The ELF's Holiday Light Show

10/12/2026

We are officially 2 weeks away from the start of our 2026 show season which will begin with our Pre-Season Show. These shows will begin Oct 25 and will run through Oct 31 from 8-10pm each night. These 20 min shows will run back to back thoughout the night(s). Be sure to get it on your calendars now, as we begin the season with some high energy songs fully programmed with thousands of lights! We hope to see you there!!

09/23/2026

With less than a week to go until we start setting up for this year's show, we want to make sure everyone knows the schedule for all the different shows. Spread the word - we have a lot planned! Our Pre-Season show features two 20-minute shows, the Patriotic show has two 20-minute shows, our Christmas show includes seven 20-minute shows plus a shorter 10-minute show for the week before and of Christmas, and we'll wrap up with a 30-minute New Year's Show. We've programmed over 60 songs to music and will have more than 70,000 lights dancing to the beat. Mark your calendars now - this is going to be a year to remember! For all the details, visit our website: https://www.theelfsholidaylights.com/

09/13/2026

What an undertaking we have decided to take on for the light show this year. Not only do we have a new addition to the family welcoming baby Noelle just weeks ago, adding over 11k pixels to the display, but we are also launching an all new show to our lineup. Since we started our shows in 2019 we have always done a patriotic song to end our Saturday night shows which has always been a hit. We are proud to announce that starting this November, we will be celebrating our military and first responders with our all new Patriotic Show that will run the week of Veterans Day. This has been in the works for years and this year everything aligned so we could make it happen. Although not planned, it is exciting to know we are launching this new show the same year the good ole USA celebrates 250 years. We have been working around the clock getting new displays ready as well as getting some amazing songs programmed that we are certain that everyone will enjoy. You aren’t going to want to miss it!

Next week we will be announcing our 2026 schedule for all of our 4 shows which include our Pre-Season, Patriotic, Christmas, & New Years shows. The skies will be lit up before we know it!

09/12/2026

As we are tirelessly working to get ready for the quickly approaching show season, we have an exciting announcement that will be made tomorrow on a major change to the upcoming 2026 show season and all show seasons moving forward.

Comment with what you think this announcement could be!

09/12/2026

What a sobering day it has been for many. 25 years ago today the USA experienced one of the worst tragedies ever here on the homeland where close to 3k lost their lives. Serving in emergency services myself, today always hits close to home as many firefighters, police, and port authority officers lost their lives trying to help those in need.

This year we are proud to honor those that died on September 11, 2001 during the terrorist attacks that hit the World Trade Center (New York City), Pentagon (Virginia), and United Airlines Flight 93 (Pennsylvania) through our own memorial.

08/29/2026

Here we are only a couple of months from the start of our annual light shows with the first of many being the Pre-Season show. We have some exciting announcements to be made soon including the 2026 show dates, show playlists, and even a new and exciting planned addition to our show lineup that we are sure will be a new annual tradition for many.

Now that everyone is in suspense to hear the upcoming announcements, we have the most exciting one to make now. This past Wednesday at 1:55pm we were blessed to welcome the newest E.L.F. Noelle, to the family. We are excited to see what the future holds for the Rhodes family as well as The E.L.F.’s Holiday Lights! See everyone soon!

07/20/2026

Have you ever wondered how the antimated light show thing works? Well here is your chance to hear from some of the industry leaders of how it all works. We are proud to one of the few helping organize and plan the Carolina's Mini 2026. Get registered today!

The 2026 Carolina's Mini is quickly approaching as we are now less than 2 weeks away. We are excited to announce the details that everyone has been eager to hear. We have some great classes scheduled being taught by some of the industry leaders.

As in years past, we are planning to have a Friday night dinner for social networking as well as a post Mini dinner Saturday night to finish off strong. We invite everyone to come and enjoy meeting your fellow light enthusiast! (You are responsible for payment for these meals).

There has been a discounted rate approved for a select number of rooms at the Hampton Inn Hickory located at 1956 13th Avenue Drive SE, Hickory, North Carolina, 28602 for anyone planning to come early.

We have been extremely blessed by our commercial vendors to again make this one of, if not the only 100% free Mini’s in the hobby. Breakfast snacks and lunch will be provided by a few of our gracious sponsors. We’ve also received some amazing door prizes that we will be giving out throughout the mini.

Be sure to check out the discounts provided by Wired Watts as well as Pixel-Now for deliveries made to the Mini.

If you haven’t gotten registered yet, be sure to get signed up today and make plans to attend the 2026 Carolina’s Mini. Hope you see you there!
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06/03/2026

Interested in learning what it takes to make one of these shows happen? Ready to take the leap to start one yourself? Ready to bring joy to others while pulling your hair out at the same time? If you answered yes to any of these then this event is for you. Learn the dos & don'ts from some of the industry leaders, meet other light enthusiest, and meet some of the highly respected vendors in the profession. This is a great hobby with amazing friendships that coume out of these Mini's. Sign up today for the 2026 Carolina's Mini being held in Granite Falls, NC on August 1st. Feel free to give us a shout if you have any questions about the Mini!

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We are now less that 2 months away for the 26' Carolina's Mini. Crazy to think that we will all be setting up before to much longer. Be sure to get registered for the official Mini for NC/SC today. You aren't gonna want to miss this exciting time to learn and fellowship with fellow lighting enthusiest from not only the local area but the Eastern US.

-FREE
-Multiple classes from some of the industry leaders
-Vendors
-Games
-Door Prizes

*Even Santa himself may be there!!

04/05/2026

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. Look beyond the candy, bunnies, and eggs to see what the meaning of Easter is. HE IS RISEN!!

03/13/2026

With everything going on, we just realized the other day that we never posted anything from when we made our check presentation to the Blue Ridge Humane Society last month. Our presentation kept getting delayed due to weather but once we were finally able to make it happen, we were honored to present them a check for $2,260 from the donations that was received during the 2025 light show season. We had personally set a goal of $2k which was higher than we have ever been able to do in the past but thanks to everyone who gave, we were able to surpass that goal. We are excited to see what 2026 will hold and this may be one of, if not the best Christmas we've ever had as we were proud to announce just a few weeks ago that we will have a new addition to the family come August. This will be our first so we are excited beyond what words can express. Everyone gets a chuckle when we tell them that we both found out on Christmas Day that we were expecting. No better gift! Definetly answered prayer. We look forward to seeing everyone this coming season!