Prize Package
- 2-night stay Stanford Court Hotel
- $50 Cityscape Lounge gift certificate
- 2 Big Bus Tickets
- $200 Epic Steak gift certificate
You and a friend can experience the 10th annual Illuminate SF Festival of Lights! Light up your night in San Francisco and enjoy our collection of custom light art installations scattered throughout the city. Enter now to win a two-night hotel stay, San Francisco tour tickets, and unique dining experiences showcasing our iconic installations.
The Wind-Baffles
!MelkNYC · The parks at 5pm
The brainchild of award-winning urban design and landscape architecture firm !melk, The Wind Baffles anchor The Parks at 5M, a vibrant new community connected to the fabric of SF’s SOMA District. Built to mitigate wind, the baffles are artfully illuminated from the outside with a soft glow that radiates through the perforations. Come nightfall, these breathtaking sculptures appear to float.
Helical Trace
Jim Campbell · Luma Hotel
Lighting up the corner of Third and Channel streets is Jim Campbell’s dynamic Helical Trace. Viewable from the street through the floor-to ceiling windows of the LUMA Hotel's three-story lobby, the installation looks different from every angle.
Franchise Freedom
Studio Drift
For five nights in January, Studio Drift will create Franchise Freedom, comprised of 600 illuminated drones. Based on a biological algorithm created from over 10 years of research, Franchise Freedom stretches the boundaries between nature and technology and generates an impactful social connection.
Entwined
Charles Gadeken · Golden Gate Park
A whimsical wonderland where visitors can explore paths and sit under a grove of three entwined sculptural trees. The trees range from 12 to 20 feet tall with illuminated canopies as large as 30 feet, filling the meadow with changing light.
Coding
Johanna Grawunder · SFO Long Term Parking Garage
Coding incorporates different decorative elements, or “codes,” each expressing a quality and experience of the elevator tower. Mirrored square and rectangle windows in the facade, suggesting dots and dashes, spell out “San Francisco” in Morse code.
Skystar Observation Wheel
Golden Gate Park
The 150-foot, illuminated Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park is ready to ride. The wheel provides riders with sweeping views from the ocean to downtown San Francisco.
Point Cloud
Leo Villareal · Soma
Point Cloud is made of 858 steel rods suspended from the roof of the pedestrian bridge that connects the North and South halves of San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Each of the 28,288 LED bulbs are individually programmed, changing 30 times per second into shades of blue, yellow, orange, pink, and lavender.
Bay Lights
Leo Villareal · Embarcadero
The Bay Lights is a 1.8-mile wide and 500-foot high LED light sculpture! Artist Leo Villareal created a never-repeating, dazzling display of 25,000 LED white lights across the western span of the Bay Bridge.