Find Holiday Light Displays - Buffalo Grove

Buffalo Grove:
Permit for Holiday Light Displays
If your holiday light display is elaborate enough to meet the criteria of a Special Event, then you will need a Special Event permit. To be sure, please contact the Administrative Service Manager of the Village before creating your light display.
-- From Village of Buffalo Grove 

Buffalo Grove:

Light Displays in Buffalo Grove

News about Buffalo Grove showing off its light displays for the 2020 holiday season:

• Holiday Lights Contest Editor's Choice Winner: Lake County
• "Buffalo Grove Man At Odds With Village Over Holiday Light Display"
• Pictures on the web about holiday lights in Buffalo Grove

Municipal:

Chicago Light Displays - 2020

The Windy City's nasty winds can make you light, scooping you up to see these light displays a little closer:

• Daley Plaza - Menorah Lighting
• CTA - Holiday Train & Bus
• Magnificent Mile - Lights Festival
• Millennium Park - City of Chicago Christmas Tree
• Navy Pier - Winter Wonderfest (closed for 2020)
• Willis Tower - Antenna holiday guiding light

Municipal:

Municipal Light Displays - 2020

If your park district, village, town or city does not have a festival of light, it means they are saving your tax money. You can get the spirit of light in other municaplities instead, for free:

• Antioch - Kringle's Christmas Village, Piggly Wiggly Plaza
• Aurora - Festival of Lights, Phillips Park
• Arlington Heights - Holiday Display, North School Park
• Elgin - Festival of Lights, Festival Park
• Lombard - Holiday Lights, Lilacia Park
• Long Grove - Vintage Holiday Magic, Downtown Business District
• Naperville - Naper Lights, downtown and Riverwalk
• Wheaton - Nights of Lights, Adams Park

Institutions:

Lights At The Museums - 2020

Museums and botanic gardens enlighten, but the following also light you up with delight with their holiday lights, and at the same time lighten your wallet because you have to pay to get in.

• Chicago Botanic Garden - Lighscape, Glencoe
• Kohl's Children's Museum - Kohlights, Glenview
• Morton Aboretum - Illumination: Tree Lights, Lisle
• Museum of Science & Industry - Holidays of Light, Chicago

Institutions:

Lights At The Zoos - 2020

Visit your favorite zoo during the holiday season and see it in a different light.

• Brookfield Zoo - Holiday Magic - Brookfield
• Lincoln Park Zoo - Zoolights - Chicago
• Cosley Zoo - Festival of Lights - Wheaton

Institutions:

Lights At The Attractions - 2020

Somehow the beautiful lights of different colors, shining in the darkness of the night, attract.

• Navy Pier - Winter Wonderfest (closed for 2020), Chicago
• Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch - Winter Light Show, Pingree Grove
• Lake County Fairgrounds - Santa's Rock 'N' Lights, Grayslake
• Northbrook Court - Let It Shine Light Show, Northbrook
• Six Flags Great America - Holiday In The Park Drive-Thru, Gurnee

Institutions:

Ligts At Places Of Worship - 2020

The end of the year is also the time for churches, synagogues, and temples to showcase the faiths with lights.

• Daley Plaza - Menorah Lighting, Chicago
• Naperville Church Of Christ - Life Of Christ lighting display, Naperville
• Quentin Road Baptist Church - Christmas Luminary Hike, Lake Zurich
• Willow Creek Community Church - Winter Wonderland Walk, South Barrington

Miscellaneous:

Ligts All Over - 2020

These are the places that we cannot place in any of the categories above that also keep the season jolly with their own light displays.

• Daily Herald - Editor's Choice 2020 Winners Holiday Lights Contest
• Lehnertz Av. Christmas Display - Story drive-through neighborhood, Aurora
• Mooseheart Child City & School - Annual Holiday Lights, Mooseheart
• Space.com - December Geminid meteor shower, earth sky

Miscellaneous:

Articles On Holiday Lights - 2020

If you want to read more about holiday lights, check out these articles from people who know holiday lights and write about them.

• Choose Chicago - Top spots in Chicago for Christmas lights
• Daily Herald - Communities ... with tree lightings
• Mommy Poppins - Best Holiday and Christmas Lights in Chicago for Families
• Visit Lake County - Top 10 Holiday Things To Do in Lake County 2020