{"title": "Connecting Festive Moments", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "Free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["art/installation/light-art", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "The ILLUMINARIUM is a Christmas light festival held in the courtyard of the Landesmuseum Zürich, taking place for the ninth time. It features three light shows – with the conductor Yuki, a jungle animal world created with Zurich Zoo, and Paul Klee in motion – plus fondue, wintery cocktails, food stalls and light installations. From 7 pm daily, DJs play at the ILLU.Dance, and on Sundays ILLU.Kids offers music for the whole family. Entry to this part of the light festival is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/connecting-festive-moments-106018/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a154e283196315551c96b4716b419dfc3df615bfbccc104413e51330d8797d3-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Illuminarium Zürich", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Landesmuseum", "address": "Museumstrasse 2", "price": "Festival grounds: free; evening ticket (all shows): adults CHF 23.90, teens (10–16) CHF 14.90, child", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["art/installation/light-art"], "description": "ILLUMINARIUM transforms the courtyard of the Zurich State Museum into a winter festival of lights with immersive light shows, a fondue chalet, food stands and DJs. Behind the festival is the artist collective PROJEKTIL (We Are Projektil AG), which created three light shows of about 25 minutes each: two Yuki shows for young and old and a digital art show based on works by Paul Klee. The shows turn the courtyard's facades into a screen, combining light, music and playful knowledge, for example about the biodiversity of the rainforests. The festival area is free to enter; tickets are only required for the light shows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/illuminarium-zurich-73769/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lichterfest", "start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kiosk Sihlhölzli, Manessestrasse 51, 8003 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/festival-of-lights", "community"], "description": "The Lichterfest is a festival at which the Sihlhölzli park is illuminated together. Behind the festival are Soziokultur Kinder, the Reformierte Kirche Kreis 3, Quartierarbeit GZ Heuried and Pfarrei Herz Jesu Wiedikon, Youth. The programme includes a craft activity, communal singing and a fire show by Herz-Feuer, with a small food and drink offering. In advance, lanterns are made at various places free of charge for different groups; the festival is accessible and suited to families and children.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lichterfest-20515/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/861e13b9ec4b70c393b46a405bee6317a90695bfde91554229f5faf2dbc196ff-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Führung zum Plan Lumière", "start": "2026-11-11T17:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kunsthaus", "address": "Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "A walking tour through Zurich's illuminated city centre, starting at the Kunsthauseingang Altbau entrance at Heimplatz. The tour is run by the City of Zurich, which is behind the Plan Lumière, a guide for site-specific lighting planning. Since 2004 a wide range of lighting projects have been realised, and some of them are presented on the tour. The Plan Lumière gives Zurich an attractive night-time appearance and strengthens the city's uniqueness after dark.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/fuhrung-zum-plan-lumiere-20216/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/70a51566fd858d54a5a42fb9171ea054d1f463fa8d2d92e70fc3bb6f191f0d7d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Licht", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-14T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum für Gestaltung", "address": "Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design/poster"], "description": "Licht is a pop-up exhibition of posters on the subject of light, shown in the windows of the Swiss National Bank in Zurich. It is put together by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, which selects works from its poster collection, and hosted by the Swiss National Bank, which has offered its windows for such presentations since the year 2000. The focus lies on the depiction of artificial light and on posters about lighting design and the effect of light, among them a tourism poster by Eugen Bachmann and a Winterhilfe poster from 2005. Contrasts of light and dark and layered colour values make the pictured light appear to vibrate.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/licht-21166/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/db3b12589fb3afbf3a9210fa9f2a852fd636a857e143459b9b8637dca5c0c449-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Winterzauber auf dem Uetliberg", "start": "2026-11-06T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hotel & Restaurant UTO KULM", "address": "", "price": "Free for all", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/christmas", "food-drink"], "description": "Winterzauber auf dem Uetliberg is a Christmas-decorated winter landscape with cosy warm little lights and the scent of mulled wine and hot Marronis. It is put on by the Hotel & Restaurant UTO KULM on the Uetliberg. It offers the best mulled wine in the city and fine winter street food, and you can also try ice stock shooting, candle making and more.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/winterzauber-auf-dem-uetliberg-80398/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4efadffddfefcd1b40ddcc0a68a81fe55d12afd59ecea4e57eba1e037590bc26-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color", "start": "2026-11-04T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum für Gestaltung", "address": "Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zürich", "price": "kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "This is the opening (vernissage) of the exhibition \"Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color\" at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich at the Toni-Areal. It centers on designer Sabine Marcelis and her work with light and color, presented by the museum. The evening opens with welcome remarks and an introduction by museum director Christian Brändle and curator Damian Fopp, after which the exhibition is open. Admission is free and without registration, the event is accessible and offers sign language interpretation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-6311/", "official_url": "https://museum-gestaltung.ch/de/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-2026-10-29", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ae593042cb7d31c34335bd77f1577f778966871f515ac1cff933847f4461390-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lichterfest", "start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Quartiernetz Friesenberg", "address": "Schweighofstrasse 193, 8045 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["community/neighbourhood", "occasion/festival-of-lights"], "description": "The Lichterfest is a celebration of magical lights and fiery poetry for young and old. It takes place at the Quartiernetz Friesenberg neighbourhood centre. The neighbourhood team invites the local community to celebrate together. Both children and adults will find something to enjoy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lichterfest-32060/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9289944a8c536ef708b30afcd4ce101c95f1f16dce8afb00ba1aaa85884ce7bf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color", "start": "2026-11-15T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Toni-Areal", "address": "Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich", "price": "Im Eintrittspreis inbegriffen", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "A public guided tour through the exhibition 'Sabine Marcelis – Light and Color' at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. Visitors learn more about the objects on display. The tour is aimed at adults and young people and is held in German. It lasts one hour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-69274/", "official_url": "https://museum-gestaltung.ch/de/events/sabine-marcelis-light-and-color-2026-11-15", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47486d73a2e0b266ae6e8775a81004db12d7843fcc61f3f29717a2548cad3ccd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Räbeliechtliumzug Albisrieden", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ortsmuseum Albisrieden", "address": "Triemlistrasse 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/raebeliechtli"], "description": "The traditional turnip-light parade takes place in Albisrieden every year on the first Saturday of November. Schoolchildren, youth organisations and housing cooperatives build floats with wonderful designs, and musical formations accompany the parade. The route leads via In der Wässeri, Triemlistrasse and Letzigraben to the Letzi sports field, where the imaginative floats can be admired with music and food from the grill. The event is organised by the Verein Räbeliechtliumzug Albisrieden, and spectators are welcome to join the parade by attaching themselves to the GZ Bachwiesen float at the end.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/rabeliechtliumzug-albisrieden-25080/", "official_url": "https://zuerich-albisrieden.ch/de/Quartier/Raebeliechtli", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9380ee32b84fb33fd64a068267a6e586d0b519b191d4ab6248ec1a0139144fc4-2000.webp"}]}