# Nights of Lights and Light-Up! Night in St. Augustine > Event for families in the Jacksonville area (FL). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Nov 21 – Jan 18 · 4:00 PM - Where: Plaza de la Constitución and historic downtown St. Augustine, Plaza de la Constitución, Cathedral Place at St. George Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free to see the lights - Organizer: City of St. Augustine - Official page: https://citystaug.com/ - 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 42 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/jacksonville/activities/nights-of-lights-and-light-up-night-in-st-augustine--listing-39aab74a4ff26da7c4d93b90 ## About St. Augustine's Nights of Lights season wraps the historic downtown in about 3 million white lights. It opens on Light-Up! Night, Saturday, November 21, in the Plaza de la Constitución: the city lists a 4 pm holiday song-and-dance show by Showtime USA, the All Star Orchestra playing swing and big-band holiday music at the Plaza gazebo at 5:30 pm, and the lighting ceremony at 6:30 pm, when the whole city switches on at once. The lights then shine every night through January 18. The city calls it a walking event best enjoyed strolling the Old World streets, which suits families with strollers on quieter weeknights; the city suggests Monday to Thursday visits for lighter crowds. Seeing the lights is free. 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