Winter Lights 2025

We are excited to welcome you once again to our spectacular Winter Lights festival. For our ninth edition, the trail will take you on a journey through 11 spectacular temporary installations, as well as our ever-popular permanent light artworks. Showcasing some of the most innovative light artists across the globe, our 2025 festival explores the transformative and otherworldly qualities of art and light, featuring portals, black holes and mirages.

On the boundary between real and surreal, the line-up will take you from a towering stack of bathtubs pulsing with light and sound, through to Westferry Circus where you can encounter a mesmerising tornado of lights orbiting a pylon, immerse yourself amongst panels of sari fabric and luminous threads on Wren Landing, be dazzled by an iridescent mirage on Montgomery Square, experience a bird in flight and be transported through a portal in Wood Wharf. Finish up the tour at our newly opened Eden Dock, where you can marvel at a 20m wide sink hole encircled by light.

As well as the stunning installations, there will be some sweet treats and hot drinks along the way. If you’re looking for something a bit more substantial or to break up the trail, book a table in one of the many cafés, bars, and restaurants at Canary Wharf and enjoy a hearty meal or refreshing cocktail. We recommend booking early as it can get very busy during the event. Why not make a day of it by visiting Canary Wharf’s magical Ice Rink in Canada Square Park, Fairgame on Fisherman’s Walk, THE CUBE in Wood Wharf, or Capital Karts in Cabot Place. If you want to stick with art, explore our fantastic, free-to-visit permanent collection of over 100 artworks.

Winter Lights is free to visit, the map will be available to download in January to help guide you around the installations or, you’ll be able to pick one up from our friendly event stewards when you arrive. The installations will be open 5-10pm daily.

Line-up

Temporary installations:

1.   Aj Vana Be by Benedikt Tolar (Czechia)
2.  Circa by Limbic Cinema (UK)
3.  Error by Vendel & de Wolf (Netherlands)
4.  Wave by Squidsoup (UK)
5.  Evanescent Droplets by Atelier Sisu (Australia/ Peru)
6.  Stitching Light by Emergency Exit Arts with Ruhul Abdin & Oitij-jo (UK/ Bangladesh)
7.  Artificial Humans by Atelier Haute Cuisine (Belgium)
8.  Mirage by Atelier Sisu (Australia/ Peru)
9.  Bird Passing By by Luminariste – Benjamin Nesme & Marc Sicard (France)
10. Portal by Lucid Creates (UK)
11.  Illusion Hole by UxU Studio (Taiwan)

Permanent artworks:

1. Bit.fall by Julius Popp (Germany)
2. The Clew by Ottotto (Portugal)
3. Shine your Colours by Tine Bech (Denmark)
4. Captivated by Colour by Camille Walala (France)
5. We Could Meet by Martin Richman (UK)
6. Elantica ‘The Boulder’ by Tom&Lien Dekyvere (Belgium)
7. Lightbenches by LBO Lichtbank (Germany)

Check back in December for full programme and event details.