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Lyon's Fête des Lumières, a Festival the City Lights

リヨン Fête des Lumières と市が灯す光祭

OPERATOR
The City of Lyon (Ville de Lyon)
LOCATION
Lyon
MODEL
Festival programming — Rooted in an 1852 religious tradition (candles placed at windows on 8 December); Lyon adopted the first Plan Lumière in Europe in 1989 and, in 1999, the city reorganised the celebration into the present multi-day festival, programming and commissioning the works itself
ARTIST PAY
Works are commissioned or selected by open call; after the festival an audience-voted Trophée des Lumières is awarded to outstanding pieces
CADENCE
Four nights around 8 December each year (5–8 December in 2026), roughly 19:00–23:00
SPEC
Projections and installations across Lyon's squares, streets, riverbanks and historic landmarks; about 23 works at 20 sites in 2025, and 32 works for the 25th anniversary in 2024
SINCE
1999
STATUS
Active — The 2015 edition was cancelled after the November Paris attacks; only the traditional lumignons (candles) at windows were lit, as a tribute to the victims