Winterhaven Festival of Lights is the big neighborhood holiday light display in Tucson. The midtown neighborhood has been lit (🔥 haha) for 68 years. It's free to visit, although donations for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona are collected.
When: Dec. 9-26, 2017; 6-10 p.m. every night. Monday, Dec. 26 is the drive-through night.
Where: The Winterhaven neighborhood is bounded by Ft. Lowell Road on the south, Prince Road on the north, Tucson Boulevard on the west and Country Club on the east. If you plan to walk, look for parking on Tucson Boulevard and Prince Road and wear comfortable shoes.
Cost: Free but bring some canned food to donate and money for hot cocoa or popcorn.
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Perched atop the shoulders of her dad Matt Griebel, 3-year-old Grace Griebel basks in the fluttering snow scene at the corner of Kleindale Road and Forgeus Avenue during the first night of the 67th annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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Holiday visitors file in during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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An elaborate display consisting of lights and fountains coordinated with seasonal music in the front yard of a home at Treat Circle and Farr Street, part of the annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
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A group of Santas peer out at passerby from a house on Kleindale Road during the opening night of the Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
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Mike Crowder, right, and his wife Vilma Reynoso pause hand-in-hand to enjoy a fully-decorated tree during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964. Time exposure at Christmas Ave. and McKenzie St.
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People walk through the streets during the Winterhaven Festival of Lights opening night on December 12, 2009 .
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Pierce Greene, 2, wheels around on his lit-up tricycle with help from mom, Cat, and dad, Greg, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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Jeremiah Lizarraga, left, admires the snow flurries with 10-month-old son Atlas during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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Kathleen Bethel, left, staples some of the longer wishing links together at her family's "Wishing Tree" in Winterhaven, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, where folks who stroll through the decorated neighborhood, can stop and make a wish on a colored piece of paper and attach it to the wishing tree.
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Entrance to the Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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A home at 3024 E. Kleindale displays season's greetings Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.
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Early visitors head down Candy Cane Lane during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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A manger scene partially reflected in puddles from a drizzly evening during the opening night of the Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
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A choreographed water fountain and musical display dazzles at Farr and Treat Circle during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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A red and blue University of Arizona themed yard on the corner of McKenzie Street and Stewart Avenue during the opening night of the Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
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A couple of bike riders stop to watch the musical, light and water display at the corner of Treat Circle and Farr St. on a rainy night for the annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
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The winner of the 2014 "Best Window" award - Old Man Win-der, made of poster board and tissue paper - on Foregus near Treat Circle.
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People walk through the streets during the Winterhaven Festival of Lights opening night on December 12, 2009.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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One home located at the corner of Kleindale road and Fox avenue decorated their lawn with a humorous take on the famous song "Twelve days of Christmas" song. Shown here are the 'eight maids are milking on Dec. 20, 2004.
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The sunset-warmed sky backdrops this snowman during the first night of the 67th Annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.
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A tree in front of a Winterhaven home that has turned into a wonderland of hope and love with notes of kindness. Photo taken in Dec. 2016.
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People walking through Winterhaven and enjoying the lights with their kids and friends on Sunday December 16, 2012.
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House with bow on top and thousands of lights on roof. on Bentley just north of Kleindale at the Winterhaven Festival of Lights 2015.
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