Holiday Express adds New Year’s Day showing

KNOXVILLE – An additional showing of the Holiday Express at the UT Gardens will give visitors more time to see the exhibit during its final weekend.

The Holiday Express will now be open 1 to 6 p.m. Thurs., New Year’s Day. It will also be open from 5 to 9 p.m. Fri., Jan. 2; 1 to 9 p.m. Sat., Jan. 3, and during the final showing from 1 to 6 p.m. Sun., Jan. 4.

Ten garden-scale model trains, thousands of lights and a miniature landscape featuring rivers, waterfalls and more than 100 buildings decorated for the holidays have already delighted thousands of visitors young and old at this event for the UT Gardens, a part of the UT Institute of Agriculture.

The hand-crafted display is located on the Friendship Plaza at the entrance to the UT Gardens off Neyland Drive. The cost is $5 per person; children under 4 are admitted free.