Winter City Lights in Olney has announced that it will not open for the 2026 holiday season.
Located at 4501 Olney Laytonsville Road, Winter City Lights features more than one million lights across 10 acres, including a 52-foot Christmas tree synchronized to music, a 200-foot canopy of lights, holiday displays and snow tubing. Organizers said the event will return when the trail can once again be incorporated into the experience.
The announcement follows the cancellation of the 2026 season of Field of Screams Maryland, a haunted attraction operated by the same company at the Olney property. Field of Screams previously announced plans to reopen in 2027, pending changes to the Olney Boys and Girls Community Sports Association’s (OBGC) Special Exception to expressly allow fundraising events on the property…