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Bright Light Nights

Liberty Center
7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, OH 45069

Liberty Center is keeping tradition alive with its nightly tree lighting shows. Count down every evening starting at 5 p.m. as the 51-foot tree illuminates The Park. Stick around to catch one of three unique tree lighting shows every 20 minutes until 9 p.m.

Liberty Center is keeping tradition alive with its nightly tree lighting shows. Count down every evening starting at 5 p.m. as the 51-foot tree illuminates The Park. Stick around to catch one of three unique tree lighting shows every 20 minutes until 9 p.m.

Light in the Forest

Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, OH 45150

45150

45150

Light in the Forest

Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, OH 45150

East

Cincinnati Nature Center trails sparkle with lights reflecting a theme of peace, tranquility, and inspiration featuring the forest as a canvas for this artistic display. The softly illuminated trees and paths include three installations by OBLSK, a participant in...

Cincinnati Nature Center trails sparkle with lights reflecting a theme of peace, tranquility, and inspiration featuring the forest as a canvas for this artistic display. The softly illuminated trees and paths include three installations by OBLSK, a participant in...

Light Up the Fair

Boone County Fair Grounds
5819 Idlewild Rd, Burlington, KY 41005

South

Each of the half million LED Christmas lights that adorn the 1.5-mile driving path at the Light Up The Fair are individually controlled. Articulately choreographed to the holiday themed music, the show is broadcast live to your car radio’s 97.9 FM channel.

Each of the half million LED Christmas lights that adorn the 1.5-mile driving path at the Light Up The Fair are individually controlled. Articulately choreographed to the holiday themed music, the show is broadcast live to your car radio’s 97.9 FM channel.

Holiday Express

Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
127 South Mechanic St., Lebanon, OH 45036

North

Step aboard a jolly, festive rail car and travel through Lebanon and cross over the Turtle Creek on a unique journey filled with magical moments. In each rail car, an elf will be making holiday balloons and telling stories about the North Pole as you enjoy a relaxing 45 minutes...

Step aboard a jolly, festive rail car and travel through Lebanon and cross over the Turtle Creek on a unique journey filled with magical moments. In each rail car, an elf will be making holiday balloons and telling stories about the North Pole as you enjoy a relaxing 45 minutes...

Journey Borealis

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum
1763 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton, OH 45013

North

Journey BOREALIS is a 2.5-mile drive-through holiday lights experience that uses original arrangements by Daniel Nail featuring the music of The Cincinnati Boychoir and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. To access the soundtrack, attendees can download the free app, Echos, and...

Journey BOREALIS is a 2.5-mile drive-through holiday lights experience that uses original arrangements by Daniel Nail featuring the music of The Cincinnati Boychoir and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. To access the soundtrack, attendees can download the free app, Echos, and...

Holiday in Lights

Sharon Woods
11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, OH 45241

North

Holiday in Lights, produced by The Alleen Company, is an affordable outdoor light display at Sharon Woods, a Great Park of Hamilton County, viewed by guests from the comfort of their own vehicle. Holiday in Lights is built with more than one million lights and over 250 light...

Holiday in Lights, produced by The Alleen Company, is an affordable outdoor light display at Sharon Woods, a Great Park of Hamilton County, viewed by guests from the comfort of their own vehicle. Holiday in Lights is built with more than one million lights and over 250 light...

Christmas Glow

Land of Illusion Adventure Park
8762 Thomas Road, Middletown, OH 45042

North

Celebrate the season with more than 3.8 million lights at the two-mile long Christmas Around the World drive-thru experience, visit Santa at the Christmas Village Santa Workshop or take in the majestic lights of the 45-foot Christmas tree as you and yours warm by the gas fire...

Celebrate the season with more than 3.8 million lights at the two-mile long Christmas Around the World drive-thru experience, visit Santa at the Christmas Village Santa Workshop or take in the majestic lights of the 45-foot Christmas tree as you and yours warm by the gas fire...

Winter Nights, River Lights

Purple People Bridge
Access via Newport on the Levee in KY, Newport, KY 41071

Enjoy a socially-distanced family activity with a beautifully lit holiday walk across the Purple People Bridge and along the river at Newport on the Levee. One thousand lights, lighted projections and holiday music round out this festive experience. Complete your visit with a...

Enjoy a socially-distanced family activity with a beautifully lit holiday walk across the Purple People Bridge and along the river at Newport on the Levee. One thousand lights, lighted projections and holiday music round out this festive experience. Complete your visit with a...

Christmas Nights of Lights

Coney Island
6201 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45230

East

The annual two-and-a-half-mile drive-through light show synchronizes the lights to both traditional and rocking holiday music through your car radio. Visitors of all ages will be awed by the larger-than-life trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and fantastic tunnels of...

The annual two-and-a-half-mile drive-through light show synchronizes the lights to both traditional and rocking holiday music through your car radio. Visitors of all ages will be awed by the larger-than-life trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and fantastic tunnels of...

Vhils: Haze

Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

The CAC is excited to host an exhibition of Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) in Spring 2020. Vhils is renowned for his unusual technique of removing the surface layers of urban walls to create riveting portraits and imagery. Using construction tools like...

The CAC is excited to host an exhibition of Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) in Spring 2020. Vhils is renowned for his unusual technique of removing the surface layers of urban walls to create riveting portraits and imagery. Using construction tools like...

A 19th Century Holiday Guided Tour

Heritage Village Museum
11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, OH 45241

North

Celebrate the season with a holiday guided tour of Heritage Village! Visit Kemper House, Fetter General Store, Schram Print Shop, Vorhes House, Chester Park Train Station, Elk Lick House, and Hayner House and learn how Christmas celebrations changed and evolved over the course...

Celebrate the season with a holiday guided tour of Heritage Village! Visit Kemper House, Fetter General Store, Schram Print Shop, Vorhes House, Chester Park Train Station, Elk Lick House, and Hayner House and learn how Christmas celebrations changed and evolved over the course...

Holiday Junction Featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203

Downtown

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains have been a Cincinnati holiday staple for more 70 years. Track-level views reveal intricate details of the display, which features over 300 rail cars and 60 locomotives. New additions for 2020 include The Northern Lights display, presented by...

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains have been a Cincinnati holiday staple for more 70 years. Track-level views reveal intricate details of the display, which features over 300 rail cars and 60 locomotives. New additions for 2020 include The Northern Lights display, presented by...

A Very Merry Garden Holiday

Krohn Conservatory
1501 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Uptown

Krohn Conservatory will close to the public effective, Tuesday November 24, 2020 as part of the City of Cincinnati’s COVID-19 Emergency response efforts. Please visit website to confirm dates and times for the event. Walk into the majestic floral showroom and revel in the...

Krohn Conservatory will close to the public effective, Tuesday November 24, 2020 as part of the City of Cincinnati’s COVID-19 Emergency response efforts. Please visit website to confirm dates and times for the event. Walk into the majestic floral showroom and revel in the...

Christmas at EnterTRAINment Junction

EnterTRAINment Junction
7379 Squire Court, West Chester, OH 45069

Create a holiday tradition for your family with the magic of Christmas at the home of the World’s Largest Indoor Train Display. Take a “Journey to the North Pole” to meet Mrs. Claus and enjoy a virtual meeting with Santa himself while admiring a winter wonderland of train...

Create a holiday tradition for your family with the magic of Christmas at the home of the World’s Largest Indoor Train Display. Take a “Journey to the North Pole” to meet Mrs. Claus and enjoy a virtual meeting with Santa himself while admiring a winter wonderland of train...

Holiday Train Display

Glenwood Gardens
10397 Springfield Pike, Woodlawn, OH 45215

The "Great Circle Line & Points North Rail Road" holiday train display themes the times of the steam engine with whimsical buildings, landscaping and special effects as trains travel through a wintery world. The display will be featured in the Garden Workshop and is open to...

The "Great Circle Line & Points North Rail Road" holiday train display themes the times of the steam engine with whimsical buildings, landscaping and special effects as trains travel through a wintery world. The display will be featured in the Garden Workshop and is open to...

Built to Last: The Taft Historic House at 200

Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Explore the history of downtown Cincinnati’s oldest surviving wooden residence still in its original location. The Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft house turns 200 this year! Constructed around 1820 by entrepreneur Martin Baum, the National Historic Landmark became a public museum...

Explore the history of downtown Cincinnati’s oldest surviving wooden residence still in its original location. The Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft house turns 200 this year! Constructed around 1820 by entrepreneur Martin Baum, the National Historic Landmark became a public museum...

A Splendid Century

Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Two hundred years ago, a grand white mansion was built on the eastern edge of Cincinnati. Over the first half of its life, the building housed some of the city’s most prominent families, finally becoming an art museum in 1932. A Splendid Century celebrates the bicentennial of...

Two hundred years ago, a grand white mansion was built on the eastern edge of Cincinnati. Over the first half of its life, the building housed some of the city’s most prominent families, finally becoming an art museum in 1932. A Splendid Century celebrates the bicentennial of...

Scuba Santa's Water Wonderland

Newport Aquarium
1 Aquarium Way, Newport, KY 41071

South

Celebrate a Cincinnati holiday tradition with Scuba Santa at Newport Aquarium! It’s a Water Wonderland full of playful penguins, colorful holiday lights, and a flurry of magical bubbles. See Scuba Santa swim underwater with a tank full of sharks and tell him what you want...

Celebrate a Cincinnati holiday tradition with Scuba Santa at Newport Aquarium! It’s a Water Wonderland full of playful penguins, colorful holiday lights, and a flurry of magical bubbles. See Scuba Santa swim underwater with a tank full of sharks and tell him what you want...

Tania Candiani: Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies

Contemporary Arts Center
44 E. Sixth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

Produced over the course of two years and several visits to Cincinnati, Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies features historical visual ephemera alongside a new suite of artwork that examines the contradictions present in the rhetoric of progress that accompanied America’s industrial...

Produced over the course of two years and several visits to Cincinnati, Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies features historical visual ephemera alongside a new suite of artwork that examines the contradictions present in the rhetoric of progress that accompanied America’s industrial...

PNC Festival of Lights

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Uptown

The Cincinnati Zoo will once again be transformed into a “Wild Wonderland” for the 38th annual PNC Festival of Lights! In addition to admiring the beauty of four million LED lights, visitors can ride the North Polar Express train, marvel at the spectacular Wild Lights show...

The Cincinnati Zoo will once again be transformed into a “Wild Wonderland” for the 38th annual PNC Festival of Lights! In addition to admiring the beauty of four million LED lights, visitors can ride the North Polar Express train, marvel at the spectacular Wild Lights show...

Newport Nights

Newport on the Levee
1 Levee Way, Newport, KY 41071

Enjoy music from talented local performers outdoors while dining on the delicious food and beverage of Bridgeview Box Park at Newport on the Levee.

Enjoy music from talented local performers outdoors while dining on the delicious food and beverage of Bridgeview Box Park at Newport on the Levee.

ChristmasTime at the Ark

Ark Encounter
Ark Encounter Drive, Williamstown, KY 41097

South

Don't miss the impressive Ark-sized rainbow-colored projection show this Christmas season, plus a host of other fun holiday activities like shopping, Christmas carols, petting zoo and more. Explore the grounds of the Ark Encounter free of charge. Admission rates apply to enter...

Don't miss the impressive Ark-sized rainbow-colored projection show this Christmas season, plus a host of other fun holiday activities like shopping, Christmas carols, petting zoo and more. Explore the grounds of the Ark Encounter free of charge. Admission rates apply to enter...

ChristmasTown

Creation Museum
2800 Bullittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, KY 41080

South

Stroll through the Creation Museum’s botanical gardens and view the breathtaking display of thousands of multi-colored lights. New designs and more color are added each year throughout the garden trails. Enjoy a live nativity, petting zoo, skating on the Glice® (synthetic...

Stroll through the Creation Museum’s botanical gardens and view the breathtaking display of thousands of multi-colored lights. New designs and more color are added each year throughout the garden trails. Enjoy a live nativity, petting zoo, skating on the Glice® (synthetic...

"The Westerner" Tea

Glendower Historic Mansion
105 Cincinnati Avenue, Lebanon, OH 45036

North

Join us for a tea/talk/tour to celebrate the release of local author, Carol Tonnesen's newest novel, The Westerner... a Postcard to the Girl He Left Behind. Enjoy iced tea/lemonade and tea sandwiches as Carol discusses her book. Then, go on a tour of Glendower Mansion and learn...

Join us for a tea/talk/tour to celebrate the release of local author, Carol Tonnesen's newest novel, The Westerner... a Postcard to the Girl He Left Behind. Enjoy iced tea/lemonade and tea sandwiches as Carol discusses her book. Then, go on a tour of Glendower Mansion and learn...

Winter Market

Washington Park
1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Downtown

This festive shopping experience in the heart of Cincinnati features regional artisans and crafters in newly designed huts. You’re sure to find something special for everyone on your list. The Porch presented by PPG Paints offers full concessions including beer, wine and...

This festive shopping experience in the heart of Cincinnati features regional artisans and crafters in newly designed huts. You’re sure to find something special for everyone on your list. The Porch presented by PPG Paints offers full concessions including beer, wine and...

Hidden Holidays: Celebrate the Heart of Over-the-Rhine

Washington Park
1230 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Heart of OTR: Walk through a winter wonderland starting at Washington Park! Browse the City Flea, check out the Windows of Wonder storefront displays, and look for your neighborhood’s decorated tree in the Founders Forest. We’ll supply the snacks, a festive drink...

Heart of OTR: Walk through a winter wonderland starting at Washington Park! Browse the City Flea, check out the Windows of Wonder storefront displays, and look for your neighborhood’s decorated tree in the Founders Forest. We’ll supply the snacks, a festive drink...

Holiday Lunch Cruise

BB Riverboats
101 Riverboat Row, Newport, KY 41071

South

This two-hour cruise features games, entertainment, a holiday buffet and a special appearance by Santa.

This two-hour cruise features games, entertainment, a holiday buffet and a special appearance by Santa.