Holiday Lights at C.A.L.M.

It was so fun to be able to walk through the light displays for Christmas 2024. Prices seemed reasonable: $18 for general admission adults and $15 for children and seniors. We went on a Tuesday, and there weren't too many people. The paths were wide enough for folks with strollers to pass each other comfortably. The people who were staffing the event, such as the people with lights helping direct traffic in the parking lot and the young people standing around the paths were very friendly. The snow station was magical, Santa and his team were so friendly, and the snow machine section as magical. 10/10!

My family and I went the other night and what a beautiful experience lots of fun. The kids got snacks and we enjoyed our time.

Holiday lights at Calm is great way to see lights for the Christmas season. Love that it's a drive thru holiday light show- sit and relax in your car as you drive through. Takes roughly half hour once your inside. Went on a weeknight : lucked out wasn't busy at all ; weekends I know tend to be a lot busier. Buy online $30 for a carload ; I believe $40 on premises. Save them $10; might need it for hot chocolate or kettle corn or a snack later. This is worth the money and a great light display. Bakersfield is rocking the holiday lights! Always a must see. Turn into the radio station they give you on a paper; when you check in ... so you can listen to holiday tunes as you drive through and enjoy the holiday lights.

The lights are getting ready to go up again for 2023. I love the lights and the ease of driving through. The staging area is at Lake Ming. Print out your tickets. Go just after sundown as the line fills up fast.

First time going to the Holiday Lights at CALM and we loved it! We hear so many people talk about it but never made the time to stop by but finally did it. It's $40 per car, but $30 if you buy it online. Totally worth the money (get your ticket online and save that $10). While you're there be sure to tune in to their music station. They will play holiday music as you drive thru. My kids loved it. Overall, this is a must during the holiday's in Bakersfield. And know that you will be helping provide for all the animals have rescue over the years and continue to rescue.

A must see Christmas lights experience. The holiday lights show takes about 20-30 mins to drive through. It was very well done with lots of effort put in to make it a memorable experience. A great way to spend an evening with the fam!Tickets can be purchased online and is per vehicle. There's also a radio station to tune into while you drive through the show.

Crazy it's been a year and I didn't write a review. Last Christmas we came here with my 80 year old best friend. She had never been here, only saw pictures on tv. It was a perfect night with my family walking around and checking out the amazing lights. We even took our picture for last years Christmas card. The volunteers working are so nice and helpful. I will miss walking around this year. Due to Covid C.A.L.M. is having a drive thru to see the lights. Hoping I can make it, I hear it is nicely done and worth the money to drive through. Praying next year we can enjoy being inside walking around. Price to drive through is $30 and starts at 5:30

I love CALM if it wasn't for my kids growing up so fast, my family and I would still be an annual CALM members. This year was a little different with the holiday lights versus all the previous years. This was my first time visiting the holiday lights at CALM in my vehicle due to COVID19.The wait time to enter the light show did take time to drive in, but when you finally get in then it's definitely worth the wait. Have patience with the wait time because this is their first year doing a light show car ride, so they dont have a lot of experience with the anticipation of the wait time. All in all, they did a fantastic job setting up the lights in the parking area. I was pretty amazed with how well the setup was. Although they have a lot of the same lights from the previous years, I did notice a few new ones on display towards the end of the ride.Not sure if annual CALM members were discounted due to the circumstance, but prior to COVID19, I do know that tickets are definitely discounted for annual members. Discounted or not, I think you should definitely support CALM for the animals. From all the years of visiting the lights at CALM, I prefer this years holiday lights. I think that the animals aren't bothered with a whole lot of sounds and disturbing lights, so once COVID19 calms down, I think they should continue to do the lights in this manner.I didn't tune in to the holiday music that was displayed upon entrance, but we played holiday music on Pandora and it went well with the blinking lights. Hope you and your loved ones enjoy the holiday lights as much as my family did!

It is soo beautiful and fun! My granddaughter loved it. Santa was awesome! We had a perfect time!

I give C.A.L.M. their credit for putting on a good holidays lights show. It is a very creative and very well put together drive-thru show. Being able to stay in your vehicle, change the radio station to sync to the light show with holiday music makes it a fun good 20 minute holiday ride. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at certain locations or you can purchase them at the actual site and it is $10 per person. Yes they take cash or credit cards. Also it is a simple drive. Not much traffic in this area and they do provide porta-potty's.