City Lights | Free Light Trail | Illuminate Adelaide | 4-20 Jul 2025
City Lights – Illuminate Adelaide’s FREE Family Friendly Event!
Illuminate Adelaide’s biggest free program of art, light and technology returns with an all-new series of exciting free installations featuring interactive experiences, stunning projections, and captivating roaming performances created by world-renowned artists and creative studios.
Enjoy 17 unforgettable nights as Adelaide’s iconic cultural institutions and hidden gems come alight with breathtaking displays spanning the bustling CBD from Adelaide’s East End all the way down to the glittering Festival Plaza.
City Lights has become one of Adelaide’s most cherished annual events – awakening the city with visitors all eager to shake off the winter chill together!
Whether you’re a local or a visitor, let your curiosity lead you on an adventure like no other and discover the city in a whole new light!
READ OUR REVIEW OF CITY LIGHTS 2025
Dates & Times:
Friday 4 – Sunday 20 July 2025
- Sunday – Thursday 5:30 – 10:30pm
- Friday – Saturday 5:30 – 11:00pm
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Immersive
Mycelium Network | Fig Tree, Adjacent Sir Walter Hughes Statue, Adelaide University
Spring Vibes | Brookman Lawns, North Terrace
The Legend of the Golden Koi | Bill’s Fountain, North Terrace
Projections
A path of light and time | Government House
I give you a mountain | Art Gallery of South Australia
Migrations | State Library of South Australia Forecourt
moonGARDEN | South Australian Museum Lawns
Interactive
Emergence | Festival Plaza
Kickit Team Tennis | Napier Lawns, Adelaide University
Rundle Illuminations | Rundle Street
Lightbattle III | Institute Building, State Library of South Australia, North Terrace
…please have a seat! | North Terrace & Rundle Street
SomniUs | Inside Bonython Hall, Adelaide University
VOICES | Corner of Frome Road, North Terrace
Roving
FierS à Cheval | various locations Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from 4 – 20 July 2025 | CLICK HERE TO SEE ROVING TIMES
Illuminated Angels | various locations Friday 4, Friday 18 & Saturday 19 July 2025 | CLICK HERE TO SEE ROVING TIMES
Illuminati | various locations Saturday 5 July 2025 | CLICK HERE TO SEE ROVING TIMES
2025 CITY LIGHTS MAP
SEE THE INTERACTIVE CITY LIGHTS MAP HERE
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CITY LIGHTS HERE
CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ILLUMINATE ADELAIDE’S FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS:
NIGHT VISIONS AT ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDEN
UNIVERSAL KINGDOM: THE NEXT ERA | DINOSAURS AT ADELAIDE ZOO
HORIZONS – DRONE & LIGHT SPECTACULAR AT ADELAIDE OVAL
10 MINUTE DANCE PARTIES
BASE CAMP AT LOT FOURTEEN
READ OUR REVIEW OF CITY LIGHTS 2025
For more information and all enquiries please visit the Illuminate Adelaide website.
What: City Lights – Illuminate Adelaide 2025
When: Friday 4 – Sunday 20 July 2025
Where: Where: Adelaide CBD, along North Terrace and Rundle Street
Who: Everyone
At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. We recommend confirming times, dates and details directly before making any plans as details may be subject to change.
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