--- title: "Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 | All Projects" url: "https://lichtfest.leipziger-freiheit.de/en/festival-of-lights-programme/festival-of-lights-2024" description: "With 21 light installations around the entire inner city ring, the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 commemorated 35 years of the Peaceful Revolution. All projects here." language: "en" breadcrumb: "Root > Leipzig Festival of Lights > Leipzig Festival of Lights Programme > Festival of Lights 2024" --- Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 =============================== Programme Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 ----------------------------------------- 35 years Peaceful Revolution Lichtfest Leipzig 2024: Im Rahmen des Lichtfest XXL war das Projekt "Passage" von Fils de Créa über den 9. Oktober hinaus zu sehen. On the occasion of the 35ᵗʰ anniversary, the Leipzig Festival of Lights took place on **9ᵗʰ of October 2024** from 7 p.m. to midnight along the entire inner city ring, following the authentic demonstration route. More than **20 local, national and international artist teams** artistically reflected on the historical events and made them tangible in public space: spectacular mappings, projections, music, performances and other interventions fascinated and moved tens of thousands. - - - - Opening Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 on Augustusplatz Greetings, music, candles' podium '89 Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie The evening began on Augustusplatz with brief **welcome addresses** by Lord Mayor **Burkhard Jung** and by contemporary witnesses as well as representatives of the federal and state governments, including Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, **Elke Urban**, civil rights activist in the former GDR, and **Michael Kretschmer**, Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony. The huge **candle platform** with the lettering **Leipzig 89**, traditionally filled with thousands of lights by visitors, was located on Augustusplatz in the anniversary year. The opening was framed musically by the **Saxon Wind Philharmonic** under the direction of Peter Sommerer. Works by Beethoven, Dvořák and Rheinberger were performed. The **Saxon Wind Philharmonic** impresses its audience with an extraordinary variety of sound. Among the 129 German concert and theatre orchestras, it is the only ensemble in symphonic wind instrumentation, giving it a unique position. With the OPUS Klassik award as “Ensemble of the Year 2023”, its exceptional artistic quality at a high level received international recognition. - Festival of Lights XXL ---------------------- On the 9ᵗʰ of October, more than 20 art installations illuminated the historic demonstration route from autumn ’89 and delighted visitors. In this anniversary year, the Leipzig Festival of Lights was even extended. Several light projects were presented until the weekend: from the 10ᵗʰ to the 12ᵗʰ of October, 7 pm to 11 pm, **light installations** invited visitors to explore. The app *Blaues WundAR* (5), which makes the pedestrian bridge at Goerdelerring visible again through augmented reality, also remains permanently available. - **Project 1:** EunJin Park, St Nicolas Church Yard - **Project 4:** by Gijs van Bon, **NEW:** Augustusplatz - **Project 5:** by Maix Mayer, Goerdelerring - **Project 6:** by Loomaland, **NEW:** Burgplatz - **Project 13:** by Fils de Créa, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Light Projects Leipzig Festival of Lights 2024 ----------------------------------------------