One of the largest free outdoor drive-through holiday light displays in Northern Illinois, the Aurora Festival of Lights, returns for its 19th year in 2025 with dazzling displays that will delight both adults and children.
The Aurora Festival of Lights opens on Friday, November 28, and runs through Sunday, December 28, each night from 5pm to 9pm at Philips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive.
Admission is free, but visitors should register for an entry ticket here. Only one registration per vehicle is required.
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 like 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.
More than 50,000 vehicles visited the festival last year.
