{"id":524378,"date":"2026-11-10T01:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T01:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524378\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T01:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T01:56:35","slug":"imaginarium-holiday-light-festival-returns-to-cal-expo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524378\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginarium holiday light festival returns to Cal Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JeremiahSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n

Imaginarium,<\/a> considered to be California’s largest holiday light festival, is returning this week to Sacramento’s Cal Expo. <\/p>\n

The event opens Saturday, Nov. 14, and will run through Jan. 4, 2027. This year’s “holiday magic” event features 13 festive worlds with over 15 million LED lights. <\/p>\n

Attendees can also enjoy an ice rink, carnival rides, immersive mirror rooms, a nightly balloon drop, a K-pop holiday tribute show and circus performances. <\/p>\n

A wristband is required for the carnival rides, and reservations are highly recommended for the ice rink. <\/p>\n

Click here to buy tickets and wristbands. <\/a><\/p>\n

The event will be open daily with the hours of 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The event will be closed on Thanksgiving, according to the event’s website. <\/p>\n

See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Imaginarium, considered to be California’s largest holiday light festival, is returning this week to Sacramento’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,200206,2691,7,135479,200204,200208,23615,1043,2424,30739,200203,46898,56100,38660,200211,200207,47243,200212,200205,200210,224,121,123,122,595,776,15398,2429,211,15432,200213,200209],"class_list":["post-524378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-balloon-drop","tag-cal-expo","tag-california","tag-carnival-ride","tag-carnival-rides","tag-circus-performances","tag-download","tag-event","tag-friday","tag-holiday-event","tag-holiday-light-festival","tag-holiday-magic","tag-ice-rink","tag-imaginarium","tag-jan-4-2027","tag-k-pop-holiday-tribute","tag-led-lights","tag-light-display","tag-mirror-rooms","tag-nov-14","tag-p-m","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-saturday","tag-sunday","tag-thanksgiving","tag-thursday","tag-ticket","tag-tickets","tag-wristband","tag-wristbands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}