10 November 2015
In 2016, Lux Helsinki will develop into an urban festival featuring a wide range of attractions. The festival's food offering is just getting better – street food will be available on Senate Square and Annankatu. The additional programme and eateries will be announced in December.
Based on feedback from the public, the festival route will be simplified and more signposting will be provided to make the works easier to find. Audience feedback on the timing of the festival has also been taken into account in the selection of dates. In 2016, the festival will begin on Epiphany, four days later than in the previous year, and will continue over the following weekend.
"Lux Helsinki aims to be a winter urban festival, in which the whole city participates. It will feel more like a street event, since the secluded Old Church Park and compact Annankatu will be the key venues featuring a number of artworks and food outlets," says the festival's Artistic Director Ilkka Paloniemi.
The eighth Lux Helsinki will feature a number of artistic highlights from European light festivals and several commissioned works specially created by artists for the event. More than 15 of the light artworks will be created by some of the most interesting artists from Finland, France, Belgium and Canada.
