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Best Holiday Light Displays Around Seattle, the Eastside and South Sound

From free to fancy, where to bask in winter sparkle in 2023

Nancy Chaney
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Published on: November 14, 2023

Best Holiday Light Displays Around Seattle, the Eastside and South Sound

Lighted garden display at Bellevue Botanical Garden’s Garden d’Lights winter light show back for 2022
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Garden d’Lights transforms Bellevue Botanical Garden into a glittering wonderland.

Garden d’Lights at Bellevue Botanical Garden

Bellevue Botanical Garden’s annual light show, Garden d’Lights, is stunning, affordable and a family favorite. Over half a million sparkling lights are twisted — by dedicated volunteers — into fanciful flowers, critter shapes and even waterfalls. Past years’ favorites have included Charlotte, Willie the Slug and the smoking dragon. Download a critter map (available on the website mid-November) before your visit if you like.

Details: Open nightly Nov. 25–Dec. 31, 2023; 4:30–9 p.m.; closed Dec. 25.

Cost: Tickets are $8 for ages 11 and older; ages 10 and younger enter free. New in 2023, snag discounted tickets for weekday dates Nov. 27–30 and Dec. 4–7. These evenings tickets cost $5.

Book timed-entry tickets online. Premium parking is available for $5 per car in the garden lot or park for free at adjacent Wilburton Hill Park.

Next up: Fantasy Lights

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