The 701th Vilnius Light Festival started today, where Vilnius residents and guests of the city are invited to experience the works of light art masters and young talents and to meaningfully celebrate Vilnius' XNUMXst birthday. To ensure that the visit to the four-day event goes smoothly and that its visitors spend quality time, the festival organizers remind you of the most important information and share friendly advice.
Festival opening hours
Guests of the Vilnius Light Festival on January 25-28. light art gallery spaces are welcome from 18.00:23.00 p.m. to 25:8 p.m. The exception is Thursday, January 700. installation no. 19.00 – VILNIUS XNUMX – KOSMOSO VILNIUS in the courtyard of the Vilnius Jesuit Gymnasium will start operating from XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
There are 20 illuminated objects on the route
The program of the 2024 Vilnius Light Festival includes as many as 20 modern art exhibits - 15 new light installations and 5 additional objects. For the convenience of the event's visitors, a route covering all the exhibits and meandering through the spaces of the capital's old town has been prepared. In order not to miss anything and to enter the festival spaces through the designated entrances and exits, it is recommended to visit the installations in a sequential order, as indicated on the route. It is suggested to start your walk and search for new experiences from the Art Printing House (Šiltadaržio St. 6) located next to the Bernardinė Garden, where two installations no. 1 and no. 2 and additional object D. While traveling along the route, you will be able to view the showcases of the Tourism Information Center (additional object C), and after looking around the courtyard of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Lithuania, you are invited to visit the courtyard of the Vilnius Picture Gallery, continue along Bokšto Street, stop by Bokšto Square and the Vilnius Jesuit Gymnasium and Educational courtyards of the media center "Lajoteka". Later, after admiring the impressive video installation on Vilnius St. Kazimierz churches, the route leads through the pedestrian alley of Vokiečių gatvė, stops at the courtyards of S. Neries gymnasium and the Lithuanian theater, music and cinema museum, invites you to enter St. St. Catherine's Church and finish the search in the courtyard of the Vilnius Teachers' House.
In addition to the ones already mentioned, the remaining two additional objects can be seen On the Cathedral Square. This is a tradition of the festival and has become a visiting card, installations: A. - The tower of Gediminas Castle will be decorated with a renewed crown of light - INVITATION and B. - NŪDIENOS GEDIMINAS - the sword of the monument to the founder of the city of Vilnius, Grand Duke Gediminas, will shine in the cathedral square. Object E is slightly off the beaten track and will await visitors in the bohemian In Užupi, on the Jonos Mekos Skervės path.
