MI Bright Lights is scheduled to open to the public Friday night at Camp Dearborn and run through Dec. 30. The Milford holiday drive-through is back for a second season on the campground, with a house show and two listed drone nights folded into the same stretch of evenings.
Owner Kyle Bostick and business partner Brad Bockstanz spoke with WHMI 93.5 FM ahead of the opening. The station was among those at an influencers night on the grounds Wednesday. The show lists its address as 1700 General Motors Road.
Two Miles And A Car Stereo
The organizer advertises a drive-through of more than two miles, with festive music meant to play through the car stereo. Bostick told WHMI the route has been expanded to two miles. An earlier WHMI account described a mile-and-a-half loop, so the route being advertised this season is longer than the one that write-up laid out.
A Metro Detroit weekend listing puts the display at more than 1.5 million lights synchronized to a seasonal soundtrack. Bostick has also called the drive-through the largest pixel drive-through in the country — his description of the scale. Bockstanz described a pixel-choreographed show timed to music, and the particular pleasure of driving slowly while the choreography plays.
Visitors are given a radio station for the drive-through and a separate station for the house show. The soundtrack is not left to whatever happens to be queued up in the car.
The House Show Moves Beside The Chalet
MI Bright Lights says the house show is moving beside Camp Dearborn's Chalet, near the Mystic Creek Clubhouse, in a setting the organizer intends as larger and more immersive. WHMI reports an all-new house show brought back from last year, including a brand-new façade.
Bockstanz said the display features singing characters and singing props dancing with the lights. Special drone shows are set to be incorporated into the house show on select nights. The organizer lists those flights for Nov. 25 and Dec. 16 at 7 p.m., above the House Show.
Twelve-Hour Days Since October
The crew started on site Oct. 1. Bostick said they have worked more than six weeks, every day, 12 hours a day, and described the labor as an incredible amount. They are still adding pieces to the display.
Bockstanz pointed to the technical wiring the show depends on. A light display that has to hit the beat is, before it is anything else, a wiring job that started six weeks before the public is invited in.
From A Garden City Porch To Milford
The campground loop sits on an older habit. A Garden City Halloween display associated with Kyle Bostick ran about 15,000 lights against roughly an hour of music — 18 songs, and about 1,800 hours of programming, WXYZ reported. That was a home show, not this one.
In an earlier account, Bostick told WHMI the team had been doing a show at the house for six years before opening a drive-through in Westland. MI Bright Lights itself is in its third year. Its stay at Camp Dearborn is the second, which is also how the weekend listing frames the 2026 return. Bockstanz said the show has kept growing and drawing more interest.
One Carload, And A Dollar For Soup
The show's FAQ says one ticket admits one carload and covers one entry. A return visit takes another ticket. Pets may come, provided they stay inside the vehicle.
On the giving side, the weekend listing says the Bostick family will donate one dollar to Capuchin Soup Kitchen for every vehicle that comes through. WHMI reported that a portion of proceeds will go to the soup kitchen, and framed each visiting car as help for families and others in need.
The public opening is Friday night. The published run ends Dec. 30, with the two drone dates sitting in the middle of that stretch at 7 p.m. over the house show, at 1700 General Motors Road.
