Lighthouse Point has no amphitheater or downtown plaza, and it has no ticketed light show. From now until late December, the city's holiday calendar runs through Dan Witt Park on NE 22nd Avenue, Frank McDonough Park, and then the residential streets themselves. Each event is a little closer to home than the one before. The season starts with a Sunday morning market, moves to a Wednesday night tree lighting, and ends with Santa riding past front yards on a fire truck.
The city has already published every date. The order matters, though, because each event sets up the next one.
Second Sundays at Dan Witt Park come first
The Farmer's Market is the first regular event of the season. The city's October 2026 newsletter lists it at Dan Witt Park on Sunday, November 8 and Sunday, December 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days. The city's event calendar gives the park's address as 4521 NE 22nd Ave.
October 11 opened the series, so the fall run lands on three straight second Sundays. That gives you an easy way to remember it: the second Sunday of the month, before lunch, at the park off NE 22nd Avenue.
The December 13 date also falls between the season's two big events. It comes eleven days after the tree lighting and one week before Santa's ride. If your weekends fill up in December, that market is the morning on the city calendar with nothing else competing for it.
Dan Witt Park stays busy on weekdays too. The city runs a four-week Youth Pickleball Clinic there on Mondays, split into age groups of 6 to 10 and 11 to 17. Registration for flag football and cheerleading opens through RecDesk on Monday, November 2, at 9:00 a.m., and flag football runs January through March. So the park that hosts the holiday market is also where the winter youth sports season gets organized.
The first Wednesday of December moves to Frank McDonough Park
Next, the season moves to the city's other main gathering spot. Lighthouse A'Glow is set for Wednesday, December 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Frank McDonough Park. The city's event sponsorship brochure calls it a holiday family event held on the first Wednesday of December, with bounce houses, performances, and a visit from Santa.
Last year's A'Glow is the best guide to what the evening looks like. The city's December 2025 newsletter said Santa would arrive at 6:30 p.m. to start the event. The program included a tree lighting and a menorah lighting, bounce houses, food, entertainment, and local vendors selling goods for holiday shopping. The Chabad Jewish Center of Lighthouse Point provided the 2025 menorah. The 2026 listing gives the date, time, and place but no program yet, so treat last year's lineup as a strong pattern rather than a promise.
Local businesses pay for the evening. The 2026 listing names support from Lighthouse Point Yacht Club and Bright Young Smiles. Those same two sponsors were behind Halloween at the Point at Frank McDonough Park on October 22. The city also says sponsorships remain open for the full 2026–2027 event season through Parks and Recreation.
The timing is useful. A two-hour weeknight event starting at 6:30 p.m. fits after school and work, and it lands right at the start of December. If you put up lights at home, the tree at Frank McDonough Park is lit on the same week.
Santa Around the Point brings the season to the streets
Santa Around the Point is scheduled for Sunday, December 20, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The 2026 newsletter gives no starting location, and that fits the event. In 2025, the city said Santa would travel throughout the city on a fire truck and attached a route map to its newsletter.
The city's calendar listing for the 2025 edition used a longer name, "Santa Around the Point and Holiday Golf Cart Parade." Residents were invited to join with decorated golf carts, and the newsletter included an application. Sheehan Cadillac & Buick GMC sponsored the 2025 ride.
The fire truck's route decides who sees Santa from the curb and who has to walk a block or two. That makes the route map the most useful document of the season once it's published.
The 2026 map and golf cart application have not been released yet. Last year, the details arrived in the city's holiday-season newsletters. The November 2025 issue announced the fire truck ride and said a map and more details would follow. The December 2025 issue then carried the map and application. If that pattern holds, the next two newsletters are where to look.
If your golf cart is joining the parade
A decorated cart behind Santa's fire truck needs more than tinsel. The city's January 2024 newsletter summarized Florida House Bill 949, effective October 1, 2023. That summary covered who may drive a golf cart on a public road and what equipment a street-legal cart needs. It also asked residents not to drive golf carts on sidewalks or in bicycle lanes. That summary is nearly three years old, and state rules can change. Before you add your cart to the lineup, read the city's current golf cart guidance and the 2026 parade application when it comes out.
This is general information, not legal advice. Confirm the rules for your own cart and drivers with the city or a qualified professional.
Here's a simple order of steps for December 20:
- Watch the city's November and December newsletters for the 2026 route map and golf cart application.
- Find where the fire truck route passes closest to your home.
- If you plan to join with a cart, check the city's current golf cart requirements against your cart and your drivers before you submit the application.
- Plan your decorations around a 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. window. Last year's newsletter listed 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., so this year's ride starts and ends an hour earlier.
The full calendar, in order
| Date | Event | Where | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, Nov. 8 | Farmer's Market | Dan Witt Park, 4521 NE 22nd Ave | 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 2 | Lighthouse A'Glow | Frank McDonough Park | 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, Dec. 13 | Farmer's Market | Dan Witt Park, 4521 NE 22nd Ave | 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, Dec. 20 | Santa Around the Point | Throughout the city by fire truck, route to be announced | 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. |
Every event is free to show up to, and none of them needs more than a short trip across town.
Between the events, the library and community center keep going
Smaller programs fill the weeks in between. The Innovation Lab at the Lighthouse Point Library hosts "S.T.E.A.M America 250!" on Monday, November 2, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The library's event calendar lists the rest of its fall programs, and you can reach the library at 954-946-6398. Lighthouse Point cardholders can borrow e-books and digital audiobooks and use more than 3,000 newspapers, magazines, and digital resources.
The John Trudel Community Center hosted the 12th annual Mayor's Chess Challenge on October 24. The recreation department's current lineup includes Mahjong classes and open play, open chess, chair yoga, Tai Chi for Arthritis, studio art, and a puzzle swap. The October newsletter links flyers for each program.
A few routes will look different after the holidays. The city says it has construction-phase funding for Sample Road improvements from Federal Highway to the Intracoastal Waterway. It planned to issue a request for proposals in October 2026, with work starting in the first quarter of 2027. Repairs to the city's 15 seawalls were expected to begin in late October or early November 2026. For this season, though, the roads Santa takes on December 20 are the ones you already know.
At Red Pin Realty, we keep track of Lighthouse Point's calendar because it's our neighborhood too, from the second-Sunday market to the street Santa's fire truck turns onto. If you're thinking about what your home in the Point is worth, or about leasing it before next season, call or email Sabrina Perez to schedule a free market consultation.
