Photos: 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights
It's the Diamond Celebration of the annual holiday light show in the Winterhaven neighborhood, glowing nightly through December 28, Tucson, Ariz.
A couple of sightseers stop to watch the water, light and music show on display along Christmas Avenue at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024. This year’s festival, the Diamond Anniversary, runs through December 28th, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and free although food or monetary contributions to the Community Food Bank are encouraged, with drop boxes and donation QR code signs throughout the neighborhood. There are no drive-thru nights schedule this year.
The lights from one of the trolleys swoop past the bright decorated yards and sightseers on Kleindale Road at Bentley Avenue during the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
A yard along Richards Row is decked out in a Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer theme, complete with the song on a loop, at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
Giant nutcrackers and the giant Christmas tree greet the sightseers entering the neighborhood along Christmas Avenue near Farr Street at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
A biker turns onto Kleindale Road off of Christmas Avenue under the decorated trees on the island at the at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
A festive motorized Star Wars stormtrooper gestures and talks to passersby near at Kleindale Road and Fox Avenue during the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
Jeffrey Scott Brown, left, and Solomon Silva get a truss strung with lights in anticipation of a performance by the Tucson Boys Choir at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
A Santa in distress hangs over a home along Richards Row at the 75th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 19, 2024.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
Tucson's Winterhaven Festival of Lights will lose in-kind support from the city after this year.