Busch Gardens' Christmas Town Returns November 14 and Runs Through January 5, the Park Says
Tampa's biggest holiday-lights season opens in under two weeks: Christmas Town is included with park admission, with Rudolph in a new area, Santa's North Pole Experience and fireworks on select nights.
The holiday season's starting gun in Tampa fires on November 14. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's Christmas Town returns that day and runs through January 5, 2027, and the park lists the event as included with regular park admission.
This year's edition puts Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a new area of the park, alongside Santa's North Pole Experience. The park's Holiday in the Sky fireworks are scheduled on select nights during the run, and its Serengeti Safari remains available as an add-on experience, with reservations recommended.
Christmas Town is the first of the region's big seasonal runs to open, ahead of the late-November wave of tree lightings and holiday markets around Tampa Bay. Families planning a visit early in the run get the full lights display with the season's smallest crowds, historically - and, on this week's forecast, the last of the warm evenings to see them in.
