✨ Christmas lights around Brisbane 2026

Light trails, tree lightings, council displays and lights festivals around Brisbane this season, with dates and the best time to go. The free Christmas lights hunt turns the drive into the outing.

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Updated 9 November 2026 · Open in the app · Play the Christmas lights hunt

🗺️ Open the Christmas lights map

Every house, street and display on one map. Tag a house you find, add a photo, and plan a route from where you are.

Big displays, trails and festivals

Fri 20 Nov

✨ The Enchanted Garden light trail, Roma Street Parkland

Brisbane City · Nightly 20 Nov to 19 Dec 2026, sessions every 15 minutes from 6:30pm (last entry 9:15pm) · Ticketed, book online before you go (no tickets at the gate)

Fri 27 Nov

✨ Redlands Coast Lighting of the Christmas Tree

Cleveland · Fri 27 and Sat 28 Nov, 4:30pm to 8:30pm (tree lit 6:30pm, movie 7:15pm) · Free, no bookings

Free☕ 680m to coffee

✨ Redlands Coast Christmas light displays

Cleveland · Nightly 27 Nov until the New Year, 5:30pm to 10pm · Free

Free☕ 680m to coffee

✨ King George Square Christmas Tree lights, Brisbane City

Brisbane City · Lit every night; in 2025 from the lighting on 28 Nov to 5 Jan. 2026 dates not yet announced · Free

Free

Sat 28 Nov

✨ Graceville Central Uniting Church Christmas lights

Graceville · 7pm to 9pm nightly; in 2025 it ran 29 Nov to 24 Dec, with carols on Sat 13 Dec at 7pm · Free

Free

Mon 30 Nov

✨ Vienna Woods State School Christmas lights, Alexandra Hills

Alexandra Hills · 6pm to 9pm; in 2025 lit 30 Nov to 3 Jan, viewed from the street · Free

Free

Tue 1 Dec

✨ Vietnam Grace Church Brisbane Christmas lights, Oxley

Oxley · 7pm to 10pm, not Sundays or church holidays; in 2025 it ran 1 to 23 Dec · Free

Free

✨ City of Ipswich Christmas Lights Trail

Ipswich · Lights on 1 to 25 December 2026; People's Choice voting 1 to 9 Dec · Free

Free

Sun 6 Dec

🕯️ Light Up Carols in New Farm Park

New Farm · Sun 6 Dec, listed 12pm to 3pm · Free, no bookings

Free☕ 480m to coffee

✨ Sandgate Uniting Church Christmas lights, Deagon

Deagon · 6pm to 10pm nightly; in 2025 lit 6 Dec to 1 Jan, with open nights 13 to 21 Dec from 6pm · Free

Free

Fri 11 Dec

✨ Christmas in St Nicholas Precinct lights, Ipswich

Ipswich · Fri 11 to Sun 20 Dec, evenings. Low sensory night Mon 14 Dec, 6pm to 9pm · Free

Free☕ 110m to coffee

✨ Christmas Lights at Government House, Paddington

Paddington · Nightly Fri 11 to Thu 17 Dec, with Bands in Parks music 7pm to 8pm · Free, no bookings

Free☕ 350m to coffee

Houses and streets, by suburb

Home displays tagged by parents and checked against the local guides. Look from the street, park considerately and keep the noise down: people live here. Most switch on from about 8:30pm.

✨ Christmas lights around Brisbane 2026

Big displays, trails and festivals

Houses and streets, by suburb

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