2020 Holiday Light Displays in and Around Naperville

This year holiday's will look a little different but you can still enjoy the Holiday Light Displays! This year it may look a little different but you will still feel the holiday magic with each visit. So, pack the kids in the car, let them wear their p.j.'s, pack a hot chocolate for all and thoroughly enjoy the wonder of the holiday season with your family and loved ones! 

These events are current as of 11/12/20. I will do my best to keep them up-to-date. But, remember, dates can be changed or cancelled at any time. Please keep your family and others safe by always wearing masks, maintaining social distancing measures and washing hands often. 

Philips Park

Philips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora, IL 60505

Dates: Friday November 27, 2020 to December 27, 2020

Times: Friday & Saturday 5 pm to 10 pm; Sundays through Thursdays 5 pm to 9 pm

Cost: Free

Aurora’s Festival of Lights in Philips Park is one of the biggest and best light displays in the area during the holiday season. This dazzling drive through show—open for a full month—attracts over 20,000 visitors. www.aurorafestivaloflights.com

Cost:Free
Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta and The Village of Bolingbrook will light the 60 ft. tree at 6:30pm on November 7th illuminating 100,000+ LEDs dancing to holiday music.  This outdoor and physically-distanced event is complimented by a Holiday Market (details below) all weekend long.
Due to event size restrictions, we have spread out holiday festivities around Bolingbrook.  The Village of Bolingbrook also invites you to the Festival of Lights - Winter Walk taking place around the pond behind Bolingbrook Town Center (375 W. Briarcliff Rd).  This family fun event kicks off on Saturday, December 5th as a virtual event. Winter Walk holiday scenes will be up from December 6th thru January 10th for families to visit and enjoy and maybe even take some pictures and create memories.  More Details To Come… https://www.shoppingpromenade.com/events/holiday-lights-show/

Brookfield Zoo

8400 W 31st St, Brookfield, IL 60513
Dates: Friday through Sunday, November 27-29
Wednesday through Sunday, December 2-6, 9-13, & 16-20
Saturday through Thursday, December 26-31
Times: 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 

Reserve your timed tickets and parking here.
Please note that the zoo will not be open to guests prior to 3:00 p.m. on Holiday Magic days.
See the Dazzling Light Displays at Holiday Magic
* A brilliantly lit 600-foot-long tunnel featuring thousands of colored lights all synchronized to music
* A giant 20-foot-lit orb ideal for Instagram selfies and holiday photos
* A 41-foot-tall tree to celebrate the holidays
* Larger-than-life LED animal sculptures of a bison, bear, and giraffe.
Decorated Trees
The zoo's malls and Roosevelt Fountain are all decked out for the holidays, thanks to local community organizations and corporations that decorated 660 LED-lit trees with ornaments, many of them homemade.
https://www.czs.org/holidaymagic

Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum

4100 ILLINOIS ROUTE 53, LISLE, IL 60532
Dates: November 20, 2020–January 3, 2021
Costs: Tickets on sale now for all guests

Times: Gates open at 5:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; last entry at 9:15 p.m.; lights out at 10:00 p.m.
Gates open at 5:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday; last entry at 10:15 p.m.; lights out at 11:00 p.m.
Event is closed on the following Mondays: November 23, November 30, December 7, December 14

See trees in a different light at a reimagined Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum. Designed with your safety in mind, this year’s new driving experience (30–40 minutes long) features an unparalleled spectacle of color, light, and music you won’t experience anywhere else.
You will be delighted to see returning favorites reenvisioned, including Symphony Woods, Woodland Wonder, and Crystal Promenade, and five newly designed sights displayed along a two-mile road among the Arboretum's magnificent trees. Immerse yourself in a captivating tunnel of lights, an awe-inspiring magical woodland filled with dazzling color and starlike light, and a landscape filled with thousands of lights dancing to a musical soundtrack, all from the warmth of your car.
Please note: Date-specific tickets must be purchased online in advance. (AnyDay tickets for members will not be available for purchase this year.)
Timed Tickets
To ensure a contactless entry process, tickets must be purchased in advance of arrival at the Arboretum. Tickets will not be available for purchase on-site during the exhibition. https://www.mortonarb.org/illumination-event/2020-11-20?month=2020-11&topview=top

Mooseheart Holiday Lights

Mooseheart Child City & School, Inc.
Mooseheart, IL 60539, 630-966-2200
Dates: November 27  through December 31
Times: 5:00 pm-9:00 pm nightly 

Holiday Lights at Mooseheart is one of Chicagoland’s largest light displays! The lighted route is approximately 1.8 miles and has more than 80 lighted displays to view.
Updates to this year’s show:
* We will not be having Silly Moose or Count Frosty contests
* Suggested donation per car is $20
* For safety reasons, Santa will not be on campus this year, but be sure to drop off your letter to Santa in the Tommy Moose Mailbox. 

http://www.mooseheart.org/event/holiday-lights/

NaperLights Bigger and Brighter in Downtown Naperville
120 Water Street, Naperville, IL 60540

Dates: Thanksgiving through New Years
Times: Everyday from 4:00 – 9:00 PM

Cost: Free

Sunrise Rotary Display Will Be a Winter Wonderland on Water Street  The holidays may look different this year, but in Downtown Naperville, Naperville Sunrise Rotary’s NaperLights holiday display will make the season even brighter as it expands its location along Water Street overlooking the south side of the Riverwalk.  Visitors can access the display from the Webster Street covered bridge, Main Street and Webster Street.  Strollers can enjoy the outdoors with public parking is available in the Water Street and Municipal Center parking decks.  Lights on Water Street tress will be synced to music, as will the arch on the Foyo Plaza, making a drive-through experience for those wishing to stay in their cars.
The light display, a gift to the community from the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise, features 150,000 lights and a growing collection of giant lighted holiday figures including skating polar bears, penguins sliding on an igloo, skaters, snow men, carolers, gifts, baubles, and dancing trees.  The Imburgia Fountain will sing all season and up in the sky high above the Riverwalk, you might just spy Santa and his reindeer flying over the Marquette building and downtown.
Animated lights and music will fill the area with carols synched to the lights, and the colorful arch on Foyo Plaza will be a popular photo spot.  The Great Tree, also popular for photos, will now be located at Jaycees Park adjacent to the Municipal Center at the end of Water and Webster Streets.  Jaycees Park will also feature an interactive lighted Honey Locust Tree which will respond to sounds of clapping, singing or shouting.
NaperLights will be illuminated beginning the weekend of November 14 through the holiday season. While they last, the popular holographic viewing glasses will be available for kids from Rotary volunteers on weekends. Free-will donations to support Naperville Sunrise Rotary local and international charitable projects are welcomed. https://naperlights.com/

Festival of Lights and Tree Sale 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187 Dates: November 27, 2020-December 30, 2020 Times: 9:00 am-9:00 pm daily. Last entry time at 8:30 pm Christmas lights come on at 3:00 pm Cosley Zoo has four varieties of trees ranging from 3’ to 12’! Wreaths, greens, and garland are also available for purchase. While at the zoo take a stroll through the winter wonderland featuring 20,000+ twink Cosley Zoo is open 9:00 am-Noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. https://cosleyzoo.org/event-calendar/festival-of-lights-and-tree-sales/