Check the following schedule for information to catch specific color patterns and sequences:

• Through Dec. 23: Winter Sparkle features a traveling blue-and-white sequence.
• Christmas Eve, Dec. 24: Lights will glow red and green.
• Christmas Day, Dec. 25: An hourly rotation will alternate between red and green for Christmas (every other hour beginning at 4 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. on Dec. 26) and blue and white for Hanukkah (alternating hours starting at 5 p.m. and ending at 7 a.m. on Dec. 26).
• Dec. 26 through Dec. 30: An hourly rotation will alternate between red, dark purple, and green for Kwanzaa (every other hour beginning at 4 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. on the following day) and blue and white for Hanukkah (alternating hours starting at 5 p.m. and ending at 7 a.m. on the following day).
• New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31: Dim white lights will be followed by a dazzling bright white light sequence at midnight.
• New Year’s Day, Jan. 1: A sparkling white light sequence will bring the holiday season to a close.

The Boathouse Row holiday lights have been a treasured Philadelphia holiday tradition since 1979 and once appeared on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. According to a report by CW PHL17, the lights on the historic buildings were converted to LEDs in 2005, with a complete transformation of the displays occurring in March 2024.