About Us
Bristol Light Festival is set to return to Bristol for 10 days of dazzling light-based artworks to brighten up the darkest nights of winter from 19 - 28 February 2026.
The festival programme will span the city, including Redcliffe, Cabot Circus, Park Street, Spike Island and Portland Square, transforming Bristol into a glowing playground of light, colour and imagination.
One of the headline artists for this year's festival is Liz West, who will bring two large-scale installations to Cabot Circus, transforming its multi-storey car park into a vast, reflective, colour-saturated spectacle.
Our Colour Reflection
765 mirrored acrylic discs will bathe Level 7of the Cabot Circus car park in 15 vivid hues across its concrete and steel structure.
Our Colour
Having premiered in 2016 at Bristol Biennial, this colourful installation is returning at twice the size, using coloured theatre gels to saturates the space in a radiant spectrum of shifting hues, inviting audiences to walk through colour.
Full programme to be announced shortly!
Travel by bus to Bristol Light Festival
Plan your trip to Bristol Light Festival with First Bus - services stop just minutes away from each attraction, giving you more time to enjoy all Bristol Light Festival has to offer.
Travelling with friends or family? The West of England FirstDay Group ticket is now £13, allowing up to 5 people of any age unlimited travel all day (only available on the First Bus App). Travelling solo? Hop on and off buses in the Bristol Zone all day for just £6.50 with a Bristol FirstDay Adult ticket.
Bristol Light Festival is founded by Bristol Business Improvement District (BID), and curated by the festival’s creative director, Katherine Jewkes.
