# Hartland Lights and Holiday Drone Show > Event for families in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area (WI). Times are Central Time. - When: Fri, Dec 4 · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM - Where: Hartland Village Center (downtown Hartland), 135 Cottonwood Ave, Hartland, WI 53029 - Ages: All ages - Price: Check official pricing - Organizer: Hartland Business Improvement District - Official page: https://www.downtownhartland.com/ - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 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 Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), 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/milwaukee/activities/hartland-lights-and-holiday-drone-show--listing-85267953758022e0d7ea30e6 ## About Hartland Lights is the village's official tree lighting, held in the Village Center of downtown Hartland and organized by the Hartland Business Improvement District. The evening starts at 5:30 p.m. with holiday festivities at participating downtown businesses, followed by caroling at the Christmas tree from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and the tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. The night closes with a holiday drone show at 8:15 p.m., and shops keep the festivities going until 8:30 p.m. For families with young children, the caroling and tree lighting make a natural early stop, with time to warm up inside downtown businesses before coming back out for the drone show; older kids usually want to stay for the drones. 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