February 7-9, 2019: Join us for the 4th annual Portland Winter Light Festival, a city-wide event showcasing illuminated art installations, vibrant performances, and stunning kinetic fire sculptures throughout our city.
In 2018 we presented more than 100 artists and organizations from all across the Cascadian region and plan to expand even more for 2019.
As always, we are fully committed to keeping the Portland Winter Light Festival family-friendly, free to attend, and open to everyone. So bundle up and celebrate the power of light and community with us!
The Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) is a city-wide, vibrant outdoor arts festival held at the height of winter, when there are few free cultural events taking place in the city, and builds community through collaboration between organizations, businesses, artists, and guests.
The 2018 festival hosted over 142,000 visitors, and presented over 173 public art installations, performances, and workshops, all free of charge. The 2019 festival is expected to increase all of these numbers across the board.
The Festival began as a coalescence of ideas in 2016, and was spearheaded by Portland State University Professor of Architecture Jeff Schnabel, Lighting Designer and Artistic Director Chris Herring, and Technical Director Jean Margaret Thomas. The three were separately inspired by dynamic winter light festivals around the world such as France’s Fête des Lumières and Sydney’s Vivid.
Date and Time:February 7, 2019, 4:00 pm - February 9, 2019, 10:00 pm
Location:Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
1945 SE Water Ave
Portland, OR 97214 United States
