Driving around town to find the best light display has always been one of my favorite Christmas traditions. My parents drove us around every year of my childhood and my husband and I have been doing the same with our kids for the last 15 years. Always – always – with The Carpenters playing in the background (my Christmas playlist is long, but Karen Carpenter will always take the top spot). Holiday decorations have changed (a lot!) since the ’80s and the Knoxville area has some amazing light displays that you just shouldn’t miss!
Below is a list of some of our favorites and a link to a map so you can plan out your holiday tour for all the Knoxville Christmas lights. If you know of other locations, please leave a comment – we’ll be adding to this list throughout December!
My family also added a new tradition last year – a Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt. We’re slightly competitive and had a blast trying to check off all of the items on our list. I’m sharing this Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt printable with you and hope that you enjoy adding this fun tradition to your holiday season!
Knoxville Christmas Lights and Surrounding Areas
Download your free printable – and enjoy!
Boyd Family Christmas Light Show
1936 Winter Winds Lane
West Hills Christmas Light Show
7008 Hampshire Drive
West Knoxville Light Show
11617 Foxford Drive
Wonderful Lights of Woodshire
1211 E. Woodshire Drive
Johnson Christmas Lights
4901 Fragrant Cloud Lane
Loveday Christmas Light Show
4321 Roaming Road
Old North Knoxville
One of my favorites – gorgeous older homes decorated to the nines – with their annual Holiday Home Tour coming up December 3rd – 4th.
Gray Eagle Lane (off of Bob Gray Road)
2908 Cross Valley Road
1818 Canby Hills Road
Bryce Garrin Way, Powell
10875 US-11, Lenoir City
If you’ve ever driven down Kingston Pike past Watt Road, into Lenoir City, you’ve seen this one! Gorgeous display.
The Trout House
312 Country Lane
Loudon, TN 37774
200 Oologila Place, Loudon
139 Coyatee Circle, Loudon
3421 Ardennes Drive, Maryville
Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland
3540 Line Drive (Smokies Stadium)
November 4 – January 8
Christmas in Chilhowee
3301 E. Magnolia Avenue
Drive-through lights are up throughout December
Tree lighting with live music and free activities will be held on December 9 from 6 – 9pm.
Campbell Station Park
405 N. Campbell Station Road
December 1 – 31
Holiday Festival of Lights at the Cove
11808 S. Northshore Drive
December 17 – 31
Window Wonderland
Various downtown locations
November 25 – January 8
Downtown Knoxville will turn into a Peppermint Trail with windows of restaurants and merchants decorated with the peppermint theme. Merchants and restaurants will also have peppermint items for sale!
Secret City’s Atomic Lights
108 Capital Circle Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Here’s a link to a google map of the above list – we’ll add to it and to this list as we find out about more light displays.
Also if you are heading down south to Chattanooga check out our Sister Site’s Round up!
About Raven
Hi! I’m Raven, an East TN native and UT grad. I could color in a good coloring book for hours, I love to find and paint “well-loved” furniture and I just adore pretty things. In my 14 years of marriage to David, I have experienced just about every work/home balance possible and currently work full-time in a fantastic position that allows me the flexibility to (try to) make it all work. Having tweens/teens is a lot like having a newborn – everything is new again, there are lots of opinions, and there is definitely no official guidebook. I’ll be sharing our stories from this phase of life and look forward to connecting with other moms who are in this super-fun/emotional/totally-nutso stage, too.
Just a note about Shadrack’s: it’s a great light show, and it features a variety of songs. It includes the usual Christmas or holiday classics, but also somewhat more aggressive songs.You can get some info from their website at http://shadrackchristmas.com/music; lyrics for one of the songs is at http://www.letssingit.com/go-fish-lyrics-christmas-with-a-capital-c-w1735qt. Some will be happy with songs like this, some won’t (and this isn’t the forum to debate that — I don’t think a few sentences on the internet will accomplish much), but it’s different enough from a “normal” Christmas playlist that it’s worth knowing what to expect.
The Trout House
312 Country Lane
Loudon, TN 37774
They’ve decorated for years and it’s a beautiful display.
Thanks we’ve added it to our list! 🙂
Check this house out at 3263 Lancaster Dr, just off of Sevierville Pike 2 doors down from the Roundup restaurant and the Kenjo Market. It is decorated tastefully and thousands of lights!
3623 Lancaster Dr
Cace’s Annual Christmas Lighs Display 2016
Over 20,000 lights!
We just started a synchronized show this year in Maryville.
The Bacon House
1110 Mountain Breeze Court
Maryville, TN 37803
Tune into 101.1FM for the music.
5625 Dodge Rd Knoxville, TN 37912
Beautiful lights set to music!!
Cace’s Annual Christmas Display 2016
Over 20,000 lights line the yard and the house.
The display will not be running in the rain.
Lights on until 10pm, sometimes until 11pm
Come out, bring your children and loved ones and help us
make this Christmas even Brighter! 🙂
Merry Christmas Everyone!
God Bless Gatlinburg!
Cace’s Annual Christmas Lights Display 2016
3623 Lancaster Dr
Over 20,000 lights!
Lights on at dark and run until 10pm, sometimes until 11pm
Lights will not be running in the rain.
Drive on by and honk if you like it!
Merry Christmas!
God Bless Gatlinburg!
There was nothing on Wildwood Lane in fountain city or in the 4th and Gill neighborhood. We just drove by there tonight.
Thanks we will update our list!
Ditto our experience- 5935 Wildwood Ln NE, Knoxville didn’t have any. 4th & Gill had some tasteful pretty lights but not a lot.
Thanks for the list!
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The address for the gray eagle lame house is 1008 gray eagle lane and it’s the marlowe’s house
We found a house with lights synchronized to the radio. It’s on Cross Valley Road in East Knoxville off of Washington Pike.