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Lumiere London Light Festival, 2018

18 Jan 18 – 21 Jan 18, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM

We tell you all you need to know about Lumiere London, the city-wide free light festival taking over the capital this weekend

By CW Contributor on 16/1/2018

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The Light of the Spirit, Patrice Warrener, Lumiere London 2016. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Matthew Andrews.
The Light of the Spirit, Patrice Warrener, Lumiere London 2016. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Matthew Andrews.
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Last year, 1.3 million people popped on their winter coats and ventured out over four cold nights to watch London transform into a nocturnal outdoor exhibition, with projections illuminating some of London’s most defining monuments. This January, the free light installation show returns to douse London in colour for the third time, brightening up our gloomy but wonderful city at the darkest of times.


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From King’s Cross to the South Bank, the light festival stretches across much of London and has expanded from last year's 30 locations in a bid to to light up more of the city. The festival's six major districts (King's Cross, Fitzrovia, London's West End, Mayfair, Westminster & Victoria and South Bank & Waterloo) stretch both sides of the Thames.



Keyframes, Groupe LAPS, Thomas Veyssiere, Produced by Artichoke. Lumiere London 2016, Photo by Mathew Andrews


The 2018 programme, which includes over 50 mesmerising works by international artists, can be viewed here.


Crowds can look forward to a second installment of Patrice Warrener’s popular Light of the Spirit, which brought Westminster Abbey to colourful life last year. You can see King's Cross flooded in water and waves of ethereal blue light as Daan Roosegaarde's immersive Waterlicht is intsalled in Granary Square. Stroll through an undulating tunnel of light at South Bank and marvel at the Brutalist concrete of the National Theatre rendered animated, glowing, and liquefied, whilst the Leicester Square gardens are transformed into a rural idyll with curious nocturnal creatures.


Helen Marriage, the CEO of the arts charity behind the festival, Artichoke, looks forward to the festival’s reimagining of communal space: ‘Lumiere London is about more than the art: it’s about people sharing public space and re-discovering the city.’




Garden of Light, TILT, Lumiere London 2016. Produced by Artichoke, Photo by Matthew Andrews


The best and most leisurely way to get around the festival is on foot, but if you do want to take public transport, check the TFL website in advance. Download the Lumiere app. map and guide, to help map your route, too.


See revered architecture transformed with 3D light projections, interactive installations and other extraordinary light works this January.


Get outside and start your 2018 in spectacular fashion.



What Lumiere London Light Festival, 2018
Where Various Locations | MAP
Nearest tube Oxford Circus (underground)
When 18 Jan 18 – 21 Jan 18, 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Price £FREE
Website Click here for more information



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