# Light Up Middletown Drive-Through Light Display > Event for families in the Cincinnati area (OH / KY / IN). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Nov 26 – Dec 31 · 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM - Where: Smith Park, 500 Tytus Avenue, Middletown, OH 45042 - Ages: All ages - Price: Admission by cash donation - you set the price - Organizer: Light Up Middletown, Inc. - Official page: https://www.lightupmiddletown.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 32 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/light-up-middletown-drive-through-light-display--listing-cddf17dad07c01819794f2ac ## About A volunteer-run drive-through fantasy light display in Smith Park, now in its 26th year, covering 96 acres of lights and holiday scenes that families view from their cars. It is open every night from Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, 6:00 to 10:00 pm, in all weather and on holidays. Admission is a cash donation, so families set the price. From I-75 take exit 32 (Ohio 122) west and follow the red Light Up Middletown signs to the park. ## Similar picks in Cincinnati - [PNC Festival of Lights](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/pnc-festival-of-lights--listing-e11bfebd7354c7fe306c9ce6) — Nov 19 – Jan 3 · 4:00 PM · Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 14. The Zoo's 44th annual holiday lights event with 5 million LED lights, 65 animal lanterns, the Wild Lights Show on Swan Lake, Fiona fairy statues in Fiona's Fairyland, an 'Under… - [Pyramid Hill Lights](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/pyramid-hill-lights--listing-5819a0786a7acccc81e993b0) — Nov 20 – Jan 3 · Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, Hamilton · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 14. Annual drive-through holiday light show along a 2-mile art and nature route through the sculpture park, with artist installations lit by over one million lights viewed from your… - [8th Annual Fairfield Parade of Lights](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/8th-annual-fairfield-parade-of-lights--listing-c303abea09bf48e961368526) — Sat, Nov 21 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Village Green Park & Fairfield Community Arts Center (parade steps off from Waterworks Park) · Free · checked Oct 14. Fairfield's holiday parade and tree lighting. Activities start at 5 PM: a children's craft and the Festival of Trees opening inside the Fairfield Community Arts Center, and food… - [Visit with Santa at the Middletown Ice Rink](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/visit-with-santa-at-the-middletown-ice-rink--listing-ae5591f5a4dd4740f54ea244) — Fri, Nov 27 (+10 more dates) · Downtown Middletown Ice Rink · All ages · checked Oct 24. Santa and Mrs. Claus set up at the downtown Middletown Ice Rink on Friday and Saturday evenings from Thanksgiving weekend to mid-December, then nightly on December 20–22… - [Turkey Trace Holiday Hike](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/turkey-trace-holiday-hike--listing-e0e113784123b62734dcfda3) — Fri, Nov 27 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Clingman Park, Batavia · checked Oct 14. A naturalist-guided family holiday hike on Clingman Park's Turkey Trace trail, with a boardwalk through old-growth beech forest, fields and a creek, often visited by wild… - [Middletown Santa Parade and Holiday Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/activities/middletown-santa-parade-and-holiday-tree-lighting--listing-8b11c16c1bd462c3ab5c87d7) — Sat, Nov 28 · 5:00 PM · Central Avenue (Curtis St. to Governor's Square), downtown Middletown · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Middletown's Santa Parade travels along Central Avenue from Curtis Street west to Governor's Square, where Santa lights the Middletown Holiday Tree at the end of the parade. It… ## More for families - [Christmas and holiday events for kids in Cincinnati](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/christmas) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/christmas.md) - [This weekend in Cincinnati](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Cincinnati](https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/cincinnati.md)