LUNAR Festival of Lights Kicks Off in Sofia Thursday Night

One of many transformations of the facade of the National Library in central Sofia, May 8, 2025 (BTA Photo/Minko Chernev)

Sofia,

08.05.2025 11:39

(BTA)

The LUNAR Festival of Lights kicked off in Sofia Thursday night, illuminating iconic buildings and urban spaces. It will transforms the central part of the Bulgarian capital with 3D mapping shows and light installations for three nights until May 11. It is the fourth LUNAR edition.

LUNAR presents important messages about the future of the planet, technological development, freedom of self-expression and more, and its program is attended by more than half a million residents and guests of the capital.

Last year the festival attracted over 600,000 visitors.

Access to all artworks will be free of charge.

The past three years of LUNAR have shown more than 90 light artworks created by 57 artists and studios from 18 countries.

The organizer and main artistic collective behind the event is the Bulgarian visual effects studio MP-STUDIO, in partnership with one of the most famous light festivals in the world, Festival of Lights International. The event is realized with the support of the European Parliament in Bulgaria, the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, Sofia Municipality under the patronage of the Mayor Vasil Terziev, the Ministry of Tourism and with the financial support of the "Creation" program of the National Culture Fund.

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