Boulder, Colorado · Under the Flatirons

Christmas light installation in Boulder, CO

Twenty minutes down the Diagonal and we are on your street. Boulder is the hardest town on the Front Range to light well — landmarked facades on Mapleton Hill, steep pitches above Chautauqua, and mature street trees that swallow a roofline if you get the bulb spacing wrong. We have been doing it since 2018.

A large Boulder Victorian outlined in multicolor C9 bulbs along every roofline, turret and porch

Get a free Boulder quote

or call (720) 804-9908

Boulder County crewsFully insuredNo staples on historic trimTakedown & storage included3-year price lock

Local knowledge

Lighting Boulder is not like lighting the plains.

Boulder homes are older and taller than anything in the new subdivisions east of us. Steep pitch, cut stone, and slate or shake in the historic districts — none of which takes a staple. Every Boulder install is clipped, never nailed, and we carry the ladder stand-offs that keep weight off original gutters.

Where we work in Boulder

Mapleton Hill
Whittier
Newlands
Chautauqua
Table Mesa
Martin Acres
North Boulder
Gunbarrel

Historic-district homes take longer and cost more than the same square footage in a newer town. That is crew time on ladders, not a Boulder surcharge.

The Worry-Free Holiday

Everything included, one Boulder crew.

✦A design drawn for a steep pitch, not a template

✦Commercial-grade LED — no consumer strands on a three-story roof

✦Clipped, never stapled: nothing touches historic trim

✦An inspector on your street all season, not a call center

✦Takedown in January and labeled storage until next year

✦The price held for three seasons

Full details on our seasonal lighting service page — or make it year-round with permanent lighting.

Lit in Boulder

Recent Boulder installs.

A Boulder home with warm white bulbs along the roofline and two evergreens netted in warm white — Boulder · warm white roofline with two netted evergreens

A Boulder home in warm white with a fully lit evergreen beside the entry — Boulder · warm white with a lit evergreen at the door

See the full gallery

Then

Boulder, 1900.

Sanborn fire insurance map of Boulder, Colorado, 1900, showing the street grid and every building block by block — The turn-of-the-century street grid: Pearl, Walnut and Spruce already laid out the way the Lights of December Parade still runs them.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1900. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection — public domain.

Boulder at Christmas

See all holiday events on the map →

Pearl Street, and everything under the Flatirons.

Downtown Boulder runs the biggest holiday programme on the Front Range. Here is the season, and where an install has to land to be lit before it.

Sunday, Nov 222026

Switch on the HolidaysDowntown Boulder. Cookie Crawl 11am–2pm, then the downtown lights come on 2–7pm, with Santa.

Saturday, Dec 132025 date · 2026 TBA

Lights of December Parade6pm. Starts at 15th & Walnut, west to Broadway, north on Broadway, east on Spruce, finishing at 15th & Spruce. Reviewing stand at Broadway & Pearl.

Nov 27 & Saturdays2026

St. Nick on the BricksFree visits with Santa at the Downtown Boulder Visitor Information Center — Nov 27, then Saturdays Nov 28, Dec 5 and Dec 12.

Mid-Nov – mid-JanNightly

Snow Much Fun light displaysHundreds of thousands of LEDs through the Civic Area by the Dushanbe Teahouse and BMoCA, and the length of Pearl Street.

DecemberChautauqua

WinterFest at Colorado ChautauquaCarriage rides, Santa’s cottage, cottage tours and a holiday market at the foot of the Flatirons.

Dates marked 2025 are last year’s and are shown as a guide until the 2026 schedule is posted — we update this page when it is. Source: boulderdowntown.com.

Boulder is our tightest calendar. Downtown switches on in late November and the parade lands mid-December, so the whole city is looking at lights for a solid month. Boulder installs also take longer — taller pitches, older trim, more ladder work per house — so we hold fewer Boulder days than anywhere else. Reserve by October 31. October installs are 10% off; November is prime season.

Boulder FAQ

Questions Boulder homeowners ask.

Do you use staples or nails on historic Boulder homes?

Never. Everything is clipped to the gutter lip or shingle edge and comes off in January without a mark. On Mapleton Hill and the older West End homes we also use ladder stand-offs so no weight rests on original gutters or trim.

Can you light a three-story Boulder home?

Yes. Steep pitch and height are the two things that make a Boulder quote higher than the same square footage in a newer town — it is crew time, not materials. We carry the equipment for it and our people are trained and insured for the work.

How much does Christmas light installation cost in Boulder?

Season packages start at $550. Most Boulder homes land between $1,200 and $3,000 because of pitch and height, and larger historic properties run higher. Every price includes design, lights, install, season checks, takedown and storage, locked for three years.

Do you work with Boulder's landmarked properties?

Yes, and we scope them differently. Nothing is fixed into masonry or original woodwork, and we will walk the property before quoting if the facade is landmarked.