Over the years, readers have asked where they can see Christmas light displays in Wichita, and that’s a great idea for a post because driving around looking at the lights is not only a fun family tradition, it’s also really inexpensive. (Even after you factor in the price of gas.)
Several Wichita holiday light displays accept donations for charitable causes, so while they are technically free, it’s polite to donate. Also, several of these are in residential neighborhoods, so of course do your best to be considerate of the neighbors (like not blocking someone’s driveway or being too noisy).
Many Christmas light shows in Wichita are free, but they often accept donations to give to charitable causes.
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So here are all the best places we know of where you can take your family to see the Christmas lights in Wichita.
Wichita Christmas Lights 2018
Botanica Wichita Illuminations
Date: Late November through the end of the year
Time: Evenings, usually 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: 701 Amidon, Wichita, KS 67203
Cost: $10 adults, $7 children ages 3-12
Although this isn’t a traditional “drive around looking at Wichita Christmas lights” activity, and it isn’t free, Illuminations has over a million lights to walk through – as well as activities and appearances by Santa – so it’s an absolute must to mention in a roundup of where to see holiday lights in Wichita.
Riverside Castle
Dates: Usually right after Thanksgiving
Time: Evenings
Location: 1155 N. River Blvd., Wichita, Kansas
Cost: Free
After Thanksgiving, the lights on the Campbell Castle in Riverside are on display every evening throughout the holiday season. It isn’t just the castle that looks great; the lights all along the street reflect in the river, and are just a real pleasure to see.
The Arc’s Lights (formerly Lights on St. Paul)
Photo courtesy of The Arc of Sedgwick County
Dates: Thanksgiving (Nov 22) through December 28, 2018
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Douglas and St. Paul Street, Wichita, KS 67203
Cost: Admission by donation Monday through Thursday. $10 donation per carload for admission on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. ($8 tickets can be purchased in advance at QT or online.)
This popular all-volunteer drive-through Christmas light display is a fundraiser for The Arc, and a holiday tradition for so many Wichita residents. It’s quite stunning; my favorite part is driving through the arch of lights!
Christmas On Crestline
Location: 914 N. Crestline Street, Wichita, Kansas 67212
Cost: FREE
An animated Christmas light show in west Wichita with over 80,000 lights! This residential light display began in 2011. Tune your radios to 100.7 FM. Santa’s workshop sits just off the curb and Santa can be seen inside with his elves preparing for the big night! New this year for the 2018 season will be a Santa & Elves photo prop. Two blocks north of Central just one block east of Maize. More info
The Marshall Family Christmas Lights
Location: 620 N. Stratford, Wichita KS 67206 (Woodlawn and Central)
Cost: FREE
Tune your radio to 91.7 FM for music synchronized to the lights. Family residence. More info
Christmas at the McKinneys’
Location: 1462 N. Coolidge Ave., Wichita, KS 67203
Cost: FREE
Tune your radio to 89.7 FM for music synchronized to the lights display. More info
Lights on Gold
Dates: November 24 to December 31
Time: Sundays to Thursdays from 6-10 p.m. and Fridays/Saturdays 6-midnight.
Location: 5336 S. Gold, Wichita, KS 67217
Tune your radio to 99.5 FM for music synchronized to the lights on display. Family residence. Christmas light display with 13k lights! More info
9th Street Lights
Dates: November 23 – December
Times: Sunday – Thursday from 6-10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 6-11 p.m.
Location: 3821 W. 9th, Wichita KS 67203
Cost: FREE
Tune your radio to 101.7 FM. Residential neighborhood; please avoid blocking neighbors’ driveways. No show during rain or wet conditions. Starts Thanksgiving night. More info
Lights on David Street
Dates: mid-November through December
Times: Dark until 9 p.m. or 10 p.m.
Location: 409 N David St, Wichita Ks 67212
Cost: FREE
Tune in to 106.9FM to enjoy the Christmas lights set to music! Because the street is narrow, the lights are best viewed from the northbound side of the street. More info
Lights on Longview
Location: 3805 Longview Lane, Wichita, KS (near Kellogg and Hillside)
This one is a favorite of lots of Wichitans. They have 50,000 LED lights programmed to musical remixes of Christmas themed music. Tune your radio to the station given on the yard sign. More info Thanks, Deborah!
Lights on Texas (formerly Lights on Lawrence)
Griswold-worthy Christmas light display at Lights on Texas
Location: 11603 W Texas, Wichita, KS 67209
Cost: FREE, but monetary donations are accepted to benefit the Kansas Humane Society
This Griswold-worthy display was started in 2008 and now has 300,000 computer-animated lights. It is quite the display. Don’t miss it. The display features a nice mix of traditional and new LED Christmas lights, and apparently they’re North Pole approved, because sometimes Santa comes to visit! Conveniently, Lights on Texas is located really close to Candy Cane Lane and Reindeer Road (see below). More info
Thanks to readers Sarah and Dionne for letting me know that Lights on Lawrence is now Lights on Texas. Many of the decorations in the display were at 17th and Park Place for 25 years, so this moveable light show is a Wichita tradition.
Candy Cane Lane
Photo credit: Emily Schuster
Location: Deer Glen Addition, 119th and Central (NW side of intersection)
All 20 houses in the circle have huge candy canes and tons of lights. Be prepared for a traffic jam, because everyone wants to see this neighborhood full of Christmas lights synchronized to music. Thanks to Lori for the tip! On Friday and Saturday nights, some of the residents of Candy Cane Lane collect non-perishable food and money for the Kansas Food Bank. More info
Reindeer Road
Photo by Emily Schuster
Location: Firefly St., Firefly Lane and Firefly Circle Wichita, KS
Just down the road (one block west) from Candy Cane Lane is Reindeer Road! They have several handmade reindeer cutouts that are 8-feet and 16-feet tall. Firefly Circle is a cul-de-sac; directly across the road is Firefly St. which turns into Firefly Lane. Thanks, Emily!
Lights of Matthew 5:16
Location: 835 Longbranch Circle, Maize, KS
Tune your radio to 96.7 for lights synchronized to music Sunday-Thursday, 6-10 p.m. and Friday-Saturday, 6-11 p.m.
Honn Family Christmas
5501 N. Porter Ave., Wichita, Kansas
The Honn Family has moved, so their lights might be a bit more subdued this year. But they’ve told me I can add them to the list, and that they’ll have some lights! More info
Lights on Brummet
3721 Brummet
Wichita, KS
In southwest Wichita. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. most evenings. Tune in to 101.7FM to listen while you watch. https://www.facebook.com/lightsonbrummett/ Thanks, Brian!
Fulton Valley Farms Christmas Lights
Readers told me about this very special Christmas lights attraction just 15 minutes east of Wichita near Towanda, Kansas. Fulton Valley Farms Country Christmas has over 1 million lights set to music, as well as visits with Santa and with Santa’s reindeer! Admission per person is $5.
3 Willowdell Drive (Christmas Lights in Mulvane)
Thanks to reader Tom for letting me know about this one, and to my friend Linda who got the address for me! A large light display. Apparently it has trains in motion and Star Wars, Frozen, and Pixar themed decor. Weekdays until 7:30 p.m. and weekends until 10 p.m. Just off of K-15.
Light Show in Udall
106 N. East Street
Udall, Kansas
Over 8,000 lights dancing to some of your favorite Christmas tunes. In progress: an old west Udall town-front! This home is just south of K-15 by three blocks, and they accept donations for the Udall Angel Tree charity. The lights in the Udall city park are also very nice, according to reader Kenneth!
Winfield Isle of Lights
In Island Park on the north end of Winfield, KS
Thanks to Carol, who mentioned this one in the comments!
Open nightly 6-10 p.m. Nov. 18 – Dec. 30. Over a million lights. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated for this all-volunteer project. Last year they had horse and carriage rides $5 per person Friday and Saturday evenings. http://www.isleoflights.org/
City of Cheney Singing Trees
Tune in to 99.3 fm to listen to the tunes the Christmas trees are singing at the corner of 6th and Main in Cheney, KS.
Lights on Rosewood in Hesston, Kansas
Pull into the neighborhood located on Rosewood Court in Hesston to see the display of nearly 60,000 lights programmed to music. Tune your radio to 98.9 to hear what’s playing. There’s 33 minutes of music for the 2018 show.
The show will from from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday until New Years Day!
College Hill Christmas Lights
This Wichita neighborhood is an awesome place to go to look at terrific holiday decorations adorning beautiful and stately historic homes. If you aren’t familiar with the area, College Hill is generally south of Central Avenue, between Hillside and Oliver streets.
And Sarah says: Lights to music in Derby. South of Madison on Webb Road. Turn South on Webb just past high park. I think it is 102.7 that is playing.
Lights on Golden Hills is an incredible light show set to music! I believe there are over 50,000 lights on this home. It’s the 700 block of N Golden Hills which is near 119th and Central
Sounds amazing, Jennifer. And that’s not too far from the Candy Cane Lane area.
We have a very good display that you should check out we put a lot of work into it it’s at 5306 west 11th Street north
Thanks for letting us know, Faron!
check out 1310 e Charleston Dr in park city take 61st east to w Parkview left go 3 blocks to Charleston turn right cant miss it
Awesome! Thanks for that advice, Jason!
Thanks for the mention for Christmas at the McKinneys! We are busy already. We get a lot of Illuminations traffic. FYI Our radio station has changed to 89.7. Merry Christmas!
Hello Carolyn,
Christmas On Crestline has 60,000 lights set to music at 914 N. Crestline Street. Santa’s workshop sets just off the curb and Santa is seen inside with his elves preparing for the big night. https://www.facebook.com/WichitaChristmaslightshows/
Two blocks north of Central just one block east of Maize.
Thank ya much and Merry Christmas,
Longview lane is a must. Tune to 106.9 up hillside and Kellogg. Up street beside graveyard and Kellogg. 50,000 lights.
http://www.isleoflights.org/
Winfield, KS, Island Park
Admission is free; contributions appreciated
Over a million lights
I have a light show here in udall. We have over 8,000 lights dancing to some of your favorite Christmas tunes. We are still working on our old west Udall town front. We are just south of k 15 by 3 blocks and the lights in our city park are very nice as well. Our display takes donations for the udall angel tree. We are at 106 N. East St. In Udall.
Ah, that sounds great! 8000 lights?! Thanks for letting us know about it – I’ll add it right now!
Lights to music in Derby. South of Madison on Webb Road. Turn South on Webb just past high park. I think it is 102.7 that is playing.
Love it! Thanks, Sarah!
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zq48LdGtrCVA.kz9ZmZRqa1hI&usp=sharing
Nice map! Thanks for sharing, Brian.
Tune your radio to 87.9 FM and drive by 2105 N Rutgers to watch the lights dance to the music! Show runs 6PM – 9:30PM Sun-Thu and until 10:30PM on Fridays and Saturdays.
Miracle on 34th CT N/Christmas Lights to music tuned to radio station. Just under 10,000 lights.
Come and enjoy!
What is the exact address, because the are (3) 34th Ct. N, when you put it in google maps?
I thought I heard or saw somewhere Heartspring is doing it again? Do you know if that’s true?
Not that I can see. They did have a Light Your Heart fundraiser earlier this month, but that was something different from their annual light displays.
There is a house in Mulvane just off of K-15 on Willowdell Dr that is a large display with Star Wars – Pixar – Frozen – Trains in motion. Allot for everyone to see. Runs week days until 7:30 pm; Weekends until 10 pm
Thanks, Tom. That sounds really neat!
Hey we live just around the corner from there. How’d I miss that?! Lol
Lights on Sycamore
4620 S. Sycamore
Wichita KS 67217
Lights set to music clear sound this year new songs and candy canes while supplies last.
Sounds neat. Thank you!
What happened to the light display on Lawrence lane? How disappointing!
Lights on Lawrence is now Lights on Texas. They have a Facebook page.
Ooh, thanks Sarah! I’ll look for it!
Lights on Lawrence Lane moved to Lights on Texas (119th and Texas). The new address is 11603 W. Texas.
Thanks, Dionne!
Lights on Millwood is also a great display! And you can actually tune into the radio station their sign says and hear the music clearly! Millwood is between Seneca and Meridian just south of Harry. And for those wondering YES it’s a safe neighborhood.
This is good to know, Tracey! I wondered if they were back up and running again this year, but haven’t had time to run out there.
I’m not sure what the people’s name is but there is a house in andover that has lights to music. The street is black oak.
Here is the address to the Black Oak lights:
1709 N. Black Oak Ct. Andover, KS
107.7 is the radio station and they run from 5:45p-11p.
Yay! Thanks for that info, Jenna.
“Candy cane Lane” is located in the Deer Glen addition at. 119th and Central. NW side of intersection. All 20 houses in the circle have huge candy canes and tons of lights!
Please add Lights on David Street Holiday Lights and Music Show to the list! See lightsondavidstreet.webs.com for info and directions.
Just an update to let everyone know that Lights On Barrington is up and running nightly!
Thanks, Dave!
Ahhh went by last night no up
Which place, Mark?
Thank you for this post! Also, a big thanks to Vickie for posting the Yulefinder website. I had used that website in previous years and couldn’t remember the name of it this year. I was actually looking for it by googling Wichita Christmas lights when I found this 🙂
You are very welcome! I’m not sure that the Yulefinder website is being updated anymore, but it still may be helpful to give us a general idea of where to find the lights.
Yea it says that Yulefinder.com will have their website updated by the 2015 christmas season, but the site is down, so that makes me to believe that they didn’t decide to fix the website:(
yulefinder.com is a great place to go to find lights in Wichita & surrounding area!