Christmas Light Displays & Holiday Events in Florida 2024
Experience the enchanting magic of Christmas in the sunshine state. Our curated list features some of the most spectacular holiday lights, festive events, lively festivals, dazzling parades, and breathtaking winter wonderlands. Join us for a day or evening at one of these enchanting events and be captivated by the joy and wonder of the holiday season. Indulge in the holiday spirit as you bask in the warm sunshine and immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas.
From twinkling lights illuminating the night skies to bustling festivals celebrating the season, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Immerse yourself in the festive atmosphere and create unforgettable memories with loved ones. Join us at one of our handpicked events and experience the true wonder of Christmas. Get lost in drive thru Christmas Light Displays, filled with sparkling lights, whimsical decorations, and a touch of magic. Enjoy the festive cheer as you wander through the charming streets and take in the festive sights and sounds. Don’t miss out on this magical time of the year. Come and be a part of the holiday festivities in the sunshine state. Let us guide you through the best of the best, ensuring an unforgettable and joy-filled Christmas experience. Save the date and get ready to create cherished memories that will last a lifetime. Join us in celebrating the magic of Christmas in the wonderful sunshine state of Florida.
Sowell’s North Pole Christmas Light Display
7650 Sowell Rd, Milton, FL – 5:30pm – 9pm Daily
Optimist Club Christmas Parade at Pier Park
December 10th – 5pm – 600 Pier Park Drive Panama City
Bethlehem Christmas Village at Capt. Anderson’s Marina in Panama City
December 14th – December 17th – 5:30 – 8:30pm
A Christmas Story
December 13th – 22nd –
Pensacola Christmas Parade
December 14th 5:30pm
Drive Thru Christmas Parade – Reverse Holiday Parade Gulf Breeze
December 12th – 5:00pm-8:00pm – Community Center Lane 800 Shoreline Drive.
Christmas Zoobile
December 7, 8, 14 and 15 – Gulf Breeze Zoo – 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze
Christmas Light Displays & Holiday Events in Florida 2024
Suwannee Lights
3076 95th Drive, Live Oak, Florida – Nighlty
Lisa’s Lights
11567 156th St, McAlpin, Florida – Nightly
Freedom Family Christmas
December 15th 10am-12pm – 2797 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee
Santa Meet & Greet at Harley Tallahassee
December 21st – 11am-3pm – 1745 Capital Circle N.W
Hawthorne Annual Christmas Parade & Festival
December 7th – 9am-4pm – 6605 SE 221st St, Hawthorne
Winter Wonderland
Nov 29th – December 29th – 5-9pm – 4923 NW 6th St Ste D, Gainesville
Christmas Light Displays & Holiday Events in Florida 2024
Huffty Christmas Lights Display
10580 Crystal Springs Rd, Jacksonville, FL – 7pm – 10pm Daily
Blackhawk Bluff Christmas Display Girvin Road
1419 Yamasi Trail, Jacksonville, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Jax Illuminations
3800 St Johns Bluff Rd S, Jacksonville, FL –
Doctor Wizard’s Giant Musical Holiday Light Show
1252 Tumbleweed Dr, Orange Park, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Nights of Lights
170 St George St, St. Augustine, FL – 6pm – 2am Nightly through January
Sykes Family Farms
5995 Brough Rd, Elkton, FL – 6pm – 10pm Fridays & Saturdays
A Very Merry Christmas Ball
December 12-22nd – 7:30-9:30pm – The Glass Factory, 601 Myrtle Ave N Jacksonville
RCAI Chefs Theater Presents: Christmas at Salt with Chef
Cory December 10th 10:30-1:30pm – 4750 Amelia Island Parkway-The Ritz Carlton
Santa’s Storybook Tea
December 7th – 12-1:30pm – 4750 Amelia Island Parkway-The Ritz Carlton
An Evening in December 2024
December 7th – 961167 Buccaneer Trail Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Jazz Spirit of Christmas
December 7th 5-7pm – 1430 Park Ave. Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
18th Annual Holiday Home Tour
December 7th – 10-4pm – Amelia Island Museum of History 233 S 3rd Street Fernandina Beach
Believe: The Stories of Christmas
December 8th – 6-7:30pm – First Baptist Church 1600 S 8th St Fernandina Beach, FL
Green Jello Christmas Show
December 7th 6-8:30pm – 8744 Kona Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32211
Christmas Tea by the Sea 2024
December 7th 9am – The Beech Street Grill 801 Beech St Fernandina Beach FL
Children’s Christmas Party
December 8th 12-3pm – First Baptist Church of Boulougne28226 Church Drive Hilliard, FL
Christmas Market
December 21st 9am – 45309 Mickler Street, Callahan
Christmas at the “FARM”
December 11th 3-6pm – 86058 St. Peter Blvd, Yulee, FL
Lightwire Theater: A Very Electric Christmas
December 8th 2pm – Thrasher-Horne Center
Christmas Market at Rusted
December 8th 10-4pm – 1517 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL
Christmas Light Displays & Holiday Events in Florida 2024
Light Up Citrus Christmas Lights
745 N Heathrow Dr, Lecanto, FL – 6pm – 11pm Daily
Celebration Of Lights
11919 Alric Pottberg Rd, Spring Hill, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Lights of Lake Park Estates
109th Ave N, Largo, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Enchant Christmas
St. Petersburg – 1 Tropicana Dr., St. Petersburg, FL –
Oakdale Christmas Display
2719 Oakdale St S, St. Petersburg, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Greater Hillsborough County Fair
215 Sydney Washer Rd, Dover, FL
Enander’s Winter Wonderland Christmas Light Display
2281 Mission Valley Blvd, Nokomis, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
Season 4 Holiday Market Kick-Off with Santa
December 15th 9am – 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Sarasota, FL
Home for the Holidays
December 21st 3:30pm – 1 Indian Avenue Venice, FL
A Drag Queen Christmas
December 28th 8pm – 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FL 33602
Santa’s Scientific Workshop
December 14th 5:30pm – 4801 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33617
Christmas In the Wild
Select nights in December 4-9pm – 1101 W Sligh Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
Christmas Light Displays & Holiday Events in Florida 2024
Bivona Christmas Light Show
1601 N Wind Ct, Winter Springs, FL – 6pm – 11pm Daily
Lake Nona Lights
9800 Old Patina Way, Orlando, FL – 6pm – 10pm Daily
2024 Tree Lighting Celebration
December 6th 5-9pm – Downtown Orlando 195 North Rosalind Ave
Dazzling Nights
December 1st-January 5th – Harry P. Leu Gardens 1920 North Forest Avenue Orlando
The Lights on Jeater Bend
1033 Jeater Bend Dr, Celebration, FL – 6pm – 9:30pm Daily
Wild Florida Safari Drive Thru Park
3301 Lake Cypress Rd, Kenansville, FL – 9am – 6:pm Daily
72nd Annual Winter Park Christmas Parade
December 7th 9am-10:30am – 301 S Park Ave Winter Park
Christmas in the Park
December 5th – 6:15-8:30pm – Charles Hosmer Morse Museum 445 North Park Avenue Winter Park
Oh What Fun! Lake Nona Holiday Festival
December 6th– December 22nd – Lake Nona 6941 Lake Nona Blvd. Orlando
Dinos in Lights
November 8th– January 7th 11-3:30pm – Orlando Science Center 777 East Princeton Street
Lakeland Christmas Parade
December 5th – Downtown Lakeland
Lakeland First Friday: Holiday Spectacular
December 6th 6-9pm – Downtown Lakeland
Christmas Magic
December 7th – 3:30 -5:30pm – 3670 Harden Blvd. Lakeland
Christmas Animals – Reindeer Puppy
December 7th – 12:30 -2pm – 3670 Harden Blvd. Lakeland
Walk through Christmas Light Display
November 19- December 22nd Friday – Sunday only 5-9pm – 4333 Cindy Rd. Lakeland
Christmas Lights
1515 Lagoon Rd, Lakeland FL33803 – Nightly
Ariana Village
December 15-23rd – 6-9pm – 1625 Ariana St Lakeland FL 33803
Breakfast with Santa in Auburndale
December 7th – 9-11am – Auburndale Civic Center 115 W Park Street
Breakfast with Santa in Haines City
December 14th – 9-11am – Lake Eva Community Center
Santa Tea Party
December 23rd 6-8pm – Enchanted Fairytale Hollow 5421 US highway 98 S Lakeland
Fort Meade Merry Main Street Christmas
December 6th – 6-8pm – 8 W Broadway St, Downtown Fort Meade
Holidays on Central – Holiday Market in Winter Haven
December 7th – 10-4pm – Central Park Downtown – 41 5th St NW
The Flight Before Christmas
December 7th – 4-8pm – Lakeland Sun N Fun – 4075 James C. Ray Drive
Tis the Season Holiday Concert + Santa Storytime
December 7th – 5-7 pm – Lakeside Village 1479 Town Center Drive Lakeland
Lakeland Snowfest
December 7th – 5-9pm – Lake Mirror Promenade 121 S Lake Ave Lakeland
A Christmas Carol
November 27th– December 22 – Orlando Shakes, 812 E Rollins St, Orlando FL
Mistletoe Market in Bartow
December 14th 10:30am – all day – 180 S Central Ave Bartow FL 33830
Light up BSP
December 13-31st – Bonnet Springs Park Lakeland, Florida
Mulberry’s Christmas Village
December 14th 6-9pm – Spence Park 1100 1st NE Mulberry FL 33860
Davenport Winter Fest & Christmas Parade
December 14th 4-9pm – Davenport Tom Fellows Community Center North Blvd W & County Rd 547
Magic of the Holidays Festival at BokTower
December 14th – 10am-3pm – 1151 Tower Blvd Lake Wales FL 33853
Daytona Christmas Experience
December 11 -12th – 6pm – First Baptist Daytona Beach
Beachy Christmas
December 5th 10am – 100 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Christmas Parade
December 14th – City of Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach Santa Bar Crawl
December 14th 12-3pm – Daytona Beach Bars
Cocoa Beach Christmas Boat Parade
December 14th 6pm
Surfing Santas
December 24th – 7:30-12pm – 3 Minutemen Causeway , Cocoa Beach, FL
The Skydiving Saint Nicks
December 21st 10am – 2605 N Hwy A1A, Melbourne, FL 32903
Candlelight Shopping Downtown Melbourne
November 30, 2024 – December 21, 2024 4pm – 2004 Vernon Pl, Melbourne FL 32901
Holidays in Space
December 20- December 30, 2024 – 9am – Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Jolly Days – Brevard Zoo
December 21, 2024 – December 23, 2024 10am – 8225 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32940
Merritt Island Christmas Boat Parade
December 7th – 5:30pm – The waterways of Merritt Island Florida
5th Annual Holiday Boat Parade at Cocoa Riverfront Park
December 13th 6pm – Cocoa Riverfront Park
22nd Annual Turkey Creek Christmas Boat Parade
December 14th 5:30 pm – Palm Bay, Florida
Wonder & Light Christmas Tour
December 16th 6pm – 201 Polk Ave, Cape Canaveral, FL
West Cocoa/ North Friday Road Christmas Parade
December 21st 6pm – 1855 Friday Rd, Cocoa, FL 32926
Paint Your Pet – Christmas Twist
December 21st – 2pm – Painting with A Twist, 109 King St, Cocoa, FL
Johnsonville Night Lights in the Garden November 24 – January 1
Naples Botanical Garden 4820 Bayshore Drive Naples, FL
Drive through Victoria Park – The Month of December
Victoria Park neighborhood
Marco Island Christmas “Island Style” Boat Parade
December 16th – 6pm – Recommended viewing spots include The Esplanade on Smokehouse Bay and Snook Inn on the Marco River.
Okeechobee Christmas Festival & Parade
December 14th – Downtown – Flagler Park
Miami Christmas Lights
501 SE 2nd St #1204, Fort Lauderdale, FL – 8am – 5pm Daily
Christmas Tree lighting / Yuletide Fair
November 29th– December 26 – Old School Square 50 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach
Coastal White Christmas
December 6-22nd 6-9pm – 585 Grand Blvd, Miramar Beach, FL
2024 Christmas Winter Festival- FTC South Miami
December 7th – 11-1pm – Florida Technical College 20505 South Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL
Key West Waterfront Winter Wonderland
Daily December 13, 2024 – December 28, 2024 – Coffee Butler Amphitheater
Key West Lighted Boat Parade
December 14th 6-8pm – Key West Bight and Harbor, 202 William St.