The 2023 Show Begins In
Depoe Bay lights started the Christmas light show in 2021. I actually started in 2019 but with the pandemic 2021 was really the first year that I was able to put the lights onto the hillside of Troller’s Lodge. The show is a personal hobby. The motel gives us the space to use since our house has a very tiny lot. It is an interesting space in that it is on the hillside which has a pretty steep slope. It also affords an opportunity to get a unique perspective of the lights.
I get a lot of questions about the show and one of the purposes of this website is to help curb your curiosity. You can check out the About section and also the FAQs and if you don’t find the answer you are looking for when you are there… send me a quick email via the Contact Us form. I will also attempt to post periodic journal entries of things I am working on and the like.
If you like the show we encourage you to tell all your friends, post pictures to your social media, get the word out. If you don’t like the show I hope you tell me so that I can work on whatever might be the challenge.
Anticipated Show DATES 2023:
The 2023 Christmas show is anticipated to run from Thanksgiving weekend through the first of January.
Show HOURS:
Monday through Thursday – 4:30pm until 9:00pm
Friday through Sunday – 4:30pm until 10pm.
Show MUSIC:
The show music is broadcast on FM 92.1 – You can tune in on your car or many smartphones have an FM radio built into them or you can download an FM radio app. If you are walking we do have a pushbutton next to the tune to sign on the hillside that will allow you to hear the music for about 5 minutes. Just press the button to activate the hillside speaker.
General Show GUIDELINES:
- Please be COURTEOUS to OUR Neighbors and do not park your car in their driveways or in front of their garages.
- Please turn off your headlights… use your parking lights
- Make sure that you do not block Coast Avenue…like many streets in coastal towns, Coast Ave is narrow. Cars need to be able to drive through. Also please note that parking on Coast Avenue directly in front of the show is NON-EXISTENT. You can parallel park along the street and walk to the show (again be courteous to our neighbors) or parallel park on Highway 101 and use the Graham Street pathway to walk over to the show. (Graham street is a dead end and does not go through to Coast Ave. There is a walking path that does go through. You can NOT park on Graham street.)
- Drive SLOWLY… there are many people walking about and children can dart out in front of you.
- Keep the Volume Levels reasonable!
Please have fun!
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Wish we could be there!
We saw the Spot Light last year and followed it like the North star!
And now I find out the lights have matching music!!!! YAY
I can’t wait to see the show for the Second Year!!
Thanks for making Depoe Bay shine so Bright:)
We are working hard to make it all live on Thanksgiving weekend. We have added a number of new elements this year and one of them allows you to hear the music on the hillside if you don’t have an FM radio tuned to 92.1. You can press a button and you will hear the music for about 5 minutes. You also found the website and on the Control the Show tab you will be able to be at the show and add the song you would like to hear versus the next song in the normal rotation.
Is this a drive by or a must walk to see the show. Just wondering for people with disabilities who aren’t able to walk very far. Thanks for all your work!
You can drive by on Coast Ave. The cross streets that connect Coast to Hwy 101 are Evans and Hawkins. We recommend turning west on Evans then South on Coast. Tune your car radio to 92.1 FM.
Please dont block the street
Excellent lights and tunes! Highly recommended for a warm and fuzzy Christmas feeling! We will be back!
Local Christmas spirit! You gotta go see it. Thanks Bill!
We just drove by the first tune, AMAZING!! Our kids absolutely LOVED it! Thank you for your hard work to make this display.
Awesome display, so many different lights dancing to the music and ever changing and you get to pick songs from the list. I did both in the car and standing outside and loved it ❤️❤️❤️ .