Events, Festivals and Exhibitions

Bristol Light Festival 2025, UK

31 January 2025 - 9 February 2025

Free

Bristol Light Festival, the award-winning winter festival will be from January 31

 
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Bristol Light Festival, the award-winning winter festival will return in February 2024 with a stunning interactive and captivating light installation trail that will set the western British city alight.

Bristol Light Festival

The free Bristol festival of light is held across 10 days including two weekends, and will light up the English city.

The first three artworks have now been revealed, featuring the enchanting world premiere of The Whilers, the comeback of Illumaphonium with the South West debut of Somnius, and the charmingly kitsch display of Ramandu’s Table. This spectacle will be accompanied by an internationally acclaimed artist and Bristol alumnus, bringing a procession of pink flamingos.

The Bristol Light Festival 2024 festival attracted 275,000 visitors to the city centre.

Bristol Light Festival
Ramandus Table, precedent image – © 2024 Bruce Munro. Photographer Mark Pickthall

When Is the Bristol Festival of Light 2025?

The UK light festival will be held from January 31 to February 9, 2025.

Where is the Festival?

The festival will include installations all around the city of Bristol.

Other Festivals in Bristol

The Bristol lights festival is not the only major event in the city. There are numerous Bristol festivals throughout the year, including Valley Fest and Slapstick Festival.

The Whilers – Air Giants

Things To Do in Bristol

Bristol is a fascinating city with a great music scene, wonderful bars, great street food and strong history and culture. It makes for a really interesting UK city break. For more inspiration on what to do in Bristol, we suggest you click on the Visit Bristol tourism website here. Alternatively, you can read Mark Bibby Jackson’s Things To Do in Bristol by Day and Night, and follow him as he discovered all the great activities you can get up to in Bristol at any time of the day.

Further Information on the Light Festival

If you require any more details on what is happening in the festival, we suggest that you visit the official light festival Bristol website here.


All images supplied by organisers.


Details

Start:
31 January 2025
End:
9 February 2025
Cost:
Free

Venue

Bristol
Bristol,United Kingdom

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Mark Bibby Jackson

Mark Bibby Jackson

Before setting up Travel Begins at 40, Mark was the publisher of AsiaLIFE Cambodia and a freelance travel writer. When he is not packing and unpacking his travelling bag, Mark writes novels, including To Cook A Spider and Peppered Justice. He loves walking, eating, tasting beer, isolation and arthouse movies, as well as talking to strangers on planes, buses and trains whenever possible. Most at home when not at home. Mark is a member and director of communications of the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW).

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