The country's first and only light festival, the Zsolnay Light Festival in Pécs illuminates downtown Pécs with dazzling light creations every July. The buildings are clad in garments of light, the streets are carpeted with light, while the monumental façade of the Cathedral is brought to life by the best 3D cinematic projections of the international mapping competition.
The 4-day festival is a memorably experience for families and groups of friends in the Mediterranean city center of Pécs, with mappings paintings and numerous accompanying programs!
Walking along the Route of Light crossing downtown Pécs, visitors can again see sometimes grandiose, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes extravagant – but in each case amazingly spectacular, space-specific light installations.
Every year, the event attracting the greatest interest is the Zsolnay Light Art Video Mapping Competition, when moving, three-dimensional artworks of light come to life on the façade of the Cathedral.
The festival organically combines the world of light festivals with street art productions, concerts, theatre and contemporary circus performances. Visitors can acquire insight into the nature of light in an interactive and entertaining manner, and this educational satellite events convey new, creative content to visitors. The domestic and foreign artists invited and creative workshops mostly include internationally recognized professionals of the field and play a leading role in this dynamically developing form of art.
There is no other event in Hungary that offers as many diverse attractions, building mappings, light sculptures and interactive light shows as the city of Pécs and the Zsolnay Light Festival!
Zsolnay Light Festival 2025
Light-painted historic buildings, creatures of light floating on a sea of tulles, interaction with artificial intelligence – the Zsolnay Light Festival enchanted all your senses in 2025 as well. It was not just a festival – it was one of the most spectacular urban events in Europe, which illuminated Pécs for the ninth time between 3–6 July, attracting more than a hundred thousand visitors to the city.
Zsolnay Fényfesztivál 2025 – aftermovie
