Light the Knights Festival, at Truist Field, 324 S Mint Street, Charlotte, NC, returns for the 2024 holiday season.
It again features a regulation size ice rink on the field and a 10-lane, 150-foot snow tubing slope in right field.
You’ll need to sign a waiver to tube or skate.
Please note that this year, CLT NYE, Uptown Charlotte’s New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration, will take place at Light the Knights Fesival.
Check out our huge day-by-day list of holiday events in the Charlotte area! We update it every day!
There will be all kinds of activities on the skating rink, including tournaments, figure skating and chances to learn to play hockey.
Love Christmas lights? Then you need to check out our list of the best Christmas light displays in the Charlotte area.
As in previous years, Light the Knights features holiday lights, live entertainment, on-field concessions, gift vendors and Santa.
It will run from Wednesday, November 27, 2024, to Monday, January 3, 2025. (See schedule below.)
Santa is typically there every day the festival is open (until after Christmas.) There’s no cost for pictures with Santa. Bring your own phone/camera for pictures.
Light the Knights Festival Schedule
Light the Knights is open from November 27, 2024, to January 3, 2025, with the following exceptions:
- November 28 (Thanksgiving)
- December 2 to 4
- December 9 to 11
- December 16 and 17
- December 24 and 25 (Christmas Eve and Day)
The hours vary, as you can see below.
Please check the Lights the Knights page for any updates to the schedule.
- Wednesday, November 27: 5 to 10 p.m.
- Friday, November 29: 12 to 10 p.m.
- Saturday, November 30: 12 to 10 p.m.
- Sunday, December 1: 12 to 8 p.m.
- Thursday, December 5: 5 to 10 p.m.
- Friday, December 6: 5 to 10:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 8: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Sunday, December 8: 2 to 9 p.m.
- Thursday, December 12: 5 to 10 p.m.
- Friday, December 13: 5 to 10:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 14: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Sunday, December 15: 2 to 9 p.m.
- Wednesday, December 18: 5 to 10 p.m.
- Thursday, December 19: 5 to 10 p.m.
- Friday, December 20: 5 to 10:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 21: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Sunday, December 22: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Monday, December 23: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Thursday, December 26: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Friday, December 27: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 28: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Sunday, December 29: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Monday, December 30: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, December 31: 2 to 9 p.m.
- Wednesday, January 1: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Thursday, January 2: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
- Friday, January 3: 2 to 10:30 p.m.
Ticket Prices
Admission only is $12 (plus fees), and admission + skating + tubing is $40 (plus fees.) (There is not an option for just skating or just tubing.)
Parking for Light the Knights
Prices can vary.
Mint Street Parking Garage at 410 S Mint Street
Surface lots at:
- 128 S Poplar Street
- 160 S Poplar Street
- 204 S Poplar Street
- 138 S Graham Street
- 220 S Graham Street
Vendors at Light the Knights
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