The Festival of Lights returns to the streets of Zagreb - 33 attractions in 28 locations

The Festival of Lights returns to the streets of Zagreb. From March 15 to 19, the Zagreb Light Festival will take place in the capital of Croatia for the fifth time. So...

Author  Goran Rihelj

2. March 2023.

The Festival of Lights returns to the streets of Zagreb. 

Od March 15-19, in the capital of Croatia will be for the fifth time to hold the Festival of Lights in Zagreb. In this way, imagination, art and light technologies will be reunited, not even in total 33 attractions at 28 locations in the Upper and Lower Towns which they will greet again a new beginning and a new hope - spring!

On the eve of the fifth Zagreb Light Festival, the Mayor of the City of Zagreb, Tomislav Tomašević said that he is pleased to announce the holding of the 5th Festival of Light, which is an excellent introduction to the rich tourist program in the City of Zagreb. "I hope that the response of citizens will be great this time as well and that through the awakening of light and emotions, we will start the exciting tourist spring that is ahead of us. This year, too, we have the opportunity to host artists from Croatia and abroad, to whom I would like to welcome and invite citizens to socialize and enjoying the event that heralds spring in an interesting way, new beginnings in the City of Zagreb and many other cities around Europe and the world," stated Tomašević.

Director of the Tourist Board of the City of Zagreb, Martina Bienenfeld she stated that the Zagreb Light Festival is becoming an authentic international project and event.

"After last year's premiere expansion of the locations of the Zagreb Light Festival, this year's edition again includes the Lower Town, where they also included some new locations to make it easier for everyone to visit and reduce crowds. "Thus, we introduced the locations of Ribnjak, Stara Vlaška, Kurelčeva Street, Trg hrvatski velikana, Trg victims of fascism, with which we surrounded the eastern part of the city center, and the Dolac and Opatovina markets are also new. The novelty is represented by international collaborations with artists from France, whose installations will be in four locations (Dolac, EU square, Trg kralja Tomislava and Ribnjak), as well as Italy and the Netherlands. I am also happy about the Croatian visit from Šibenik, and artists from Berlin joined us again. These guest appearances, as well as the great interest of foreign and domestic artists in future performances, show that the Zagreb Light Festival is becoming an authentic international project and event, so I would like to thank all the partners for their involvement in its very demanding and comprehensive implementation." pointed out Bienenfeld.

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Photo: Location of the 5th Zagreb Light Festival

As always, in addition to campaigns on our market, TZGZ conducts online and offline campaigns on the markets of Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, France, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Slovenia and Serbia, and also set up light installations and promotional billboards at the arrival terminal of the Franjo Tuđman Airport in Zagreb.

The Šibenik Fortress of Culture at the Zagreb Light Festival: Multimedia spectacle on Tuškanac

The Šibenik Fortress of Culture will participate in this year's Zagreb Festival of Lights with a multimedia visual spectacle. More than interesting cooperation with TZG Zagreb because it is a great story that connects Šibenik and the Festival of Lights. 

Namely, Šibenik is truly a city of light, she pointed out, a city of rich cultural and historical heritage and one of the first cities in the world to receive the public lighting on alternating current which still inspires the Fortress of Culture team today.

"We are extremely honored and pleased to have the opportunity to present ourselves at this great festival with a truly impressive program. Fortress of Culture is an interdisciplinary institution that manages the restored Šibenik fortresses and produces a truly large number of different cultural programs. In addition to the programs at the fortresses, there are also programs in the Arsen House of Art, and soon also in the Zlarin Coral Center, which we will open in the coming months.said the director of the Sibenik Fortress of Culture Gorana Barišić Bačelić and added that from the very beginning they were inspired by multimedia and new digital, contemporary solutions, especially when it comes to the interpretation of heritage.

It is about exceptional multimedia artistic content created in collaboration with several renowned Croatian artists, which Šibenik's Fortress of St. In the evening, Ivana got a completely new image and visage.

We have produced a lot of different multimedia and digital content, and now we have the opportunity in the metropolis to present very interesting and dynamic content created through the European project of the restoration of the Fortress of St. Ivan, the largest land fortress of Šibenik, added the director of Šibenik's Fortress of Culture and added: 

"2023 is a special year for us - this summer we celebrate the tenth concert season at the Fortress of St. Mihovila, a symbol of the city that has hosted hundreds of events and become a place of unforgettable experiences for hundreds of thousands of visitors. As part of our guest appearance, we would like to somehow give the Festival of Light a musical touch, so on March 19 at 21 p.m. on the plateau of the Tuškanac garage, along with a visual presentation of the Fortress of Culture, the band Fogsellers, artists from Šibenik, will play and delight everyone with their musical and visual spectacle 'Sono Koloro' visitors."

The opening is scheduled for Wednesday, March 15

Opening program is scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, at 19:00 at the laser show near the Tuškanac Summer Stage, and, as in previous years, the Festival will be open from 18 pm to 23 pm.

Admission to all programs is free, and more information about individual programs, as well as a location map, is available at the Visitor Centers and at: www.festivalsvjetlazagreb.hr.

We remind you that the Zagreb Light Festival is included in the international organization Festival of Lights International, since its first edition in 2017, bringing it into focus around the world with cities such as Berlin, New York and many more.

Zagreb is increasingly establishing itself as a tourist destination throughout the year, for which the events that are targeted in four seasons are extremely important - Advent as a winter event, the Festival of Lights as a spring event, Zagreb Classic as a summer event and Artukultura as an autumn event.

Author  Goran Rihelj

2. March 2023.