Light festivals worldwide

68 festivals of light art, video mapping and media art — from Lyon's Fête des Lumières to Vivid Sydney. Festivals with archived programmes link to every recorded artwork and edition.

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Ars Electronica Festival

Linz, Austria

Sep · 2966 works · since 1979

Vivid Sydney

Sydney, Australia

May–Jun · 699 works · since 2009

GLOW Eindhoven

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Nov · 516 works · since 2006

Amsterdam Light Festival

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dec–Jan · 375 works · since 2012

Signal Festival

Prague, Czech Republic

Oct · 268 works · since 2013

Lumiere

Durham, United Kingdom

Nov · 229 works · since 2009

Light Festival Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

Jan–Feb · 190 works · since 2011

Festival of Lights Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Oct · 141 works · since 2005

Genius Loci Weimar

Weimar, Germany

Aug · 37 works · since 2011

Blackpool Illuminations

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Sep–Oct–Nov · since 1879

Bright Brussels

Brussels, Belgium

Feb · since 2013

Chartres en Lumières

Chartres, France

Apr–May–Jun · since 2003

Circle of Light

Moscow, Russia

Sep–Oct · since 2011

Enlighten Festival

Canberra, Australia

Mar · since 2011

Fête des Lumières

Lyon, France

Dec · since 1852

Jerusalem Light Festival

Jerusalem, Israel

Jun · since 2009

Kobe Luminarie

Kobe, Japan

Dec–Jan · since 1995

Light Night Leeds

Leeds, United Kingdom

Oct · since 2005

Lights in Alingsås

Alingsås, Sweden

Oct–Nov

Llum BCN

Barcelona, Spain

Feb

Lumina

Cascais, Portugal

Sep

Luminale

Frankfurt, Germany

Mar · since 2002

Lux Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland

Jan · since 2009

Noor Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nov–Dec · since 2021

Spectra

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Feb · since 2016

Staro Rīga

Riga, Latvia

Nov · since 2008

Winter Lights

London, United Kingdom

Jan · since 2015

i Light Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

May–Jun · since 2010

iMapp Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania

Sep · since 2014

More light & media-art festivals

Festival	City	Country	Since
African Lights		France
Blumen- und Lichterfest Walldürn	Walldürn	Germany	1975
Cavalcade of Lights Festival	Nathan Phillips Square	Canada	1967
Celebration of Light		Canada
Celebration of Lights			1991
Copenhagen Light Festival	Copenhagen	Denmark	2018
Electronic Language International Festival		Brazil
Festival of Lights		New Zealand	2015
Festival of Lights, Zagreb	Zagreb	Croatia
Festival of Northern Lights		Canada
Festival Vitesse Lumière	Quebec City	Canada	1997
Gouda bij Kaarslicht		Netherlands
Guangzhou International Light Festival
Holiday Trail of Lights		United States
International Light Festival Skyway	Toruń	Poland	2009
Lichtfest Leipzig		Germany	2009
Lichtfestival Luzern	Lucerne
Light Art Biennale Austria 2010
Light Night		United Kingdom
Lightning parade, San Nicolas Aruba	San Nicolas	Aruba
Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival		Ukraine
Lucerne carnival	Lucerne	Switzerland
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival		United States
Manresa Festival of Light	Manresa	Spain
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival			1996
New York Festival of Light		United States
Night Light Festival	south Tel Aviv	Israel
Nights of Lights
Nobel Week Lights
Noorderlicht	Groningen	Netherlands	1980
Nordic Light
Otaru Snow Light Path		Japan	1999
Sharjah Light Festival		United Arab Emirates	2010
Spectra Festival of Light	Aberdeen
SSA Mapping		Brazil	2017
Tokyo Millenario	Marunouchi Nakadōri Street	Japan	1999
Torchlight Parade		United States
Week of Lights 1938	Stockholm	Sweden
Winter Festival of Lights		Canada