Okay, holiday lights season is officially on, and Vegas does not do subtle. I ranked the five displays worth your time this year by scale, price, and how Vegas each one feels.
Here is the part most people miss. Only two of my top five are open tonight, Sunday, November 8, so the order you do them matters as much as the list itself.
The Biggest Shows in the Valley
1. Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This is the scale winner, and it is not close. The official fact sheet counts 6 million LED lights along a newly expanded 3 mile drive-through course.
It runs nightly from November 6 through January 3, opening at 5 p.m., rain or shine and on holidays. A carload is $39 cash on site or $44 by credit card, and a portion of each ticket benefits Speedway Children's Charities.
Want to go more than once? The $149 season pass covers two vehicles and includes Fast Pass, which turns a packed December weekend into a much easier math problem.
2. Enchant Christmas at Las Vegas Ballpark. Enchant is billed as the World's Largest Christmas Light Maze, and it takes over the Summerlin ballpark from November 20 through December 27. Tickets start at $27, and prices vary by date, entry time, and demand.
Families, write this one down. For 2026, Enchant is making 2,500 youth tickets free through Kids Light Up The Night, on November 20 and December 9, with at least one adult ticket and up to two free youth tickets per order while supplies last.
The $3 Classic and the Free One
3. Ethel M Holiday Cactus Garden in Henderson. This is my favorite kind of Vegas tradition, because only here would a chocolate factory wrap a cactus garden in a million lights. The 33rd annual display runs November 5 through January 3 at 2 Cactus Garden Drive, with no reservations required.
Admission is $3 per person, and children under 2 and adults 65 and older are free. Part of the fee goes to Help of Southern Nevada and Three Square Food Bank, Santa is there daily through December 23, and the garden is open 5 to 10 p.m. most nights.
4. Bellagio Conservatory Holiday Display. This is the free pick, and the easiest add-on to any Strip night. The 14,000 square foot Conservatory on the Strip runs its holiday display from November 14 through January 2.
Do not go this week, though. The Conservatory is dark from November 8 to 13 while crews build the holiday display, so anyone driving down tonight for it will find a garden in transition, not a finished show.
The One With Heart, and Your Game Plan
5. Magical Forest at Opportunity Village. This one wins on heart, every single year. It runs November 27 to 29, December 3 to 24, and December 26 to January 1 at 6300 West Oakey Boulevard, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Every ticket supports Opportunity Village and the people with intellectual disabilities it serves. Tickets are date specific this year, a new change, and children 3 and under are free.
So here is your sequence. Do Glittering Lights or Ethel M this week while they are fresh and open, add Bellagio after November 14, book Enchant for November 20 or later, and save Magical Forest for Thanksgiving weekend.
That is five totally different nights out, from $0 to a $39 carload. Honestly, that spread is the most Vegas part of all.
