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Lilu Light Festival Lucerne

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Updated for 2020

Lilu Light Festival Lucerne

9th – 19th January 2020

After the success of last year’s Lilu Light Festival it will once again be taking place in the beautiful city of Lucerne. Called the Lilu Festival of lights, it will be lighting up the city from 9th to 19th January 2020. What better time to have a bit of colour and light to banish away the Winter blues – or is it the Winter greys?

Lilu will be featuring an array of both Swiss and international artists showcasing light in all its fascinating facets. Every evening during the festival you can walk through the city of Lucerne between 6pm and 10pm and be enthralled by the stunning luminous artworks. These art installations can be found all over Lucern, in squares, tourist attractions as well as the little alleyways in the Old Town and dotted around the lake. See below some impressions of the Lilu Light Festival from 2019.

The highlight of the Lilu festival is the Genesis light show which takes place every evening in the Hofkirche, the Church of St. Leodegar.

It’s a “Son et Lumière” production and is truly amazing. You need to pay for tickets for this part of the festival but we would describe is as the true highlight and well worth it. Here are a few more photos of the Genesis light show:

Since the late Middle Ages Lucerne has been known as the city of lights, and Lilu is an exhibition taking it back to its roots.

You can see most of the locations on this map:

Lilu Light Festival Lucerne

When: 9th – 19th January 2020

Time: Every evening from 6pm – 10pm

Where: Lucerne

Cost: The main art installations are FREE of charge, but for the Hofkirche and some of the concerts you need to buy tickets.

For more information please visit the website here.

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Photos courtesy of Lucerne Tourism and Carmen Sirboiu Photography

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