The ELF's Holiday Light Show

07/20/2026

Have you ever wondered how the antimated light show thing works? Well here is your chance to hear from some of the industry leaders of how it all works. We are proud to one of the few helping organize and plan the Carolina's Mini 2026. Get registered today!

The 2026 Carolina's Mini is quickly approaching as we are now less than 2 weeks away. We are excited to announce the details that everyone has been eager to hear. We have some great classes scheduled being taught by some of the industry leaders.

As in years past, we are planning to have a Friday night dinner for social networking as well as a post Mini dinner Saturday night to finish off strong. We invite everyone to come and enjoy meeting your fellow light enthusiast! (You are responsible for payment for these meals).

There has been a discounted rate approved for a select number of rooms at the Hampton Inn Hickory located at 1956 13th Avenue Drive SE, Hickory, North Carolina, 28602 for anyone planning to come early.

We have been extremely blessed by our commercial vendors to again make this one of, if not the only 100% free Mini’s in the hobby. Breakfast snacks and lunch will be provided by a few of our gracious sponsors. We’ve also received some amazing door prizes that we will be giving out throughout the mini.

Be sure to check out the discounts provided by Wired Watts as well as Pixel-Now for deliveries made to the Mini.

If you haven’t gotten registered yet, be sure to get signed up today and make plans to attend the 2026 Carolina’s Mini. Hope you see you there!
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06/03/2026

Interested in learning what it takes to make one of these shows happen? Ready to take the leap to start one yourself? Ready to bring joy to others while pulling your hair out at the same time? If you answered yes to any of these then this event is for you. Learn the dos & don'ts from some of the industry leaders, meet other light enthusiest, and meet some of the highly respected vendors in the profession. This is a great hobby with amazing friendships that coume out of these Mini's. Sign up today for the 2026 Carolina's Mini being held in Granite Falls, NC on August 1st. Feel free to give us a shout if you have any questions about the Mini!

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We are now less that 2 months away for the 26' Carolina's Mini. Crazy to think that we will all be setting up before to much longer. Be sure to get registered for the official Mini for NC/SC today. You aren't gonna want to miss this exciting time to learn and fellowship with fellow lighting enthusiest from not only the local area but the Eastern US.

-FREE
-Multiple classes from some of the industry leaders
-Vendors
-Games
-Door Prizes

*Even Santa himself may be there!!

04/05/2026

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. Look beyond the candy, bunnies, and eggs to see what the meaning of Easter is. HE IS RISEN!!

03/13/2026

With everything going on, we just realized the other day that we never posted anything from when we made our check presentation to the Blue Ridge Humane Society last month. Our presentation kept getting delayed due to weather but once we were finally able to make it happen, we were honored to present them a check for $2,260 from the donations that was received during the 2025 light show season. We had personally set a goal of $2k which was higher than we have ever been able to do in the past but thanks to everyone who gave, we were able to surpass that goal. We are excited to see what 2026 will hold and this may be one of, if not the best Christmas we've ever had as we were proud to announce just a few weeks ago that we will have a new addition to the family come August. This will be our first so we are excited beyond what words can express. Everyone gets a chuckle when we tell them that we both found out on Christmas Day that we were expecting. No better gift! Definetly answered prayer. We look forward to seeing everyone this coming season!

03/13/2026

With everything going on, we just realized the other day that we never posted anything from when we made our check presentation to the Blue Ridge Humane Society last month. Our presentation kept getting delayed due to weather but once we were finally able to make it happen, we were honored to present them a check for $2,260 from the donations that was received during the 2025 light show season. We had personally set a goal of $2k which was higher than we have ever been able to do in the past but thanks to everyone who gave, we were able to surpass that goal. We are excited to see what 2026 will hold and this may be one of, if not the best Christmas we've ever had as we were proud to announce just a few weeks ago that we will have a new addition to the family come August. This will be our first so we are excited beyond what words can express. Everyone gets a chuckle when we tell them that we both found out on Christmas Day that we were expecting. No better gift! Definetly answered prayer. We look forward to seeing everyone this coming season!

01/05/2026

Well thats a wrap folks! We have just completed our last show for the 2025-26' show season. We always hate to see it come to an end but that just means we are at the beginning of our 2026-27' show season. As stated before, we have some huge plans for the upcoming show season which we feel everyone will appreciate and enjoy. Be sure to follow us on social for updates. Thanks to everyone who has come out and a huge thanks to all the generious folks who have not only donated funds for the Blue Ridge Humane Society but also adopted so many of our featured pets. We will soon be scheduing a check presentation to BRHS so stay tuned to see how much was raised, but what I will say is that we surpassed our goal!

01/04/2026

Our final night of shows have just begun and will go until 10pm tonight. Come on out and enjoy this fun and family friendy event.

01/04/2026

What a sucessful year we have had. We have featured 32 dogs and cats this show season that needed homes and as of this evening, 30 of those founds homes. The only 2 not adopted yet are the ones we just posted this past Fri & Sat. Thanks for anither great year!

01/04/2026

We have reached our final night. It's sad to see that it is here but also exciting because we can now focus on upgrades and changes for our next show season to make it bigger and better than ever. We have some BIG ideas and plans next year and will be working tirelessly to make it all happen. Come on out tonight and catch our final night for the 2025-26' show season!

01/03/2026

For our last featured pet for this show season, we bring you Midnight. She is a cute 7 month old kitten ready to meet her forever humans and have a new home for 2026. If we can get this adorable cat adopted by tomorrow night we should be able to say that 100% of our featured animals have found fomes this season! Cantact Blue Ridge Humane Society for additional information!