month-long old-fashioned Christmas: illuminated Victorian streetscapes, a parade, a holiday fireworks-and-drone show, a craf
🏠 Decorated home displays
Lights of Tanea
One of the biggest and most spectacular private-residence Christmas light displays in the Truckee Meadows, synchronized to music on 106.1 FM
Lights on Peavine
A home display with 12 Christmas trees and a singing/talking Santa, synchronized to six songs on 91.1 FM
Lights of Omni
A Sparks display of roughly 60,000 LED lights synchronized to eight songs on 89.9 FM
Sagehen Lane Light Show
A roughly 20,000-light show in Panther Valley (North Valleys) synchronized to four songs on 88.1 FM
Biggest Little Light Show
A home light show synchronized to six songs on 89.9 FM, self-billed the 'Biggest Little Light Show'
Gold Drive Christmas Lights
About 30,000 lights with big arches, a mega-tree and Star Wars decor, synchronized across 72 channels to nine songs on 89.90 FM
Whitecliff Drive Light Show
A South Reno home light show synchronized to music on 100.5 FM
Cyan Lights on Long Meadow
A corner home in the Cyan neighborhood of South Reno (at Echo Valley Parkway) synchronized to music on 98.5 FM
Cyan Lights on Peaceful Valley
A corner home in the Cyan neighborhood of South Reno (at Echo Valley Parkway) synchronized to music on 98.5 FM
Snow Valley Drive Synced Lights
Three neighboring Cold Springs homes with lights synchronized to 14 different songs
Palm Springs Drive Lights
An extensive Sparks yard display synchronized to music on 90.1 FM, with a night when Santa hands out candy canes and cocoa
Dancing Moon Court Singing Santa
A Sparks display featuring a Santa Claus that sings various songs, including a featured 'A Soldier's Silent Night'
Walnut Street Christmas Lights
A home with over 30,000 lights, with each tree carrying more than 3,200 lights
The Elf House
An elf-themed home display where kids can mail letters to Santa
Sleepy Hollow Drive Lighted Tree
A Hidden Valley home with a 20-foot-plus lighted tree (topped by a 3-foot star) and heavy roof decorations
Pebblehill Drive Display
A family home display with a food-pantry donation bin and Santa letter templates for children
Lucente Way Inflatables
A Double Diamond-area home with around 20 inflatables and a magic mailbox
Ambush Circle Lights
A Wingfield Springs home with thousands of lights added each year and a mailbox for letters to Santa
Kentwood Court Light Display
A northwest Reno home whose light display grows larger every year
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