KINGSVILLE
The Powell Gardens Festival of Lights
A drive out to Powell Gardens for its holiday lights, then warm drinks and food at the festival's rest stop.
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The stops
- Powell Gardens Festival of Lights$19 each Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, $22 Friday and Saturday, plus $10 parking.about 90 min · 1609 NW US Highway 50, Kingsville, MO 64061 · hours freshly checked · then 5 min walkWebsite Google Maps Apple Maps
- Holly Jolly Rest Stop at Powell GardensWarm drinks and something to eat. Prices are not posted; this is a planning estimate.about 30 min · 1609 NW US Highway 50, Kingsville, MO 64061 · hours checked recentlyWebsite Google Maps Apple Maps
How the night flows
About 30 miles southeast of downtown on US 50, so plan the drive. The lights run 5 to 10 PM on the festival's open nights only.
Good to know
- Reservations
- Check with the place
- Parking
- $10 parking for nonmembers at the garden.
- Getting around
- Driving, Walking
- Setting
- Outdoors
- Alcohol
- None needed
- What to wear
- Dress warm: coats, gloves and shoes for cold sidewalks.
Before you go
Hours, prices and reservations change. Anything we haven't recently source-checked is marked “Confirm today” in the planner rather than presented as fact. Check the venue's own page before you head out.
We last looked over this date on September 26, 2026. That is a review of the plan, not a promise that every detail is current.
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