Every February, the Portland Winter Light Festival fills Portland with light-based installations, performances, and live events across 100+ locations. Downtown, neighborhoods, unexpected corners, all of it lit up.
The 2027 Call for Art is now open
While Portland prepares to soak up summer sunshine, plans are underway to brighten the darkest days of winter. The Portland Winter Light Festival invites artists, performers, designers, architects and community groups to submit proposals for the 2027 Festival.
More details coming soon for the full Call for Participation. Until then, bookmark this page and follow us on Instagram!
Introducing: nightlab
Today, we’re excited to share that the organization behind the Portland Winter Light Festival has a new name: Nightlab.
You love the Portland Winter Light Festival, and you already know what we care about: bringing people together through light, art and in-person shared experiences after dark.
What you may not know is that the Festival is produced by a nonprofit that has been shaping how Portland is experienced at night for more than four decades, from lighting the Morrison Bridge to bringing light-based art to public spaces year-round, to advancing a bold vision for a more vibrant, art-filled waterfront.
LIGHT THE MORRISON BRIDGE IN YOUR COLORS
Celebrate something special by illuminating the Morrison Bridge: a birthday, an anniversary, a tribute, an event, a memorial, or a cause close to your heart.
Every bridge lighting brightens the skyline and supports Nightlab (formerly Willamette Light Brigade), the nonprofit that produces the Portland Winter Light Festival.