Holiday Lighting
The Squad supplies the lights, installs the display, services any issue during the season, and takes everything down in spring. You stay off the ladder.
Serving the Twin Cities Metro
Never Climb a Frozen Roof Again
The Squad handles holiday and permanent lighting for homes and commercial properties across the Twin Cities. Professional crews, commercial-grade LED, fixed quotes, and full season service through the worst Minnesota winter.
- Free on-site consultation
- Licensed, bonded and insured in Minnesota
- Response within one business day
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5-Star Rated
Licensed and Insured
Locally Owned in MN
Twin Cities Commercial Specialists
Our Lighting Services
Seasonal installs, permanent LED systems, residential, commercial. The Squad handles design, materials, install, in-season service, and takedown across the Twin Cities metro.
Permanent LED Lighting
One install, ten to fifteen years of use. App-controlled color and patterns for every Minnesota season, every holiday, every Vikings home game.
Commercial Properties
Office parks, retail centers, HOAs, hotels, healthcare. Annual contracts that lock in pricing and guaranteed install dates across the Twin Cities.
Residential
Single-family homes, estate properties, lake houses. The Squad designs each home to its own architecture and the Twin Cities winter it has to survive.
Why MN Lighting Squad?
The Squad is locally owned and operated across the Twin Cities, with the full materials and training network of the Lighting Partners franchise behind us. That means the crew that quotes your house is the crew that installs it, and the equipment we use is built to handle a real Minnesota winter.
- Commercial-grade LED rated for subzero Minnesota weather
- Fixed-price quotes walked in person by the Squad lead
- In-season service calls at no additional charge
- Lights stored in climate control all year, ready for next season
- Fully licensed, bonded, and insured in the state of Minnesota
The MN Lighting Squad Team
MN Lighting Squad
"MN Lighting Squad is a locally owned and operated franchise serving the Twin Cities metro with professional holiday and permanent LED lighting installation. The Squad runs as an owner-operator team - the same people who quote your property walk it before quote, sit in on install scheduling, and stand behind every install through the full winter. Client-first from the first call to the final strand, with the buying power and product spec of the Lighting Partners national network behind every job."
Twin Cities Commercial Specialty
Commercial Lighting Across the Twin Cities
Office parks in Eden Prairie, retail along 50th & France, HOAs in North Oaks, restaurants on Grand Avenue, healthcare campuses in Maple Grove. The Squad has the scale, the lift equipment, and the multi-year contract structure to make commercial property lighting a non-event for property managers.
Edina, MN
50th & France Retail District Holiday Refresh
Coordinated holiday lighting program across nine storefronts and three streetside parking lots in the 50th & France district. Warm white roofline runs, wrapped trunk lighting on the boulevard maples, and synchronized blue accent at the district entrance. Installed in two overnight sessions to keep retail hours uninterrupted.
Wayzata, MN
Wayzata Lakefront Permanent LED System
Full-home permanent LED channel system on a 9,800 square foot lakefront property. Roofline, dormers, gables, and the detached boathouse. Channels tucked into the soffit so the system is invisible during the day. Homeowner now drives all colors from the app for Vikings home games, Independence Day on the lake, and every holiday in between.
Eden Prairie, MN
Eden Prairie Office Park - Five Building Campus
Annual holiday lighting contract for a Class A office park with five separate buildings off Flying Cloud Drive. Custom property-manager brand color scheme. Rooflines, main entrance arches, and landscape feature trees. Install crew worked exclusively after 6pm to avoid tenant disruption.
Stillwater, MN
Stillwater Historic Storefront Package
Eleven storefronts along the historic downtown Stillwater riverfront. Each facade quoted and installed individually to respect the architectural detail of buildings dating to the late 1800s. No fastener damage to original brickwork or trim. Display has become a regional draw on December weekends.
North Oaks, MN
North Oaks HOA Community Lighting
Multi-year lighting contract for a private gated community covering the main entrance gatehouse, clubhouse, community pool building, and the perimeter pines along the main drive. Single point of contact through the HOA board for billing and design changes.
Maple Grove, MN
Maple Grove Restaurant Patio Permanent Install
Permanent LED string and channel system over a heated outdoor restaurant patio. Switchable between warm white evening dining mode and full color holiday mode from the manager workstation. Extended the patios usable evening hours through the winter season.
What Twin Cities Clients Say
Real reviews from real homeowners and property managers across the Twin Cities metro.
"We tried hanging lights ourselves the first winter after we moved in. Nearly broke an ankle on the icy roof. The Squad came out, mapped the whole house, and had it done in an afternoon. Now we just text them in October and our house gets lit. Worth every penny."
Megan & Paul R.
Edina, MN
"Our HOA in North Oaks finally switched to a real lighting contractor after years of inconsistent results from handymen. MN Lighting Squad does the entire community entrance, the clubhouse, and the perimeter trees. It looks coordinated for the first time in years."
David W.
North Oaks, MN
"I manage three retail centers along the I-494 corridor. The Squad installed all three in eight days, on schedule, no callbacks, and the tenants noticed immediately. Easiest vendor I have onboarded in a decade."
Jennifer K.
Bloomington, MN
"Permanent system on our Wayzata lake house has paid for itself in peace of mind. We change colors for Vikings games, the kids change them for birthdays, and we never touch a ladder. The Squad did clean wiring tucked up under the soffit so you do not even see the channel during the day."
Eric L.
Wayzata, MN
"Our restaurant patio in St. Paul stays open year-round thanks to the permanent string lighting MN Lighting Squad installed last fall. Customers post photos of it constantly. Has driven a measurable bump in our weekend dinner traffic."
Anna B.
St. Paul, MN
"When a strand went out the week before Christmas, I texted them at 7am. Crew was at the house by 11am that same day. No charge. That kind of response is why we keep renewing the contract every year."
Tom H.
Minnetonka, MN
AI Lighting Designer
Meet Aria -- Your AI Lighting Designer
Describe your home or project. Aria generates a custom lighting design concept in seconds -- rooflines, trees, pathways, outdoor living areas. Tailored to your style and budget, not a generic template.
- Describe your space in plain language -- no forms, no guesswork
- Get a layered design concept built around your actual home
- See fixture recommendations and rough pricing before calling anyone
- Hand the design to our Twin Cities team to lock in your install date
Aria
AI Lighting Designer -- MN Lighting Squad
Online
Hi! Tell me about your home. What areas are you hoping to light up?
I have a two-story colonial, three big oak trees, and a back patio.
Great setup. I am thinking warm-white roofline channel, trunk-up oak wraps with starburst tops, and bistro strings across the patio. Want me to build out the full concept with pricing?
Let the Squad Handle Your Lighting This Year
Free quotes for homes and commercial properties across the Twin Cities. Reserve early. Once the deep cold hits, the install window closes.
Frequently Asked Questions
- We serve Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, and Washington counties. Core service area covers Edina, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Apple Valley, Eagan, Woodbury, Lakeville, Stillwater, North Oaks, Shoreview, plus Minneapolis and St. Paul proper. If you are outside these boundaries, call us. For larger projects we travel.
- We install before the worst freeze, typically mid-October through the first week of December. Our clip systems are rated for Minnesota cold and do not damage shingles or contribute to ice dams the way nails or staples do. If a heavy snow event hits mid-season and something needs adjustment, we come out and fix it. You should never be climbing onto an icy roof to deal with your lights.
- Reserve your spot by Labor Day if you want first pick of dates. Our calendar fills through October and into early December, and once we hit the deep cold we cannot extend the season. Commercial clients on annual contracts get locked install windows before the public calendar opens.
- Three things. First, we work safely on roofs and ladders that should not be climbed in a Minnesota winter. Second, we use commercial-grade LED and channel systems that look better and last longer than anything sold at a big-box store. Third, we store your lights for you year over year so the same display goes back up every season with zero effort from you.
- Permanent lighting is a slim aluminum channel mounted along your roofline or soffit with individually addressable LED nodes inside. You control color, brightness, and patterns from an app. For Twin Cities homes it is especially popular because the long dark winters and brutal cold make a one-time install pay back fast. You skip the ladder, the storage, and the seasonal install fee every year.
- Commercial work is a big part of what the Squad does. We handle office parks, retail centers, restaurants, hotels, HOAs, planned communities, and multi-tenant industrial. We carry the right insurance and equipment for large facades, lift work, and after-hours scheduling so we do not disrupt your tenants or guests.