Sharjah Light Festival

 

Organised by the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, the Sharjah light festival illuminates 19 locations across the emirate with light shows accompanied by music and other activities, telling stories and bringing together the community. On the last day of the festival, I ventured out to a few of the locations to capture some of the artistic vision.

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Sharjah Skyline

Looking westwards over Khalid Lake.

Promenade

The northerly view from Al Majaz waterfront.

Al Noor Mosque

Probably the most famous building during the Sharjah Light Festival, seen from Al Noor island.

Cosmic Trip

This was the theme of the installation at the mosque this year.

Sharjah Light Festival

A total of 19 locations take part in the festival, spread throughout the city and into the northern areas as well.

10 years

2020 was the 10th year of the festival.

Arts & Culture

The city has established itself as a cultural destination, with regular events, exhibitions, a number of musems and more.

Planet Sharjah

The installation at the university city hall.

Control

This installation allowed visitors to manipulate the building's illumination through gestures and changing colours, size and patterns.

Food Trucks

No festival without a food truck part.

Mix

While the usual brands and concepts where present, local and homemade food stalls also took part.

University City

The food track park was located at University City, which had 4 locations with light shows in and around the campus.

University of Sharjah

Probably the largest installation, with students from University of Sharjah presenting their daily routine of life in Sharjah through visuals and sound.

A Journey

Emojis, smileys and other ideograms helped to tell the story.

From Sharjah to America

Was the theme at the American University of Sharjah.

A Trip

The show took visitors from Sharjah through each state of America.

US States

Every state was represented by its key attributes and sights.

Beam

It takes a certain amount of power to illuminate buildings of this size from hundreds of metres away.