Nights, lights and delights
Portland Winter Light (non)Festival features pop-up installations and video projections while minimizing crowds.
If you re looking for something bright to raise your spirits during these tumultuous times and winter nights, you can find it in the Portland area the next couple of weekends.
The Portland Winter Light Festival, which usually features creative light installations around the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Eastband Esplanade and elsewhere, had to evolve in its sixth year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and government safety restrictions. It s now being promoted as the Portland Winter Light (non)Festival and includes a series of installations, video projections and more.
Portland Winter Light (non)Festival returns with pandemic plans in place
Updated Feb 06, 2021;
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The sixth annual Portland Winter Light (non)Festival returns Friday evening in a format modified for these pandemic times.
Instead of a cluster of illuminated art displays at OMSI and along the Eastbank Esplanade, the 2021 event will be spread out across greater Portland and take place over two weekends. Though past events have focused on interactive, hands-on exhibits and installations, many of this year’s pop-up light displays will be viewable in storefronts, behind glass or even from the streets outside private homes.
“This past year has demonstrated that we all need art, connection and community more than ever,” the event’s executive director Alisha Sullivan said in a press release. “When we approached local businesses, organizations and artists about moving ahead with this year’s experience, we weren’t sure what the response would be – b