Applications can be made through a number of channels:
1/ Some of the festival's biggest sites in public procurement:
Three lots are published soon on the City of Lyon's public procurement website to ensure the artistic programming of certain major sites of the Fête des Lumières.
The sites concerned by the public contracts are the following:
• Place des Terreaux
• Quay of Saône
• Saint Jean Cathedral
Applications must be made electronically.
Please note that no applications will be accepted by email (they will be automatically rejected).
All documents must be sent electronically on the City of Lyon's buyer's profile (only in french)
The full list of documents to be provided is specified in the tender regulations.
Write to us at fetedeslumieres.messagerie@mairie-lyon.fr to join our artist database and make sure you're on the mailing list for information or update your contact informations.
2/ Festival of Lights - Call for projects
Whether you're an independent artist or a collective, a student, a young creator or experienced designer, with an association, institution or company, based in the Lyon region or elsewhere, this call for projects is for you !
Selected projects can be financed by grants from the City of Lyon (for associations) or sponsorship (for associations or companies).
We're looking for artists with a creative approach to light, objects, installations and experiments, for contemplative, participative, interactive or immersive projects that play with and subvert public spaces, mainly outdoors, but occasionally indoors as well.
This call for projects dedicated to the various horizons of contemporary lighting design is online:
AP_25_ENG.pdfTo help you meet some of the expectations of the festival, you can consult the sustainable development guide and a grid of examples of indicators (in french) that may be useful to you, which can be downloaded below:
Guide to environmental clauses.pdf Grille indicateurs de l'écoconception.pdf
To apply, complete the form below : Fête des Lumières organiser form | Framaforms.org
Applications close on Monday, April 25, 2025.