Llum BCN, Barcelona's Festival of Light Arts

The Llum BCN festival is a European benchmark for light art festivals. Llum BCN, held for the seventh year in the Poblenou neighborhood, is a circuit of light installations in which art and technology come together. For three nights Llum BCN will transform the urban landscape of Poblenou. Large state-of-the-art buildings, creative and artistic spaces, gardens, streets, squares and even a parking lot will change thanks to the expressive capacity of light. And it is not just something aesthetic, beautiful. This festival is conceived as a great laboratory of outdoor experimentation. It showcases the work of artists from around the world who come from different disciplines: art, lighting design and interactive environments, architecture, expanded audiovisual and live arts. These artists explore the possibilities offered by new techniques such as dynamic lighting, interactive environments, large-scale projection, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Visitors to the installations will discover a new way of inhabiting their streets, as Llum BCN also serves as a rehearsal and reflection on where and how the language of public space may evolve in the future. Llum BCN is full of secrets, surprises and images that you will hardly ever see again.

About the 2025 edition

The 2024 edition of Llum BCN was a great success, consolidating itself as one of the most outstanding light arts festivals in Europe. With more than 200,000 attendeesand some thirty installations spread throughout the Poblenou neighborhood, the event shone not only for the quality of the artistic proposals, but also for its ability to connect technology, art and citizenship in the same space. This legacy paves the way for the fourteenth edition, which promises to exceed expectations with an even more ambitious program.

From February 7 to 9, 2025, some fifteen professional artists and creators, both local and international, along with seventeen university schools, will transform the streets, squares and parks of Poblenou into authentic works of light art. Among the most prominent names are Joan Fontcuberta, Isaki Lacuesta and Laura Clos ("Closca"), referents in their respective fields who will bring innovative proposals.

The festival, with its epicenter at the DHub and a route that runs from Avinguda Meridiana to Plaça de les Glòries and the Centre del Poblenou park, remains free and accessible. Maria Güell, artistic director and lighting expert, returns to lead this edition, with the support of Martin Pošta, co-founder of the prestigious Signal Festival in Prague, in charge of the international curatorship.

The festival's image, designed by the Vasava studio, symbolizes the interaction between matter and light, inspired by movement as a common thread. This design reinforces the narrative of the fusion between the physical structure of the city and the changing nature of light, offering an immersive and poetic visual experience.

Llum BCN 2025 once again positions itself as a meeting point between contemporary art, design, architecture and technology. Come and explore the infinite creative possibilities of light in this essential event for lovers of innovation and visual beauty.

A distinctive value

What sets Llum BCN apart from other light festivals is the commitment to experimentation and innovation of students from art, design, lighting and architecture schools in Barcelona, who participate with various light installations. In this edition there will be seventeen participating schools.

Map of the installations (pending)

Here you can access the map with the location and names of all the installations.

May the light be with you!