Dublin City Council

Dublin Winter Lights

The 2025 Artists Open Call for Projection Mapping is open

29.11.2024 – 31.12.2024

The ‘Dublin City Council Dublin Winter Lights’ festival transforms the city centre with epic light features on iconic landmarks, buildings, bridges, trees, statues and Merrion Square Park.
It is a festive experience like no other where people of all generations can experience specially commissioned dynamic, colourful and imaginative light projections by leading artists throughout the city centre.

2025

Festival Locations Coming Soon!

National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks (EVENT FINISHED)

Experience Ireland’s first-ever outdoor 360-degree immersive light and sound experience at the National Museum ...
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GPO (General Post Office) (EVENT FINISHED)

See how the iconic GPO becomes the perfect canvas for stunning graphics. A full digital projection ...

Merrion Square Park (EVENT FINISHED)

A dazzling mix of interactivity, lighting and projections in Dublin’s iconic Georgian Square. Watch out ...

Custom House (EVENT FINISHED)

A walk along the quays brings you to the Custom House to see stunning graphics by Dublin-based ...

Bank of Ireland, College Green (EVENT FINISHED)

This landmark building is the perfect canvas for an artistic lighting installation and projection from artist ...

Millennium Bridge (EVENT FINISHED)

Capture some great Insta moments on the Millennium Bridge as the popular and colourful rainbow ...

Trinity College Dublin (EVENT FINISHED)

Enjoy the spectacle of unique light projections on the College Green facade of Trinity College Dublin ...

O'Connell Street and The Spire (EVENT FINISHED)

Dublin’s main street is getting a ‘Dublin City Council Dublin Winter Lights’ makeover. LED neon ...

Hugh Lane Gallery (EVENT FINISHED)

Colourful projection will light up the facade of the Hugh Lane Gallery, which houses one of Ireland's ...

Newcomen Bank (EVENT FINISHED)

See the colourful and imaginative artworks created by the NCAD students projected onto the facade of one ...
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Mansion House (EVENT FINISHED)

Experience a starry winter wonderland under a captivating canopy of shimmering, festive lights. Access the ...

George's Dock (EVENT FINISHED)

George's Dock is the perfect location for “Constellations”,  a 16-minute audio-visual installation by the  ...

Samuel Beckett Bridge (EVENT FINISHED)

Experience light and sound as a series of visuals created by visual artist Anthony Murphy transforms  ...

Ha’penny Bridge (EVENT FINISHED)

Take a stroll across Dublin’s famous and iconic Ha’penny Bridge to see it transformed by a colour-changing light  ...

Liffey Boardwalk (EVENT FINISHED)

Walk along the Liffey Boardwalk on the north quays to enjoy 300 metres of dynamic lighting ...
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James Joyce Bridge (EVENT FINISHED)

See the large-scale colour-changing light installation transform this single-span structural steel  ...
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Palace Street and Barnardo Square (EVENT FINISHED)

Enjoy the creativity of some of Dublin's youngest artists as the pictures submitted to the annual ...

St. Stephen's Green (EVENT FINISHED)

See the site of the Wolfe Tone Statue on Stephens Green transformed by creative video mapping Irish ...
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