Light displays / Ohio
Christmas lights in Ohio, 2026
4 light displays in 4 cities: 1 you can drive through and 4 you walk. 2 have published 2026 dates.
Sources last checked October 2, 2026. Listed by opening date, with displays still waiting on 2026 dates at the end.
Dates, hours and prices come from each organizer's own website or the official listing named with it and can change, and some sites still show last season's details. Check with the organizer before you go. How we check
Open this weekend
No Ohio display on our list is open the weekend of October 23, 2026. These open first. Check the official site for weather closures.
- 2026Nov 19, 2026 to Jan 3, 2027
PNC Festival of Lights
Hours: Sun-Thu 10am-9pm; Fri-Sat 10am-10pm; Dec 21-31 10am-10pm (lights activities begin at 4pm)
Source: cincinnatizoo.org, checked 2026-10-02
- 2026Nov 20, 2026 to Jan 3, 2027
Wildlights
Source: columbuszoo.org, checked 2026-10-02
All Ohio light displays
- 2026Nov 19, 2026 to Jan 3, 2027
PNC Festival of Lights
Hours: Sun-Thu 10am-9pm; Fri-Sat 10am-10pm; Dec 21-31 10am-10pm (lights activities begin at 4pm)
Source: cincinnatizoo.org, checked 2026-10-02
- 2026Nov 20, 2026 to Jan 3, 2027
Wildlights
Source: columbuszoo.org, checked 2026-10-02
- 2026 TBA2025: Nov 21 to Dec 31, 2025
Lights Before Christmas
2026 dates not announced yet; the dates shown are from 2025.
- Over one million lights and more than 200 illuminated animal images
- Tree lighting of an 85-foot Norway spruce opens the season
- Winter Village with ice slide in the historic Amphitheatre
- Dancing Lights show on the Main Plaza
- Hours in 2025
- Mon-Thu 3pm-8pm, Fri-Sun 3pm-9pm (zoo closes 9pm/10pm)
- Admission
- 2025: reservations required for all guests; released one week at a time
Note: 2026 dates not yet confirmed on the zoo's page
Source: toledozoo.org, checked 2026-10-02 · Report a change
- 2026 TBA2025: Nov 18 to Dec 30, 2025
Wild Winter Lights
2026 dates not announced yet; the dates shown are from 2025.
- Walk the zoo trail or drive through on select nights
- Over 1.5 million lights across themed areas
- Santa's North Pole Lodge and free carousel rides
- Seventh year of the event in 2025
- Hours in 2025
- 5pm-9pm on select evenings
- Admission
- 2025: advance tickets $24 members, $27 non-members; drive-through $49 to $59 per vehicle; children under 2 free
Note: 2026 dates not yet announced; 2025 prices shown for reference
Source: clevelandmetroparks.com, checked 2026-10-02 · Report a change
Also in Ohio: 8 Christmas markets and 15 tree farms, checked the same way.
More Christmas lights by state in the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska.
Every listing links to the organizer's page; we list only displays whose dates or details we could confirm there. A display gets a page of its own once it has posted 2026 dates, and a display still waiting on dates gets one only in a state with at least 3 dated displays; until then its full details sit on this page. Know an Ohio display we are missing, or see a change? Tell us.
