Over 100,000 channels of RGB pixels light up to Christmas music in a 16-minute show — Pasadena’s premier home light spectacle and winner of ABC’s Great Christmas Light Fight in 2022, free for families nightly through Christmas.
Harbeck Lights is Pasadena’s premier residential Christmas light show, a labor-of-love display by the Harbeck family featuring more than 100,000 RGB color-changing pixels synchronized to a 16-minute loop of classic and modern holiday music. The show runs every evening from early December through Christmas night.
Winner of ABC’s Great Christmas Light Fight in 2022, the display rotates through favorite holiday characters — Santa, Rudolph, the Grinch, Snoopy — plus playful nods to Star Wars and retro 8-bit video games.
Tune your car radio to 99.1 FM to hear the music synced to the lights, or step out and enjoy from the sidewalk. The Harbeck family has built this spectacle over a decade of design and engineering work and offers the show free as their gift to the community.
Yes — the show is entirely free, hosted by the Harbeck family as a gift to the community. Optional donations are sometimes accepted to support charitable causes.
Tune your car radio to 99.1 FM to hear the music synchronized to the lights — that’s the official broadcast for the show.
Nightly from early December (typically December 2) through Christmas night, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The 16-minute show loops continuously, so you can arrive any time during those hours.
Both work — many visitors park nearby and walk the sidewalk for a close-up view, while others enjoy the show from inside their car with the radio on. The sidewalk is family-friendly and stroller-accessible.
Yes — the show is fully family-friendly and a favorite among Pasadena families with young kids. The music, characters, and lights are tuned for all ages.
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