Event Guide & Trail Map
The Christmas Festival of Lights
Victoria's largest Christmas lights festival!
See the magic of Christmas and fairy tales brought to life in 3.3 million lights over 1000 dazzling light installations and displays, with theme park rides, performances, Santa and more.
It's 4.5 hours of Christmas fun, entertainment and activities for the whole family.
6pm-10.30pm, 17 November to 24 December 2023 6.45pm-10.30pm, 26-31 December 2023.
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What to expect
New things to see this year include more light installations and Christmas-themed entertainment that will blow everyone away!
Huge new light installations include a 100m lights maze, 4m tall Reindeer, 8m long Ice Castle, 25m Candy Cane tunnel, 15m Christmas Tree and more, totalling 300,000 new lights.
New entertainment includes a high-flying Elf Trapeze Show and a life-sized, animated musical singing show with Polar Bear characters, Santa's Reindeer, a magic tree and more.
You can meet Santa and capture a magic memory with professional photography available.
Our theme park rides will be running including our Air Balloons tower, the Tea Cups, Crazy Coaster, Carousel, Red Baron, Little Buggy Speedway Cars, Wave Swinger and Ferris Wheel and Mini-Golf.
It's a glowing wonderland full of enchanting trails, glistening paths, magical glittering bridges and dazzling displays over 50 acres, and not to be missed at Christmas.
Make the Christmas Festival of Lights your annual family tradition!
- 6pm-10pm - Rides open
- 6pm-9.30pm - Face painting available
- 6pm-9.30pm - North Pole post office open
- 6pm-10.30pm - Lights trail open
- 6pm-10.30pm - Santa's Village open
- 6pm-10.30pm - Christmas gift shop open
- 6.30pm-9.30pm - Live Christmas music*
- 7pm-7.20pm - Jingle & Bells trapeze show 1
- 7.45pm-8.05pm Jingle & Bells trapeze show 2
- 10.30pm - Gates closed
- 6.45pm-10pm - Rides open
- 6.45pm-9.30pm - Face painting available
- 6.45pm-9.30pm - North Pole post office open
- 6.45pm-10.30pm - Lights trail open
- 6.45pm-10.30pm - Santa's Village open
- 6.45pm-10.30pm - Christmas gift shop open
- 7pm-7.20pm - Jingle & Bells trapeze show 1
- 7.45pm-8.05pm Jingle & Bells trapeze show 2
- 10.30pm - Gates closed
Explore the Trail Map!
Find our feature light installations, rides, where to find food & beverage outlets and services throughout the Christmas Festival of Lights.
