BERLIN
Festival of Lights
Let´s shine together
8–15 October 2025
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Festival of Lights Berlin 2025
Let’s shine together!
Under this motto, we celebrate the 21st Festival of Lights from October 8th to 15th, 2025! This year, everything revolves around unity, community, and connection. Through the diversity of light art, we tell stories that build bridges and showcase the beauty of Berlin.
Berlin will become a place for encounters and shared experiences. The Festival of Lights invites you to create connections – between people, cultures, and generations. Because light knows no barriers and unfolds its full power when shared. Experience the strength of togetherness – for together we shine the brightest!
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The 20th festival under the sign of freedom
In 2024, we celebrated our 20th birthday and freedom – because what better way to celebrate 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
That’s why the 20th Festival of Lights was all about it. Freedom in Berlin, in Europe and in many countries around the world. But also the freedom that we wish for all the people who still have to dream of it.
With the anniversary edition of the Festival of Lights, we were telling big and small stories about the freedom that makes Berlin a vibrant metropolis of creativity, confidence and joie de vivre with spectacular, breathtaking light art. On 10 evenings, the capital’s most famous and popular buildings and squares shone in a special light.
One of the most famous and popular festivals in the world
Millions of bright faces. Millions of shining eyes. This is what the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS stands for every autumn since 2005. When Berlin becomes the big glowing stage and the monuments, buildings and squares become the stars. When all of Berlin lights up! This is when we tell stories, draw attention to the hidden, present cultures, arts and innovative technology, and convey messages and current issues. Magic Moments in Berlin!
This is exactly what the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS represents with its unique light art full of diversity, innovation and luminosity. Created by the festival team, in collaboration with renowned artists from many countries.
Light is life.Birgit Zander (organiser of the Festival of Lights)
