Here are the most commonly asked questions:
| Halloween Show Dates: | October 15th - October 31st |
| October Show Hours: | From Sunset to 9pm. |
| How To Listen: | Tune to 87.9FM on your radio, or listen to speakers outside (the speakers get quieter as it get later). |
| Show Etiquette: | Please be respectful of others and our neighbors. Don't block others or blast your car stereo please. |
| How To Watch & Parking: | The best view is on foot, but there's plenty of street parking and a few spots to watch from your car. |
| Where Is It?: | The corner of 37th & Graham in West Seattle (map at the bottom of this page). |
| Questions Or Comments?: | Use the comment form at the bottom of the page. |
What started in 2021 as a way to make setting up holiday decorations more enjoyable, quickly spiraled out of control into our current annual light show with over 60,000 addressable LEDs. This show is put on for fun as a hobby and was started without any experience. A lot of time went into this show, nearly everything in the show is designed and made in house - learn more.
Move into West Seattle 2019. First music synchronized show in 2023. Things are getting organized in 2025.
Our first year setting up lights in our new home. We committed to adding a bit more to our decorations each year.
This brief video montage runs through the process of making a light show. I use an audio program called SpectraLayers to extract out instrumentals from a song. That allows me to add timing markers for each instrument in the song. Those timing marking get imported into a program called xlights. It allows me to map out my light display and add effects to each light at specific times in the song.
If I can make it, rather than buy it, I will. The housing for the large 3x6' P5 panel display is made up of 20 indivudal panels wired together, each containing 2,048 LEDs. I designed & 3D printed brackets to mount the individual panels and welded a frame out of aluminum. All of the various mounts that hold my lights to the house have to be designed, tested, and 3D printed. Pex tubing from an irrigation project was used to make the 3 LED arches at the front of the display. Many of my lights proprietary lights that I replace the controller in and repurposed. Every thing has to be waterproof so every wire of every connection is hand soldered and shrink wrapped. I'm always looking to make or modify new fixtures.
I use Kulp control boards to drive the WS2811 LEDs. Those control boards are connected to BBB or RaspPi boards to host falcon player (FPP) which is what runs the light shows I make over our network. Nearly all of the lights are 12v/24v WS2811 addressable LEDs. There are also a few DMX controlled devices. I use an FM transmitter to broadcast the signal. I also use cheap amp & outdoor tweeters to play music.
A long time. I get faster each time, but it can easily take me 10 hours to create a show for a 2-minute song.
If you're somewhat technical, you can probably do it. It can be cost prohibitive to quickly get to the point of doing a full show, but if you're patient you can acquire a little bit each year.