Livermore Lights

This place was pretty cool, parking is akward and was very crowded. It is expected and rewarding for the owners beings you can tell many hours of setup went into making this

As seen on TV! There are so many hidden gems in the Bay Area. I’ve lived here all these years and only came to find out about Livermore Lights a year ago. Recently, I was channel surfing and landed on a show called «The Great Christmas Light Fight.» It just happened that they were showing this house. It makes total sense that they won the fight!
The Phipps’ light show is extravagant. Lights, movies, music, water, and mist. The whole kit and caboodle. You can call it a production! The animated program was nicely edited. Everything was synchronized by the computer. The amount of time and effort put in is evident.
The theme in 2014 was Frozen. Scenes from the movie were projected on screen. All the kids present knew the songs of course and started to sing along. It was adorable! This year, no movie clips were shown but the show was still great. It lasted a little over ten minutes.
It’s wonderful to have a free show that everybody can enjoy. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Festivus, and Happy Holidays!

Loved it!!! Parking was easy, they had security and the lights and Christmas feel was all there! The music was fabulous, all Disney songs that just totally felt like World of Color, or another show they do. It was cold so I was glad I had a big jacket and gloves but the show was only about 15 mins so I was ok. So great. We will definitely come back year after year just to see what he does next! Water, fog, lights… Very professional.

RSLS: Ridiculous suburban light show.
I love coming here every year for the mere accessibility and community support you can feel when you pull up. If your childhood was at all barren of cheery Christmas spirit, all you need is this.
A huge house that is lit up from lawn to rooftop, decked out, with water shooting up in fountain-​like fashion, and music to top off the effects. I went last year when they had the Frozen show and that was super spectacular too.
You can show up at anytime during the holidays (I think it starts after Thanksgiving) and you can catch any part. The start times are on the website. Parking is always abundant – it’s like the neighbors know to utilize their garages and driveways just for the occasion. Since it’s so spectacular, you can view for minutes at a time then be on your way for other people to come along.
A fun spot if you don’t want to do the stroll in Alameda, and totally worth the drive if you don’t live in the Tri-​Valley.

Ummmm, did I just pull up to the Bellagio? There is a light aaaand water show here ya’ll! The pictures I got really didn’t do this show justice but I thought it would be wildly inappropriate to push all of the mesmerized little kids out of the way for a better view. Even though I was marginalized by little kids this was still well worth while!!! The lights aaaand water are synchronized with songs and it is pretty magical. After the show the owner came out on the mic! He rocked the mic right. «you all enjoy the show? Don’t worry folks if you are over there on the side we have another show coming up. And if you didn’t know, rain is in the forecast so I hope you brought your umbrellas.» This dude is serious about his lights and his show! I love it!
This is in a neighborhood off of Isabel and East Jack London, Turino is the street. If you hit a school then you have gone too far but people parked there and watched the show over the wall. Kids will love it and so will adults.

By now, it is very obvious that I love holiday decorations and lights as it brings out that Christmas spirit that is often overshadowed by the commercialism of the holidays.
I have my list of favorite holiday decorations that I go back to each year but Livermore Lights is one of my new discoveries this year. I found out about this from a Savoteur feature of their favorite candy cane lanes in the Bay Area.
Running continuously during their hours of operations (check their website for dates and hours), this display reminds me a small scale version of a show that you would see at Disneyland but right in our own backyard so to speak. Most people park on one of the main streets and just walk in which is the best way to see it as there is often over 100 people per 10+ min show.
Part of the ABC Great Christmas Light Fight, I can understand now why they gone on to win it. It is currently free but there is a donation box where part goes to charity and part will go towards making next year’s even bigger and better.

We were intrigued with this show when it was featured on a Christmas display competition on TV. Livermore Lights went on to win this competition, so we decided to have a look. This show is even more spectacular when seen live. The designer and his parents were very nice to be around. Well worth the drive from SJ. We’ll try to make it out there again next year!

I went with friends last night and it was such a fun thing for us to all do together before heading back to college to get us in the Christmas spirit. all the workers are so sweet and fun to be around. altogether great experience!

My friend told me about this attraction, when we were talking about different Christmas lights/​entertainment in the tri valley. I didn’t even mean to be driving down East Jack London one night, when I remembered what my friend had told me.
I knew the vicinity of the house because she told me. If you’re driving west down Jack London, it’s the left turn after the school district office. Anyways, we found our way there. I was slightly confused as to what was going on… but I turned around and lines up behind the cars that were waiting to get into the court. I was still confused sitting there, but we weren’t in any hurry.
I then realized that the cars were sitting in front of the house and watching the show. People were parking on the adjacent street and walking to the back to the court to watch the show. We had to wait one full show and then we were the first car in.
The couple that own the house were directing the traffic. About five or six cars fit in front of the house. As everyone else has said, it was Frozen themed for the 2014 holiday season. My girls liked it. You can turn to a radio station and hear the sound in your car. I felt bad for the people standing behind the cars, so I turned my car off during the show. It was about 13 minutes. They play the music out in front, so you can roll down your windows and hear it too.
My girls are getting a little older, but I suppose you’re never too old for a sing along that has a lights show with some water action. They do a good job of setting it all up and everyone around us was enjoying themselves. I’m sure we’ll venture over there next December.

very festive. While all the talk was about watching the show from your car, only ⁴⁄₅ cars can fit at a time and with a 15-​minute show, not worth the wait when you have little ones, who can’t even see very well from their back seat! There’s a coned section for pedestrian visitors and my recommendation is to park your car and walk to this house and watching it standing. You actually get more of a direct/​frontal view of the show (i.e. the cars are off the the side). He does an amazing job, the Frozen theme is a hit with the preschool set (we heard about it from another mom, checked out the website, and decided we need to go see). It’s the only residential light display we’ve seen with movie clips projected on a screen and water fountains shooting to the music. my kid was in awe. And while I worried we wouldn’t hear anything, because the website says you get a radio station to tune into while in your car, they played the music from the house so all was good. This family definitely has the Christmas spirit!

This is a fun spot. Lots of neighborhood traffic is the only downside. Kids love the lights and the music.

The lights and music are great and worked without a flaw. The people running the show need not allow spectators to park right in front of the house or on the street at all for that matter. With so many children outside watching the show it’s not safe for cars to be backing in and out of the street every 15 minutes. Another downside is the fact that all the running cars are parked right in front of you, engines running, throughout the show. Exhaust fumes are gross and bad for little lungs. There’s plenty of parking on the main street for people to park and walk in.