🕐 Nightly from about Sat 12 Dec to Wed 23 Dec (pageant night), lights on after dark, best after 8:30pm. 2026 dates still to be confirmed by the organisers
💰 Free to walk or drive through
📍 Main Street and surrounding streets, Lobethal
☕ Nearest coffee: Lobee's Cafe and Takeaway, 270m away
🚻 Nearest public toilet: 120m away
The Southern Hemisphere's biggest community Christmas lights, more than 60 years old: around 700 homes and businesses along Main Street and the residential streets light up for twelve nights. Opening night has Carols in the Valley from 7pm, the lights-on countdown and fireworks about 8:30pm. Every night there is a Living Nativity outside the Lutheran Church (about 8:50pm and 9:20pm), Christmas markets in Centennial Hall and food along Main Street (the Bierhaus, the bakery, the pub and food vans). Free, with donation tins for local causes. Weekend roads clog at dusk, so go on a weeknight or arrive before dark and walk. Bill and Peg's Christmas Lane is the famous house. It all ends with the Lobethal Christmas Pageant on Wed 23 Dec at 7pm, and bus tours run from Adelaide.
