Bristol City Centre BID presents the return of Bristol Light Festival. From 1^st-6^th March, the festival brought together a showcase of renowned light artists and installations from across the UK, featuring the best of Bristol’s talent, to fill the city with colour and vibrancy.

This year the festival featured world premier works, brand new for Bristol, alongside some of the best of the UK’s talent, all making their Bristol debut at carefully selected locations across the city. Visitors were able to wander and explore the city’s streets to see the light art works come to life and enjoy Bristol’s wonderful retail and hospitality businesses along the way.

This is the second festival brought to you by Bristol City Centre BID, supported by 760 local businesses. This year’s festival is also in partnership with Redcliffe & Temple BID, Arts Council England, Bristol’s City Centre & High Streets Recovery and Renewal programme,  which is funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority’s Love our High Streets project and Cabot Circus.

The safety and wellbeing of visitors is a priority, and a series of COVID-19 safety requirements were implemented including social distancing, hand sanitisation stations, the inclusion of artworks that can be viewed from a distance and an increased event duration to spread visitor numbers across six days and evenings.