The five ticketed light events, by opening date
Dates below were re-read on each organizer's page on October 18, 2026. Each of our guides has that event's admission rules, its drop-off point and a plan for the evening.
- Holidays at the Disneyland Resort: November 13, 2026 – January 6, 2027. A valid theme park ticket or Magic Key pass and a park reservation are required.
- Knott's Merry Farm: November 20, 2026 – January 3, 2027. Shows, light displays and most rides are included with park admission.
- L.A. Zoo Lights: select evenings, November 20, 2026 – January 10, 2027. Closed November 26 and 30; December 1, 7, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25 and 31; January 4, 5, 6 and 7.
- Holidays at Universal Studios Hollywood, with Grinchmas: November 21, 2026 – January 3, 2027. Included with a theme park ticket or Annual/Season Pass; blockout dates apply.
- Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens: November 22, 2026 – January 9, 2027, 5:30 – 10 PM. Closed November 26 and December 25.
How an hourly lights evening works
You choose the stops; the chauffeur drives, stages where waiting is permitted while you are inside, and takes you on to the next one when you message. Send the addresses in order when you book, with your ticket entry time and the time you need to be home. The chauffeur and vehicle are reserved for the hours you book, and the clock starts at the pickup time.
Online hourly bookings start at 4 hours, and each booked hour includes about 25 miles of driving. That is the reason to keep one evening to one part of the region, the Valley, the Westside, Pasadena or Orange County, rather than stringing them together. Four hours on the booking form on October 18, 2026 came to $320 in a Comfort Sedan, $480 in a Luxury SUV, $520 in an Escalade Elite, $565 in an Executive Sedan and $700 in a Sprinter.
Three evenings that fit one booking
Griffith Park. Dinner on the east side of the city, then L.A. Zoo Lights; the Zoo says the experience takes about 60 to 90 minutes, and its box office is open 5:45 to 8:45 PM on event nights. Four hours usually covers it.
La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena. Descanso Gardens runs timed entry from 5:30 PM, and the walk is about a mile on paths suited to strollers and wheelchairs, per our guide. Pair it with dinner in Pasadena.
A theme park. A full day at Disneyland, Universal or Knott's usually costs less as two transfers than as an all-day hourly block; the Disneyland transportation and LAX to Universal Studios pages cover those routes. Hourly suits an evening-only visit.
Getting there: drop-off, parking and closed nights
Each event sets its own arrival rules, and our guides give them in full. Two examples: Knott's directs car-sharing drop-offs to its Main Entrance loading zone, and Descanso Gardens says its parking is limited and asks groups arriving by bus to phone ahead to reserve. If your group is coming in a Sprinter, ask the garden whether that applies to you. L.A. Zoo Lights has free parking in the Zoo lot, which matters only if part of your group drives separately.
Check the closed nights before you book. L.A. Zoo Lights and Descanso are both closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, and the Zoo is also closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve; for December 31, see our New Year's Eve guide instead.
Neighbourhood light displays
Many of the best-known displays in Los Angeles are on residential streets decorated by the people who live there. They do not publish official dates or hours, so we do not list them here. Tell us the street when you book; the chauffeur drops you at one end of the block where stopping is permitted and meets you at the other, so nobody in the group has to look for parking.
Families and car seats
Add child seats and boosters at checkout: $25 each, per ride. Tell us each child's age so the right seat is fitted before the pickup. On an hourly booking the seat stays in the vehicle all evening. The booking form lists each vehicle's passengers and bags; a Sprinter keeps two families, or three generations, in one vehicle.
Pickups run from Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Calabasas, Pasadena, Long Beach, Irvine and Newport Beach. Lux4Rides provides the transportation only and does not sell event tickets.