Reliant Lights Your Holidays Celebrates 14 Years Of Family Fun At The AT&T Performing Arts Center

(DALLAS) – Reliant Lights Your Holidays makes its merry and bright return to the AT&T Performing Arts Center campus at Sammons Park on Saturday, December 5, 2026. This year’s 14th annual celebration will feature cheerful holiday classics performed by Empire 6, sponsored by The David M. Crowley Foundation. The festival is part of the Center’s free 2026-2027 Festival Series and part of the annual December at the Center, featuring headliner holiday performances. Everyone is welcome!  

“When we flip the switch to illuminate the stunning lights spread across the Center’s campus, Reliant Lights Your Holidays will mark the arrival of the holidays in the Dallas Arts District,” said Warren Tranquada, president and CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. “The entertainment, snow, fireworks, and of course, thousands of families wearing those Reliant blinking Santa hats will make it another night to remember!” 

More than half a million energy-efficient LED lights will transform the festival into a joy-inspiring holiday display. Together, the lights span nearly 35 miles, enough to stretch from Dallas to Fort Worth.  

“For Reliant, lighting up the holidays is more than the dazzling displays. It’s about creating a place where people can come together and enjoy the season,” said Bill Clayton, senior vice president, Reliant. “We’re proud to continue this beloved tradition with the AT&T Performing Arts Center and welcome families from across North Texas to celebrate with us.” 

EVENT DETAILS 

• Saturday, December 5 
• 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. 
• Sammons Park 
• 2403 Flora St.  

FEATURED ATTRACTIONS 

• Entertainment by Empire 6 
• Illuminating half a million LED lights and a Christmas Tree in Sammons Park 
• Fireworks at 7:15 p.m. by Pyrotex 
• Holiday-themed projections by Lightware Labs on the Wyly Theatre 
• A wintery snow playground with REAL SNOW 
• Kids’ crafting area 
• Free photos with Santa sponsored by Lexus 
• Free miniature golf on the putting green 
• Expanded food and beverage offerings 
• Reliant’s fan-favorite blinking Santa hats 
• Festive holiday market 

Reliant Lights Your Holidays occurs at the front end of the annual December at the Center season, a busy holiday time for the Center, which also includes:  

• Dec. 11: The Gifts of Christmas: A Grand Celebration of Holiday Music  
• Dec. 13: An Evening with Peter Billingsley and A Christmas Story  
• Dec. 13: A Celtic Christmas  
• Dec. 14: Winter Nights with Matteo Bocelli, son of Andrea Bocelli 
• Dec. 15: A Soulful Christmas with The Temptations  
• Dec. 19: Alonzo King Lines Ballet, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND 
• Dec. 20: A Drag Queen Christmas 
• Dec. 21-23: Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland 
• Dec 26: Love Actually in Concert  

The Center’s resident companies also have holiday performances:  

• Dallas Theater Center: A Christmas Carol, Wyly Theatre, Nov. 27 to Dec. 27 
• Texas Ballet Theater: The Nutcracker, Winspear Opera House, Nov. 27 – Dec. 6 
• Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Espresso Nutcracker, Majestic Theatre, Dec. 12 

Special thanks to the David M. Crowley Foundation, the official entertainment sponsor; Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural Districts Program; Lexus, the official Santa Claus sponsor; and Reliant, the official energy provider of the AT&T Performing Arts Center for this signature holiday event. Thanks as well to The Addy Foundation for support of all of the Center’s free community events.  

The AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Festival Series is supported by National Life Group, Netflix House Dallas, Texas Bank, Raising Cane’s, and Indeed Flex.  

RSVPs are encouraged at attpac.org/reliantholidays! 

Imagery and a video preview can be found here.
 

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