OLD HARBOUR · 14–23 FEBRUARY

Lumenfield

A festival of light, art and long winter nights

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Ten nights.
Twenty-two installations.
One harbour after dark.

Lumenfield turns the old harbour into an open-air gallery. Walk the light trail at your own pace, every night until midnight.

BY THE NUMBERS

This year's festival

10

22

3.4

Free

nights, from 18:00 to midnight

installations across the harbour

kilometres of waterfront trail

entry, no ticket needed

Opening night: 14 February

THE ROUTE

Follow the light trail

Start at Lantern Gate and follow the glowing markers along the water. The full loop takes about 90 minutes.

Step-free all the way · Warm-up stations at B and D

A Lantern Gate

B Mirror Pier

Crane Yard C

Tidal Basin D

E Old Customs House

FEATURED WORK · STOP B

Tidal Chorus

by Ines Varga-Holm

Two hundred suspended lights rise and fall with the tide, played back as a slow wave of colour across Mirror Pier.

Mirror Pier · Runs every 20 minutes from 18:30
Duration 6 minutes

Tonight's programme

18:00

Gates open
The full trail lights up from Lantern Gate.

19:30

Lantern procession
500 handmade lanterns walk from A to E.

21:00

Murmur
A drone ballet of 300 lights over the basin.

00:00

Lights out
The last installation dims. Trams run to 01:00.

THE ARTISTS

Twenty-two makers of light

Ines Varga-Holm

Kofi Adjei-Brandt

Mirela Szántó

Teo Halvorsen

Rahel Desta

Pell & Ward

Lisbon

Accra

Budapest

Bergen

Addis Ababa

Glasgow

…and sixteen more. Full line-up at lumenfield.example/artists

“

It felt like the whole harbour was holding its breath.

Harbour Evening Post
Review of last year's festival

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Before you go

Getting here

Access

Entry

Tram 4 or 9 to Harbour Square, then a five-minute walk. Bike parking at Lantern Gate.

The whole trail is step-free. Quiet hours with dimmed sound run 18:00–19:00 on weekdays.

Free, no ticket needed. Groups of 15 or more can book a guided slot online.

Questions? hello@lumenfield.example · +31 555 0192

Northquay

Fenmoor Energy

MERIDIAN ARTS FUND

the harbour trust

Volta Lighting

KESTREL & CO.

Made possible by our partners

Lumenfield is a non-profit festival run by the Old Harbour Light Foundation.

LUMENFIELD LIGHT FESTIVAL

See you
after dark

14–23 February · Old Harbour · Free entry

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