The City of Light Festival is the largest free-entry and family friendly event in the City of Jyväskylä. In the latest years it had over 150.000 festival visitors!

The light-themed side programs offer experiences and attractions throughout the event. With the City of Light app, you can plan your own illuminating event experience in advance!

The annual Open Call for light art is announced in January each year. On the 2024 Open Call, the festival received 210 artwork proposals from 48 countries around the world. The organisers seek temporary light art installations suitable for an urban environment, primarily for outdoor spaces. Jyväskylä offers many opportunities to create various light installations in parks, projected onto building walls, in green areas, as well as in river and lake landscapes.

You can watch a recap of the 2024 edition here.

Dates of the previous/upcoming edition: 25-27 September 2025