🎡 Light shows, drive-throughs & attractions
Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights
Richmond's flagship botanical light walk: more than a million lights and botanical decorations spread across Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, with model trains, a fairy/light village, illuminated tunnels, a warming fire, hot chocolate and s'm
Illuminate Light Show & Santa's Village
One of Central Virginia's largest drive-through light shows: a 2.5-mile route through Meadow Event Park in Doswell with more than three million LED lights synchronized to holiday music broadcast through your car radio. Experienced entirely
RVA Illuminates
Richmond's downtown holiday kickoff (formerly the Richmond Grand Illumination), a free civic celebration at Kanawha Plaza held on the first Friday in December. Live music, food trucks, family activities and Santa lead up to a countdown that
🏠 Decorated home displays
Hadley's Winterland
150,000+ light interactive walk-through (named for the owners' daughter Hadley) with a scavenger hunt, a foot-activated keyboard, and 'letters to Santa' that get replies. Featured on The Great Christmas Light Fight and a
Wistar Court Lights (Bernard)
250,000+ lights on the Wistar Court cul-de-sac. Richard Bernard (2302 Wistar Ct) carries on the Tacky Lights torch passed from his neighbor Frank Hudak — Richmond's original 'Mr. Christmas' at 2304 Wistar Ct, who retired
Oregon Hill Christmas House
A densely packed Oregon Hill rowhouse display ('Christmas in Richmond'); the owner puts 100+ hours into stringing the lights, typically lit ~6-10pm through the season.
Lights On Apple Blossom
A large Mechanicsville home display of roughly 140,000 lights, one of the bigger residential shows on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
Willow Creek Winterlights
A West End / Henrico County home display of about 47,000 lights on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
Longwood Acres Christmas House
A Chesterfield-side Richmond home display of about 42,000 lights on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
The Branch House Lights
An eastern Henrico (Varina-area) home display of about 45,000 lights on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
Caruso Gets Lit on Litton
A Midlothian (Chesterfield County) home display of about 30,000 lights on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
Leakes Mill Glitters
A Glen Allen (Henrico County) home display on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour, one of the earliest-lit each season (typically from Nov 1).
Holiday Wonderland (Providence Ridge)
A Chesterfield County home display of about 25,000 lights on the Richmond-area Tacky Light Tour.
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