Lighting Rentals & Professional Installation in Northern & Central Virginia
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Wedding Lights
Illuminate your special day with Lights Around Wedding Lighting Rentals. Transform your ceremony and reception into an unforgettable experience with our exquisite selection of Wedding Light options. From the romantic twinkle of fairy lights to the vibrant colors of LED uplighting, to precise pin lighting, we have everything to match your wedding theme and style. Our user-friendly service ensures that your venue shines brightly, creating the perfect ambiance for your dream wedding.
Professionally Installed Lighting for Homes, Weddings, Events & Businesses
Lights Around designs, installs, services, removes and stores professional lighting across Northern and Central Virginia from a single wedding reception to a full commercial holiday display. Every category below is a rental with installation included: you are not buying boxes of lights and climbing a ladder, you are booking a crew that shows up, builds the display, keeps it running and takes it down when the season ends. Browse the five collections below, check that we serve your area, then request a quote to reserve an install date. If you would rather see the work first, our photo gallery shows finished installs across Virginia and our customer reviews explain what it is like to work with us.
Permanent LED Lighting: One Install, Every Holiday, Year After Year
Permanent LED lighting is the fastest-growing product in exterior residential lighting, and it is the best reason to plan in the off-season. A track of individually addressable RGB diodes is fitted into your roofline, soffit or patio structure once, then disappears against the trim in daylight. From your phone you can run warm white for everyday curb appeal, red and green in December, orange for Halloween, school colours on game day, or a soft patio glow for a dinner party — with no ladder, no annual install fee and no bins in the garage. Start with the permanent lighting collection, then compare permanent patio lighting for covered porches and pergolas, year-round roofline lighting for full architectural coverage, and accent fixtures such as RGB globes and spheres and LED light bars for landscape and façade washes.
Most homeowners are weighing a permanent system against paying for seasonal installation every year. Permanent systems are quoted once, per linear foot; seasonal installation is quoted every season. For a typical Virginia home the crossover usually lands somewhere between the fourth and seventh season — and after that the system keeps working for every other holiday on the calendar, not just December. We will run that comparison on your actual roofline during a free site visit: book a permanent lighting consultation.
Christmas Light Installation: Design, Install, Service, Removal & Storage
When the calendar turns, Christmas light installation is a full-service job for us, not a drop-off rental. We design your display from photos of your home, install commercial-grade C9 and mini-light strands on your schedule, service anything that fails during the season, remove everything in January, and store it until next year — so nothing ever goes in your attic. Most homes start with roofline Christmas lights, available in tiers from 200 to 400 feet, then add depth with tree light wraps for trunks and canopies, lit Christmas wreaths in 24-, 36- and 48-inch sizes, and garland for columns, railings and entryways.Â
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Commercial & Municipal Holiday Lighting for Businesses, HOAs and Town Centers
Commercial lighting is where scale matters, and it is the segment most residential installers cannot serve. Lights Around builds displays for shopping centers, HOAs, main streets, wineries, hotels, hospitals and office parks across Virginia — including Christmas tower trees built to display height, giant holiday light displays and oversized figures, and walk-through tunnel light structures that turn a courtyard or promenade into a destination.
We carry commercial general liability coverage, work from lifts where the site requires it, and coordinate directly with property managers on power load, install timing and after-hours access. Multi-year agreements lock your pricing and guarantee your install window before the season books out. Request a commercial proposal — B2B properties typically plan between June and September.
Wedding Lighting Rentals: Uplighting, String Lights & Pin Spots
Wedding lighting rentals turn a venue into a room people remember, and they are the highest-impact change you can make to a reception space for the money. LED uplighting washes walls, tent panels and architectural features in any colour you choose and can shift between ceremony, dinner and dancing. Wedding string lights — bistro, café and fairy strands — create the warm overhead canopy that appears in nearly every reception photograph.
Pin spot lighting puts a tight, controlled beam on the cake, sweetheart table and centrepieces so they read properly both in the room and in the photos. We install, tune the colours with you before guests arrive, stay reachable through the event and strike everything afterwards which is what separates a professional lighting service from a rental drop-off. Barn, winery, estate and tented weddings around Charlottesville, Culpeper and Loudoun are among our most frequent bookings.
Event Lighting Rentals for Parties, Corporate Events & Seasonal Displays
Event lighting covers everything outside weddings and the holidays: corporate parties, galas, fundraisers, graduations, anniversaries, festivals, grand openings and backyard gatherings. Backyard bistro lighting strung over a patio, lawn or deck is our most requested spring and summer install, and freestanding light posts let us hang that canopy anywhere there is nothing to attach to — no mature trees, no structures, no drilling into your home.
Seasonal and cause-based displays such as Halloween lighting and awareness lighting bring the same crews and commercial-grade equipment to the rest of your calendar. Indoors or out, we handle power planning, cable management and safe routing so nothing about the setup reads as temporary.
How Much Do Lighting Rentals & Installation Cost in Virginia?
Cost is what people search before they call, so here is a straight answer. Every Lights Around installation is quoted from your roofline, tree count, venue floor plan and power access — but the ranges are predictable. Professional seasonal Christmas light installation in Virginia generally runs a few dollars per linear foot, with most single-family homes landing in the mid-hundreds for an all-in package covering design, installation, in-season service, removal and storage. Permanent LED systems are priced per linear foot as a single one-time install rather than per season, so the comparison is a one-off investment against a recurring annual cost. Wedding and event lighting is quoted by package — uplighting by fixture count, string lighting by span and rigging method. Cost drivers are consistent across all of them: linear footage, roof height and pitch, number of stories, tree size and count, power availability, and how custom the design is.
You can browse every product and check availability for your date on our full inventory page, or submit a quote request and we will come back with two or three design options at different price points. Questions about deposits, booking deadlines, weather and what happens if a strand fails mid-season are answered on our FAQs page.
How Our Rental & Installation Process Works
Booking is deliberately simple, and you never touch a ladder.
- Request a quote. Send photos of your home, or a floor plan and guest count for a venue. Start here.
- Design. We come back with two or three options at different price points, built from your actual roofline or floor plan.
- Reserve your date. A deposit holds your installation week — the most contested resource of the season.
- Installation. Our own insured crews install commercial-grade product, test every circuit, and set your timers or app controls.
- In-season service. If something goes dark, it is our problem, not yours. We come back out.
- Removal and storage. For seasonal displays we take everything down and store it until next year. For permanent systems, we hand over the app and the warranty.
Curious what the finished result looks like? See recent installs in the photo gallery and read what customers say about working with us.
Why Virginia Homeowners, Venues and Businesses Choose Lights Around
We own our equipment and employ our own crews rather than subcontracting the work, and that shows up in three practical ways. Our product is commercial-grade and replaced on a schedule, so displays do not fade or fail halfway through December. Our installers work under our own liability coverage on properties ranging from single-story homes to multi-story commercial façades. And because we are based in Locust Grove and dispatch across the region ourselves, service calls happen on our schedule, not a franchisor’s. Learn more about the team, browse our full inventory, or read customer reviews before you book.
Lighting Rental & Installation Service Areas Across Virginia
When to Book: A Season-by-Season Lighting Calendar
Lighting is seasonal; the booking calendar is not. Wedding and event lighting books three to twelve months ahead and runs heaviest from April through October. Permanent LED lighting is best installed in spring and summer, when scheduling is open and you have the system tested and running long before the holidays. Christmas light installation quotes open in late summer, and install weeks across our busiest markets are typically full by mid-October — Halloween lighting books in September. Commercial and HOA properties plan earliest of all, usually between June and September, because those displays need site surveys and power work. If you are reading this in the off-season, this is the easiest and least expensive time to plan: get on the calendar now.
Lighting Rental FAQs
Do you sell lights, or is everything a rental?
Nearly everything is a rental with professional installation included — we supply, install, service and remove the product. Permanent LED lighting is the exception: it is a purchased, installed system that stays on your home year-round.
Do you take the lights down and store them afterwards?
Yes. Removal and off-season storage are included in our seasonal packages, so nothing goes in your attic or garage. Details are on our FAQs page.
How much does Christmas light installation cost in Virginia?
Pricing is driven by linear footage, roof height and pitch, number of stories, and how many trees and features you want lit. Most single-family roofline packages fall in a predictable band that includes design, installation, in-season service, removal and storage — request a quote and we will price your actual home.
Are permanent Christmas lights worth it compared with installing every year?
If you plan to light your home most years, usually yes. A permanent LED system is a one-time install with no annual labour cost, and it works for every holiday and every ordinary evening — not just December. We will run the break-even comparison for your home during a free site visit.
Can I choose custom colours and designs?
Yes. Permanent systems are app-controlled with full RGB colour and scheduled scenes. Seasonal displays are designed to your colour scheme, and wedding uplighting is matched to your palette and can change between ceremony, dinner and dancing.
What happens if a strand fails mid-season?
We come back out and fix it — in-season service is included in every seasonal package. Because we own our inventory and replace it on a schedule, failures are rare to begin with.
How far in advance should I book?
Christmas installations: August through early October. Weddings and events: three to twelve months ahead. Commercial and HOA displays: June through September. Permanent lighting: spring and summer for the widest choice of install dates.
Do you work with businesses, HOAs and municipalities?
Yes — commercial lighting is a core part of what we do, including tower trees, giant displays, tunnel structures and light-pole fixtures, with multi-year agreements available.
Reserve Your Lighting Installation Date
Set your event or install date, tell us what you are lighting, and we will come back with a design and a price. Request your free quote or call the office nearest you — Locust Grove (540) 755-0997, Northern Virginia (703) 634-6008, Richmond (804) 396-2002, Charlottesville (434) 333-6445.