Garden Lights,
Holiday Nights
With extremely limited capacity and masks/social distancing required, Garden Lights, Holiday Nights returns November 14, 2020 - January 16, 2021. Tickets, available only online, go on sale October 1.
Buy Tickets Early to Secure Your Preferred Date
Member Tickets: Oct. 1, 10 a.m. Nov. 12 Member Premiere Tickets: Oct. 1, 10 a.m. PUBLIC TICKETS: Oct. 1, Noon
Please note: Tickets are extremely limited for this reduced-capacity event. Garden Lights tickets are not included in the complimentary daytime admission benefit to members. Guest passes are not accepted for this special event. All guests and members must have timed tickets.
Your Safety is Our Priority
Keeping our guests safe during the most wonderful time of the year brings changes to this year’s Garden Lights experience.
- Nightly capacity has been dramatically reduced.
- Masks are required for all guests over 10 years of age, indoors at all times, and outdoors when you’re within six feet of other guests. All Garden staff and volunteers will be wearing masks at all times, and hand sanitation stations are located throughout the Garden.
- Guests are required to follow health guidelines on social distancing, maintaining at least six feet apart at all times. Many pathways will be designated one-way traffic.
- Tickets must be purchased online in advance of your visit.
- Tickets are limited to eight (8) per order.
- To limit gathering crowds upon arrival, there are two entrances: General Admission ticket holders enter through the gates by Mershon Hall. Premium and Premium+ ticket holders enter through the Hardin Visitor Center.
- To safely accommodate guests, the Night Light Tickets, Block Tickets and Group Tours are not offered in the 2020-2021 season. No tickets will be sold onsite.
About the exhibition
Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, presented by Invesco QQQ, returns in 2020 with new safety protocols and spectacular lighted sculptures from the blockbuster exhibition, Alice’s Wonderland Reimagined. New in 2020, the Red Queen joins the White Rabbit and Phoenix in a glowing cast of larger-than-life sculptures twinkling with holiday cheer. Nature’s Wonders, the world’s largest choreographed curtain of light and sound, returns with new music and motion. Our beloved Ice Goddess is back with new colors in her flowing locks. The exhibition runs nightly through Jan. 16, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, from 5 – 11 p.m.
Garden Lights is presented with support from:
Member Preview
November 12, 2020 | 5 – 10 p.m.
$17.95 (adults and children)
Garden members can join us at the season’s lowest price. Capacity is extremely limited. Tickets available October 1. In addition to the exclusive premiere, members receive $5 off every ticket purchased. Join today!
Admission Prices
Choose Your Tickets
New! Premium+ Ticket
Experience the benefits of the best Garden Lights ticket package ever offered!
- Includes FLEX TIX: Choose your preferred date and enjoy the ability to change if needed.
- NO TIME RESTRICTIONS: Arrive whenever you’d like on the scheduled date of your visit.
- Each ticket comes with a cloth face mask and lighted bulb necklace.
- Also includes hologram glasses, drink ticket and express entry.
Tickets available Oct. 1
Premium Ticket
Enjoy Garden Lights, Holiday Nights with a drink ticket and limited-edition hologram glasses to see the show in a whole new light.
Valid only for date selected at time of purchase and not transferable to another night. No rain checks for inclement weather. Purchase online. Premium drink tickets are not valid at Longleaf Restaurant.
Tickets available Oct. 1
General Admission Ticket
General Admission tickets are the year’s best value and are valid only for the date and time of purchase and not transferable to another night. No rain checks for inclement weather. Purchase online.
Tickets available Oct. 1
Flex Tix
Flex Tix is an add-on that allows you to change the date of your visit due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. It can be purchased with General Admission or Premium tickets. Premium+ tickets include Flex Tix. Contact the Garden for an easy exchange to a different night at the same level. Flex tix value expires January 16, 2021.
Exchanges must be made by phone at the number provided in your emailed ticket confirmation. Upgraded date changes (Value Night to Peak Night, for example), require payment of the difference in ticket level. There are no refunds for downgraded date changes. FLEX Tix cannot be transferred to sold-out nights.
Tickets available Oct. 1
Parking
Monday – Wednesday:
$10 or $5 for vehicles of four or more people.
Thursday – Sunday:
$10 for all vehicles
Multi-Visit SAGE Parking Passes are accepted.
The Garden’s parking deck is shared with Piedmont Park, so parking may be limited. If the deck is temporarily full when you arrive, return 10-15 minutes later, as it fills and empties in waves. Alternate means of transportation, including rideshare apps, taxis and MARTA are encouraged.
Oversized vehicles, buses and limos are not permitted to park onsite.
Know Before You Glow
Tickets must be purchased online in advance of your visit.
Tickets are non-refundable; valid ONLY for date selected at time of purchase unless FLEX Tix upgrade is purchased.
The exhibition is rain or shine. No rainchecks for inclement weather.
Guest passes and reciprocal benefits are not accepted for this special event.
Dress appropriately for this outdoor walking experience.
Wheelchairs and electric mobility scooters are available for rent at on a first come, first serve basis and may not be reserved. Wheelchairs are complimentary, scooters are $25+tax. Scooter rentals must be paid by credit card at Garden Admissions. Photo I.D. required. Scooters may not be rented in inclement weather. Quantities limited.
No outside food.
No weapons of any kind.
No smoking, vaping and nicotine/tobacco.
For your children’s safety and the safety of all guests, wagons are not permitted during this exhibition. Strollers are welcome.
Dining at Longleaf
Come for the show and stay for dinner. Reservations are highly recommended. Garden Admission is required for dining at Longleaf, the Quick Café or the Snack Bar. Please note: the Garden is card-only at this time. Cash is not accepted. See daytime hours.
Masks are required in all the Garden’s indoor spaces, including Longleaf and the Quick Café.
Longleaf Restaurant
Enjoy table service in the dining room each night, 5 – 10 p.m. Last seating at 9:30 p.m.
Quick Café
Order soup, sandwiches and more from the counter in the back of the restaurant.
Sunday – Thursday: 5 – 8 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 5 – 9 p.m.
Snack Bar
Nightly, 5 – 10:30 p.m.
*Parties of 6 or more must make reservations by phone: 404-585-2061.
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