Get Your Glow On.
Since 1996, families have gathered at Nose Creek Regional Park in Airdrie, Alberta, to experience the magic of the Airdrie Festival of Lights.
As Western Canada's largest free, outdoor walk-through Christmas light display, the Festival brings together hundreds of illuminated displays, miniature train rides, festive activities, and the simple joy of making memories together.
Explore everything waiting for you this December, and make our holiday tradition part of yours!
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December 1 - December 31, 2026
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Discover more than 800 illuminated displays, each helping bring the magic of the season to Nose Creek Regional Park.
There's always something happening! Explore our calendar of special events and festive activities.
All aboard! Take a ride through the lights aboard one of our miniature trains. A favourite Festival tradition for all ages!
Little visitors, big holiday memories! Discover the festive fun waiting for kids at the Festival.
There's more to enjoy than the lights! Warm up by the fire pits, enjoy a hot chocolate, and discover what else is happening in the park.
Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted! As a volunteer-run nonprofit, we rely on your generosity to keep this holiday tradition alive. A donation of $10–$20 per family is suggested, but everyone is welcome, regardless of their ability to give.
December 1–31 | 6–9 PM nightly
Open every evening, including Christmas Eve,
Boxing Day and New Year's Eve!
Christmas Day is LIGHTS ONLY, giving our volunteers time to celebrate with their families.
Find us at Nose Creek Regional Park on Main Street in Airdrie, just behind the Nose Creek Valley Museum.
Free parking is available, with signs to help guide you to the Festival!
The Airdrie Festival of Lights Society respectfully acknowledges that Nose Creek Regional Park is located on Treaty 7 territory, the traditional and ancestral lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations; the Tsuut’ina Nation; and the Stoney Nakoda Nations, including Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We also recognize the Otipemisiwak Métis Government District 4 (Rocky View), and the enduring presence and contributions of Indigenous peoples in our community.
Since 1996, families and neighbours have gathered in this park to share traditions and create memories. We recognize that the history of this land reaches back long before our Festival, and we honour the generations of Indigenous peoples who have lived on, cared for and maintained their connections to it.
As we welcome visitors each December, we do so with respect for that history and for the Indigenous communities whose cultures, traditions and relationships with this land continue today.


















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Your donations help keep the Airdrie Festival of Lights free for everyone!
As an independent, volunteer-run nonprofit, we rely on community generosity to maintain our displays, care for our equipment, and welcome families back each December.
You can donate during your visit at our Toy Soldier Guard Houses using cash or TipTap, or support the Festival online at any time.
Prefer to arrange a donation directly? Contact coordinator@airdriefestivaloflights.com.
Thank you for helping keep this holiday tradition alive!
We love coming to the Airdrie Festival of Lights. It's a super friendly vibe and an easily manageable size if you have small kids.
A wonderful experience for the whole family!
Absolutely outstanding and well thought out light show - this is a family night out must! Lights, music, entertainment, train rides, hot chocolate... you name it, they’ve got it! 10/10 would recommend to a friend! Thank you Airdrie Festival of Lights for all your hard work.
It's been a few years since we've been to the Festival of Lights. It was such a beautiful, magical night. I loved everything about it, how each display had it's own name, my girls loved the train ride, the hot chocolate was delicious. Boot skating on the pond was a fun first for my girls. The gift shop had some really great Christmas ornaments and decor. The whole event was well organized.
We were so very happy to be able to go to the Lights the other Night January 3rd because you decided to keep it open until January 5th. Thank you so much for making that decision. They guys that were running the train Wednesday night were so much fun and went way above doing a great volunteer. Also loved the new Christmas store and bought some fantastic things! Such a great idea.
Thank you for making our first Christmas season in Airdrie special. We were able to show my parents what makes Airdrie special to us in our new city we call home. Merry Christmas. We can’t wait to come back next year and make this a yearly Christmas tradition in our family for years to come
Our family has always had a wonderful experience at the Festival of Lights. Going to see Santa and taking a ride on the train has always been so much fun for our boys. Looking forward to going again this year! Here’s hoping the weather allows for more people to come out and enjoy this fun Christmas season event.
An annual tradition for our family, we wander the lights, sipping hot chocolate. The kids love the little train ride too.
Absolutely amazing ! We go every year with our family. So much hard work by volunteers is put into this magical display !!!
Beautiful display, very creative. A nice experience to share with all the family, including pets!!
Top notch as always! I love seeing the sponsor recognition. Those companies and the volunteers make this happen every year and it's a highlight for our family every Christmas. Thank you!
This is such an amazing thing to experience and every year it gets better and better. My family enjoys all of the displays, the trains, music, and the activities and it’s all FREE!!! Thank you to all of the volunteers who work through all kinds of weather, including the freezing temperatures and even sometimes the rain, to make each night the best experience for all visitors. I’m looking forward to going again this year!
Our family loves the lights! They are always glowing no matter what troubles they may face. We also love to volunteer for them when we get the chance. The hot chocolate is delicious, fires and heated tent are warming and the train rides make you feel like VIP guests of the event. I recommend this over any other light show. The price is right to.
Really looking forward to another year at Airdrie Festival of Lights volunteering as a group with our Airdrie Lioness Club!
So much fun, and we get to see so many happy faces enjoying the glow.
It was amazing!! We just moved here in June so this was our first experience with this event and rest assured we will be attending every year and probably more than once. Thank you to everyone who put this together, hats off to you!!
The dedicated volunteers who give so much of their time and efforts towards this massive project each year, are to be highly commended. I enjoyed it so much, in spite of the cold. There was even a huge bonfire to warm up by and some very talented young dancers who put on a show in one of the large tents. I am so impressed and plan to make a return visit later this Christmas season.
The Festival of Lights never fails to impress I grew up in Airdrie and this is one of my favourite things to do around Christmas time. Budget friendly and so much fun incredible job as always!
An incredible display this year. Always so nice to be out with our community sharing the beautiful sights and feeling of the holidays. Loved it!!! Totally worth a visit and all it costs is a small donation.