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/ October 26, 2026
Holidays at the Garden is the winter lights event at Daniel Stowe Conservancy (known as Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden until an April 2025 rebrand) in Belmont, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. The 2026 event runs on select dates from November 28 through December 30, 2026…
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/ October 26, 2026
ZOOLIGHTS is the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo’s annual holiday lights event in Calgary, Alberta. The 2026 edition runs from November 13, 2026 through January 3, 2027, with lights on nightly from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (gates close at 9 p.m.). This season marks the event’s…
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/ October 24, 2026
Safari Lights is the Oklahoma City Zoo’s annual holiday light show, pairing a drive-thru cruise past illuminated wildlife sculptures with a walk-thru course of interactive lights, photo stops and seasonal treats. The 2026 season runs nightly from November 14, 2026 through January 3, 2027, from…
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/ October 20, 2026
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has stood as one of New York City’s most recognizable holiday traditions since construction workers put up a modest 20-foot balsam fir on the site in 1931, decorating it themselves with cranberries, paper garlands, and tin cans during the depths…
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/ October 18, 2026
Zoo Lights Drive-Thru is the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s winter lights event in Highland Park, where guests tour the zoo grounds from inside their own vehicle to see illuminated animal displays, yuletide scenes and Pittsburgh-themed light sculptures. The zoo has confirmed 2026 dates: select…
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/ October 18, 2026
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is the long-running holiday stage show starring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. First staged on December 21, 1933, just a year after the Music Hall itself opened, it has grown into one of the…
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/ October 18, 2026
Safari Lights is the Oklahoma City Zoo’s annual holiday lantern and light event, held on the zoo grounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For 2026 it runs nightly from Saturday, November 14, 2026 through Sunday, January 3, 2027, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. with last check-in…
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/ October 17, 2026
The Candlelight Processional is a holiday stage show performed at Epcot’s America Gardens Theatre every November and December as part of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. The performance retells the nativity story through scripture narration paired with a live orchestra and a massed…
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/ October 17, 2026
Holidays at the Garden transforms the Daniel Stowe Conservancy (the garden formally dropped “Botanical Garden” from its name in April 2025) in Belmont, North Carolina, into a nightly winter walk of over one million lights and dancing fountains across its gardens and lake. For 2026…
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/ October 17, 2026
Dallas Zoo Lights Presented by Reliant turns the Dallas Zoo in Marsalis Park into a walk-through holiday display each winter, with more than two million lights, illuminated lantern displays and the zoo’s Destination: Dinosaurs trail glowing after dark. For 2026 the event runs select nights…
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/ October 17, 2026
Wild Lights at the Fort Wayne Zoo is a nighttime walk-through holiday lights event at the Fort Wayne Zoo, known as the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo until a January 2025 rename, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The 2026 season is confirmed for November 13, 2026 through…
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/ October 17, 2026
LumiNature is the Philadelphia Zoo’s holiday light show, presented by PNC, turning the 42-acre zoo into a glowing nighttime walk with wildlife-themed light displays, a light tunnel, and a 110-foot Pherris Wheel. The Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed LumiNature 2026 runs most nights from November 19…
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/ October 17, 2026
Wild Lights is the Akron Zoo’s annual holiday light display in Akron, Ohio, and the 2026 run marks its 10th anniversary season. It runs select nights from November 20 through December 27, 2026, with the zoo open from 5 to 9 p.m. (last entry 8:30…
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/ October 17, 2026
Glow Wild is Nashville Zoo’s new holiday light show, running nightly from November 13, 2026 through January 3, 2027, from 5pm to 9pm at the zoo’s Grassmere campus in Nashville, Tennessee. It replaces Zoolumination, the zoo’s previous Chinese lantern festival, which was canceled for 2026…
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/ October 17, 2026
Wild Lights is the Milwaukee County Zoo’s annual holiday lights event, turning the zoo’s forests and pathways into a glowing, mile-long walking route of animal-themed light displays. For 2026 the event runs from November 20 through December 31 (with select closed dates), from 5:30 p.m.
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/ October 17, 2026
Glow in the Wild is Toronto Zoo’s after-dark lantern walk, running from September 3, 2026 through January 3, 2027, primarily Thursday through Sunday nights (a preview opening took place September 2), with the zoo at 2000 Meadowvale Road lit up well past the holiday season…
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/ October 17, 2026
Holiday at the Arboretum is the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s annual winter event on the shore of White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. For 2026 it runs November 11, 2026 through January 3, 2027, with daytime hours from 9am to 4pm and Holiday at…
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/ October 17, 2026
Las Noches de las Luminarias: A Holiday Escape takes over the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix for select nights from November 27, 2026 through January 3, 2027, with gates open from 5 to 9:30 p.m. each night. For 2026 the Garden is billing it as…
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/ October 17, 2026
Enchanted: Forest of Light returns to Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, California, for its tenth season, running November 22, 2026 through January 9, 2027. The nightly walk through the gardens’ oak woodland and camellia forest runs from 5:30 pm to 10 pm, with the…
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/ October 17, 2026
Winter Walk of Lights is a half-mile, self-guided lighted trail through Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia, run by NOVA Parks. The 2026 season runs November 11, 2026 through January 3, 2027, with nightly hours of 5:30 to 10:00 pm from November 11 to December…
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