# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 40th Annual Vista Lights 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Get ready to start off the holiday season with sparkle and cheer at the 40th annual Vista Lights! ✨

Celebrate the season with us in the heart of the Vista District! Enjoy an evening filled with local shopping, festive performances, and our dazzling tree lighting ceremony. Bring your family and friends, stroll through the galleries and boutiques, treat yourself to holiday goodies, and soak up the magic as we light up the Vista together. 

? When: Thursday, November 20 from  6:00 PM-10:00 PM

? Where: The Vista – Park & Lincoln Streets (closed to traffic 5:00-10:00 PM) and Gervais Street (closed at 6:00 PM from Gadsden to Assembly)

?‍♀️Who: You! Vista Lights is free and open to everyone! 

 What to expect of the night:

?Face painting, balloon art, reindeer snacks and Santa visits for the kids

? Live stage performances from local dance & arts groups

?Tree lighting ceremony outside River Runner Outdoor Center 

? After-lighting music into the night with featured bands 
 
?A new Artisan Market full of local talent

Other tips: 
Free parking: City garage at Lincoln & Washington Streets and South Carolina State Museum lot and a complimentary shuttle by Steel Hands Vista from 5:45-9:45 PM
 
Parking meters are free after 6 PM

Wristbands (21+) for beer, wine & liquor on Lincoln & Gervais (6:00-9:30 PM) — cashless payments encouraged

 ✨ Save the date, invite your friends, and get ready to light up the Vista! See you there!

For more info, visit: https://www.vistacolumbia.com/special-events/vista-lights
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/40th-annual-vista-lights/200029180598945
- **Event Categories**: art, christmas-lights, holiday, music, fine-arts, entertainment, kids, shopping, drawing-painting
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2256

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029180598945?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=columbia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 701 Gervais Street, 150-118, Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201
- **lat**: 33.99942
- **long**: -81.04168
- **full address**: 701 Gervais Street, 150-118, Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Vista (https://allevents.in/org/the-vista/23182596)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 701 Gervais Street, 150-118, Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Vista
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, christmas-lights, holiday, music, fine-arts, entertainment, kids, shopping, drawing-painting
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 40th Annual Vista Lights  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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