Luminale
The Luminale is a festival of light culture that has been taking place every two years in Frankfurt am Main since 2000 . It is always held parallel to Light + Building , an international trade fair for light and lighting technology. During the festival, light art works and light installations can be seen in public and private buildings as well as in prominent places in and around Frankfurt . The skyline with the city's high-rise buildings is also included.
The festival of lights is organized by Messe Frankfurt , among others . For the fourth Luminale in April 2008, cities and regions outside the Rhine-Main area also took part for the first time , including Aschaffenburg and the Middle Rhine Valley . In 2008 there were around 220 light installations and over 180 events that were attended by more than 100,000 people.
The fifth Luminale took place from April 11 to 16, 2010 at 157 venues between Mainz , Wiesbaden and Aschaffenburg, the sixth with around 170 productions from April 15 to 20, 2012. According to the organizer, there were more than 140,000 visitors. The seventh Luminale took place from March 30th to April 4th, 2014. The eighth Luminale was held from March 13th to 18th, 2016, and according to the organizers, around 180,000 people visited it.
In June 2017 the association Luminale eV was founded as a non-profit organization to promote and organize the Luminale.
The ninth Luminale took place from March 18 to 23, 2018 with a new concept as a biennale for light art and urban design .
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange at Luminale 2008
Luminale 2008, view from the main guard
OVO at the Hauptwache during Luminale 2012
Luminale 2014 with the youth church Jona in Frankfurt Cathedral
The tenth Luminale should take place from March 12th to 15th, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was canceled on March 12th.
