The Aurora Festival of Lights, the largest free outdoor drive-thru holiday light display in the region, will return for its 16th year with dazzling displays and merry music that will delight children and adults.
The Aurora Festival of Lights will open Friday, Nov. 25, and run through Sunday, Dec. 25, each night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive in Aurora.
Admission is free, but visitors must register for an entry ticket at www.aurora-il.org/FestivalofLights.
Visitors will enjoy a mile of spectacular lighted displays from the comfort of the car while listening to holiday songs on a closed-circuit radio station.
This popular free holiday drive-thru features crowd-favorite displays such as jumping reindeer, ice skating bears, old man Winter, howling wolves, the holiday golfer, Santa’s toy factory, and fields of gigantic snowflakes, along with new displays.
Families are encouraged to bundle up, jump in the car, and make holiday memories.
More than 50,000 vehicles visited the festival last year, and voluntary, free-will, donations at the conclusion of the event provided support to dozens of non-profit and youth organizations in Aurora.
Groups, organizations, and businesses interested in volunteering at and/or sponsoring the Aurora Festival of Lights should contact MyAurora@aurora-il.org.
—City of Aurora government