Carolina Lights

The South Carolina State Fair welcomes the holiday season with the return of Carolina Lights, its annual downtown drive-through holiday lights show, taking place Dec. 3-26  at the Lexington Medical Center Fair Park at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds.

Now in its fourth year, the holiday drive-through lights experience will feature more than 100 individual LED light displays synchronized to holiday music along a nearly two-mile stretch inside the fairgrounds. Guests will be delighted by dinosaurs, gingerbread soccer, Santa Claus, Elf on the Shelf, tunnel of lights, the 12-days of Christmas, plus many more surprises. The S.C. State Fair’s popular chocolate chip cookies, milk and Pepsi products will be available for purchase.

Guests can tune their radios to 88.9 FM to music that synchronizes with the lights.

Buy early and save Discount car passes ($5 savings) are available  now through Dec. 2.

Admission is $20 per car, $35 per mini-bus (9-24 passengers) and $70 for vehicles with 25 or more passengers. Passes can be purchased on our website or at the gate. Cash and credit card (VISA and Mastercard) will be accepted.

Carolina Lights will run Dec. 3-26, 6 to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The lights show will be closed on Christmas Day.

Patrons should enter at Gate 6 on George Rogers Boulevard. To ensure the safety of all and in order to control the flow of traffic, visitors will not be permitted to exit their vehicles. Guests who wish to drive-through a second time on the same night may request a re-entry pass at the exit gate. This opportunity ends 15 minutes before closing each night.