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Lights On Stratford transforms the downtown core with luminous art & interactive light installations.

06/01/2026

✨Lights On Stratford Sponsor Appreciation✨

Special shoutout to White Balmer Shoes for their support of our 2025/26 Festival of Lights. Your support helps Lights On to shine brighter each year during the darkest months!

💡Looking to sponsor our upcoming season? Contact [email protected] for more information.

05/22/2026

✨ATTENTION LOCAL ARTISTS✨

Let us showcase your art🎨

Just ONE MORE WEEK left to submit a proposal for a chance to be featured at Lights On Stratford as part of our local artist spotlight series and 2026/27 theme CANADA: NORTHERN LIGHTS🇨🇦

We’re seeking proposals for small-scale, light-based installations to be showcased indoors as part of the festival experience, with a focus on pieces that offer moments of discovery, play, and storytelling.

🔗 Interested in applying? Visit lightsonstratford.ca
🗓 Deadline: May 29, 2026

05/21/2026

✨CALLING ALL CANADIAN ARTISTS✨

There’s still time to submit a proposal for your interactive light art to be featured THIS YEAR at Lights On Stratford, as part of our 2026/27 theme CANADA: NORTHERN LIGHTS🇨🇦

If you’re a Canadian or Canada-based artist interested in having your work displayed at an international light art festival, consider submitting a proposal before the deadline of May 29, 2026, at 5pm.

Proposals should be for large-scale, light-based designs that prioritize interactivity and storytelling and are winter-weather-resistant.

Selected light art installations will be displayed at the main festival locations of Market Square and Tom Patterson Island.

🔗 Interested in applying? Visit lightsonstratford.ca
🗓 Deadline: May 29, 2026

05/15/2026

Lights On Stratford and Destination Stratford are grateful for the funding announced by MPP Matthew Rae, Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, and the Government of Ontario through the 2026 Experience Ontario Program.

Through the program, Lights On Stratford will receive funding in support of the 2026/27 festival theme, Canada: Northern Lights. This funding will directly support the delivery of our 7th annual winter lights festival, which serves as an anchor point for the winter visitor economy, while celebrating Canadian artists and storytellers during a pivotal moment in the country’s history.

05/09/2026

Guess who’s back?

Avondee, our beloved chickadee friend from last winter, is making a special appearance TODAY ONLY for World Migratory Bird Day🐤🪶

Stop by the Destination Stratford Welcome Centre from 1-4pm to see this not-so-little songbird sing and light up the room once again!

Plus learn all about migratory birds and the journeys they make with several self-guided learning activities. It’s gonna be a HOOT😁

05/05/2026

✨Lights On Stratford Sponsor Appreciation✨

Special shoutout to Best Western Plus The Arden Park Hotel for being one of our Lights On Sponsors! Your generous support makes our festival shine brighter each year. Thank you for being a vital part of this year’s festival of lights!

💡Looking to sponsor our upcoming season? Contact [email protected] for more information.

04/26/2026

✨ATTENTION ALL LOCAL ARTISTS✨

We want to showcase your art! 🎨

Lights On Stratford is now accepting submissions for our Local Artist Spotlight, part of this year’s theme:
CANADA: NORTHERN LIGHTS 🇨🇦

We’re seeking proposals for small-scale, light-based installations to be showcased indoors as part of the festival experience, with a focus on engaging audiences interactively and imaginatively.

🗓 Applications due May 29, 2026
🔗 Learn more at lightsonstratford.ca

04/24/2026

✨CALLING ALL CANADIAN ARTISTS✨

SHOWCASE YOUR ART at our 7th annual winter lights festival! 🇨🇦💡

Lights On Stratford is seeking immersive, interactive, and story-driven installations for our 2026/27 theme:
CANADA: NORTHERN LIGHTS

Selected light art installations will be prominently featured in our main festival outdoor locations at Market Square and Tom Patterson Island.

🔗 Interested in applying? Visit lightsonstratford.ca
🗓 Deadline: May 29, 2026

04/16/2026

✨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT✨

Lights On Stratford is thrilled to reveal the theme for our 7th annual festival of lights:
CANADA: NORTHERN LIGHTS 🇨🇦💡

This year, we’re spotlighting Canadian artists, voices, and perspectives across the festival.

We’re now inviting artists, studios, and creative teams from across Canada to submit proposals for interactive, light-based works.

📅 Dec 18, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 (with potential extension to Jan 17)
🔗 Find details + apply at lightsonstratford.ca

02/19/2026

Just THREE DAYS left! ✨ Our 2025/26 Lights On Stratford survey closes February 22 ☃️🐦

Whether you joined us for a single evening or visited multiple times, we’d love your feedback. Your input helps shape future festivals and ensures we continue bringing light to the darkest days of winter in Stratford!

It takes less than 10 minutes to complete, and every response truly makes a difference.

Share your thoughts at the link below. We can’t wait to hear from you.

Take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchZAAMeBDLhIQJb19Y5eOIQReDbmX3EwrzSa2NSw_FFWRYJA/viewform

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Stratford, ON

Opening Hours

Thursday	5pm - 10pm
Friday	5pm - 10pm
Saturday	5pm - 10pm
Sunday	5pm - 10pm

Website

https://lightsonstratford.ca/

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