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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Light up North Bend Holiday Lighting Contest!

City News Releases Posted on November 24, 2025

Residents and businesses are invited to shine brightly this season as the annual Light up North Bend holiday lighting contest returns.

Every year, local homes and businesses deck their places out for the community to admire! Light Up North Bend brings homes, businesses, and nonprofit organizations together for a bit of healthy competition.

Following the competition, enjoy a Light Up North Bend Holiday Tour Map, where all participants’ displays will be mapped out for guided personal tours around our North Bend community.

If you plan to light up your home, property or storefront this winter, please consider joining the annual lighting contest.

There are 4 divisions: Single-family home; Multi-family home (apartment, condo, townhome); Business; Neighborhood. There are 3 categories within the Single-family, Multi-family and Business Divisions:  

  • VMA: Best Use of Music
  • Hollywood: Best Theme
  • Griswold: Best ‘Overuse’ of Lights (channel your inner Clark)  

The Neighborhood Division winner will be chosen based on the largest number of homes decked out for the season.

The registration deadline has been extended to Sunday, December 7. Participating homes, businesses, and nonprofits must be decorated and ready by December 8 at 5 p.m. Judging will occur December 8 through 14 with the help of North Bend city commissioners and other local leaders.

Register using this fillable Light up North Bend registration form (PDF). Participants can email the form to bkeveren@northbendwa.gov or deliver to the City Hall Front Counter during business hours listed on the form.

…Did we mention prizes? The Neighborhood division winner will get bragging rights, and the winners of each category in the Single-Family, Multi-Family and Business Divisions will receive a $50 gift card to the North Bend business of their choosing.

The Light Up North Bend Holiday Tour Map: After the judging is complete, we will share a map for community distribution so that everyone can do a Light Up North Bend Holiday Tour to take in the twinkling, decorated homes that participated. Beginning December 16, find the map:

Holiday lights


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