From this evening Ryan’s Christmas Lights is back for 2025! The lights will be on between 8:30 and 10:30 pm (unless raining), nightly until New Years Eve. New this year is a group of four little gingerbread characters.
Operating Hours
2024 display is live!
As of December 3rd, Ryan’s Christmas Lights is back lighting up Salisbury East for 2024. Showtimes are 8:30 to 10:30 pm nightly until New Years Eve. Show may be cancelled or turned off early if raining.
What has changed this year? The mega tree has about 600 more lights for a more denser, brighter look. Also there are three new RGB stars to replace two old rope light star motifs.
Dry weather returns, and so do the lights
After a wet few days, dry weather has returned at last! This means the display is back running in full, nightly between 8:30 and 10:30 pm (unless raining).
Videos of this year’s display are expected to be uploaded over the next week. A couple of photos are available to view now.
Wet weather forecast over the next few days, display may not run
With rain forecast over the next few days, the display may be dark. The light show does not run during wet weather. If you were planning to visit the lights tonight or tomorrow, consider rescheduling until the weather clears up to avoid disappointment. Apologies!
Back for 2023 with a rebuilt mega tree and running all December!
Ryan’s Christmas Lights returned for 2023 tonight, Friday December 1st. Nightly show times are 8:30 to 10:30 pm. You can find the display in Salisbury East, South Australia – check out the directions page for more details.
This year features a newly rebuilt mega tree now using all digital pixel lights for many more possible light patterns.
Jingle Bells is this year’s brand new song. Together with Christmas songs from past years, one play-through of 2023’s show lasts just under 30 minutes. Each of these songs from previous years have been tweaked to make the most of this year’s new lights.
2022 light show? YES – from December first weekend
Ryan’s Christmas Lights returns for 2022 with a small amount of physical changes and also a new song. The changes relate to some new additions of mini trees and miniature leaping arches to the garden. This year’s new song is an upbeat version of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.
The first show will be December 3rd, and then nightly between 8:30 and 10:30 pm (unless raining).
Tonight’s show may end early due to incoming thunderstorm
Please be advised that tonight’s show may turn off early if a nearby thunderstorm brings rain. The weather radar indicates isolated heavy showers could occur in the area from around 9:30-10pm. The Christmas lights will stay on until 10:30 pm or until the wet weather arrives, whichever happens first.
UPDATE: Just a few short-lived showers up to 10:30, so tonight’s show (17 December) will end at the normal time.
Up and running! More to come?
Last night (3 December) the display returned for 2021. The lights will now run until nightly New Year’s Eve, except if raining. I have added a couple of setup photos to the 2021 photos page teasing some of this year’s changes.
Like last year there’s no Mega Tree, but this time there is a chance it could make a reappearance in a week’s time. See what happens.
Back for another year starting from 3 December, 2021
Ryan’s Christmas Lights 2021 is happening, yay! The plan is to start the show from the 3rd of December.
This year will be a similar size to last year’s scaled down display. But there are some changes to tease:
- Some new lighting elements plus a couple of older ones replaced with individually controllable digital pixel lights.
- A new festive song for lights to dance to that has not been part of the display until this year.
2020 light display is a-go, albeit smaller
Good news, Ryan’s Christmas Lights 2020 is now illuminating Salisbury East for the festive season! This year’s smaller display will retain the usual 8:30 to 10:30 pm nightly run times, with December 31 being the last day.
