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The festival is an evening event taking place in Connolly Barracks and for the first time extends beyond the barracks wall to include artworks and entertainment across Longford Town.<\/p>\n<p>We have over 50 artists and performers coming from all over Ireland, UK, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Poland and Finland. Highlights include&nbsp;<em>Metamorphosis<\/em>, a spectacular ensemble piece that includes fire, dance and music all brought together with projection art; <em>Oculucis<\/em>, by Italian artist Hermes \u201cHem\u201d Mangialardo; <em>Community Chandeliers<\/em> facilitated by Michelle Dufaur; artworks dotted along main street; a silent disco in the Market Square; and Backstage Theatre will be presenting their hit children\u2019s play&nbsp;<em>Luminaria<\/em> in St. John\u2019s Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Integral to Longford Lights are our signature community art projects. This year we have several projects including&nbsp;<em>Taipeis \u2013 Interwoven Threads<\/em>, a partnership project with Creative Ireland Longford-Westmeath, that celebrates the stories of emigrants through art making.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to the main festival site in Connolly Barracks is by ticket only.<br \/>Entry times are at the set times of 6.30pm, 7.30pm, and 8.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34460,"template":"","class_list":["post-34459","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Longford Lights Festival 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The biggest community light festival in Ireland, Longford Lights 2025 brings breath-taking installations, spectacles and performances to cheer up the whole family this February.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/longford-lights-festival-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Longford Lights Festival 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The biggest community light festival in Ireland, Longford Lights 2025 brings breath-taking installations, spectacles and performances to cheer up the whole family this February. 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