Photo from an earlier edition.
Photo: Corentin Eustacchi, CC BY-SA 4.0About
The Fête des Lumières fills central Lyon each December with light installations. The official site gives the 2026 dates as Saturday 5 to Tuesday 8 December and shows photographs of installations from the 2025 edition, such as Nouvelle Vague and Lumina.
France.fr dates the festival's origin to 8 December 1852, when residents lit their windows with thousands of candles called lumignons after bad weather cleared at a statue's inauguration. A torchlight procession starts at the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste on 8 December and ends at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière. The page cites 2 million visitors for the 2024 edition.
Highlights
- Torchlight procession on 8 December from Saint-Jean cathedral to Fourvière
- Lumignons du Coeur candles sold for EUR 2 for charity, per France.fr
- 2 million visitors cited for the 2024 edition
Details
- Date
- 5 to 8 Dec 2026
- Venue
- Central Lyon
- Where
- Lyon, France
- Organiser
- City of Lyon
- Tickets
- Free entry
- Status
- Confirmed
Dates checked Official page
5 to 8 Dec 2026
Free entry
Hadath does not sell tickets. Dates and prices can change: confirm on the organiser's page before you buy or travel.
