The Winter Lights Festival is Coming Back to Canary Wharf

The festive lights may be getting turned off but January isn’t going to be a dark one

The long January nights are being put to good use in Canary Wharf with the return of the Winter Lights Festival. For twelve nights, a host of luminous installations by internationally-renowned artists scattered across the neighbourhood will be making the darkness a bit easier to bear.

The ninth edition of the festival will feature eleven temporary artworks, including a pulsing stack of bathtubs by Benedikt Tolar; Evanescent Droplets, a fountain transformed into a sparkling pool; a larger-than-life Portal; and an illuminated bird in flight created by Luminariste. These will be displayed alongside Canary Wharf’s permanent illuminated artworks, like Camille Walala’s tunnel, the red circular structure around the Cubitt Steps Bridge, and Julius Popp’s changing cascade of words.

You can get right up close and personal to the installations as many of them are interactive, and best of all, it’s totally FREE. With the Canary Wharf ice rink also open un brave the cold and enjoy those January nights.

Key Information

Dates | Tues 21st January – Sat 1st February 2025, 5pm – 10pm
Address | Canary Wharf, London, E14
For more information | canarywharf.com