Join Our Annual Event
Whether you're just getting started building a lightshow or have years of experience, we'll have sessions to help you improve your show and meet other hobbyists.
| Date: | June 21st, 2025 |
| Venue: | First United Methodist Church |
| Location: | 8210 Buffalo Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 |
| Cost: | $30 / Person |
Overview
Calling all twinkle-headed tech wizards and holiday lighting heroes! Prepare to unleash your inner maestro at the annual NY Christmas Lighting Mini, where Christmas cheer meets cutting-edge tech!
- Master xLights with classes to help improve your sequencing skills.
- Learn the details of setting up your show and getting everything working together.
- Meet and socialize with other hobbyists.
- Enjoy local food from Western New York.
Schedule
Firday
| Description: | Join us for a casual and delicious dinner at Duff's Famous Wings the night before the mini! It's the perfect opportunity to mingle, relax, and fuel up on some legendary wings before the excitement begins. This event is not included with the admission price and is pay-as-you-go. |
| Location: | 8351 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY, USA |
| Description: | Keep the good times rolling with a trip to De Dee's Dairy for some irresistible ice cream! Just a short hop from Duff's, De Dee's offers a fantastic array of flavors and treats. This event is not included with the admission price and is pay-as-you-go. |
| Location: | 8715 Niagara Fls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 |
Saturday
| Description: | Put in tickets for raffles & enjoy coffee and donuts. |
| Duration: | 45 minutes |
| Description: | JR has building things most of his life — from custom suspension systems for show trucks to food processing equipment that runs every day in commercial plants. For the past 10 years, he has taken that experience and poured it into building holiday lighting displays. His original family display, Mattos Orchard Lights, was even featured on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight. These days, he has taken things to a new level with his all-new home display, Light Up the Lane. Out of those experiences came Mattos Designs — a way to help others build displays that are easier to put up, hold up better in bad weather, and don’t need to be replaced every year. Everything they make is built to last and made with the real-world installer in mind. JR has also designed some of the most innovative gear in the industry — like his EVO Lights, Kraken Mounting System, and the rugged, modular Sasquatch MegaTrees. These products are built from the ground up for decorators who want professional-quality displays without the stress and struggle. If you’ve ever had a display fight you every step of the way — this is the class (and company) that’ll make your life a whole lot easier. |
| Presenters: | JR Mattos |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Presenters: | Ryan Lucas |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Description: | Enjoy pizza and wings from Broadway Pizza. |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Presenters: | Jason Somers |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Description: | Clyde Lindsey is a Light Programmer and the co-founder of Pixel Pro Displays. Known for animating the world’s largest pixel-based drive-thru Christmas park, Lindsey has more than a decade of commercial and residential display design and programming experience. Clyde’s fascination with electricity and lighting began with his 5th grade science project. This interest, combined with his love of computers and music, became the impetus for Clyde to build and program his initial synchronized lighting display in 2007. His first computer-controlled light display went “live” in November, 2008. Within three years his display had grown to 50,000 lights, using 150 amps of power. As Clyde’s show grew, his display’s popularity grew as well. His notoriety has brought him a list of commercial and residential lighting projects. In 2017, Clyde and his business partner, Robert Vanorsdale, founded Pixel Pro Displays. Together they have designed, programmed, and coordinated lighting displays for venues such as EDC Vegas, Kunes Auto Group, and Bethlehem Hills. The team is best known for designing and creating the digital infrastructure which runs World of Illuminations, the two largest pixel-based drive-thru Christmas parks in the western United States. Clyde’s passion for programming and his love of music are the driving force behind his work at Pixel Pro Displays. His customized lighting solutions are valued and sought-after by clients all over the world. |
| Presenters: | Clyde Lindsey |
| Duration: | 1 hour |
| Description: | Join us for a post-mini dinner at The Silo. This event is not included with the admission price and is pay-as-you-go. |
| Location: | 115 N. Water St, Lewiston, NY 14092 |
Sponsors
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FAQ
Events
A mini is a chance to meetup with other like-minded people and learn more about this hobby. This is a great chance to meet new people and learn new things.
We will have all kinds of events. Check out the schedule for more details on the events we currently have planned.
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Logistics
Yes. This is an in-person event.
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