Lighting up the landscape

Drawing 1.3 million visitors in 2020, Sharjah Light Festival returns for 11th consecutive year with renowned artists celebrating science, creativity and heritage in dazzling display at Sharjah’s landmarks from Feb 9 to 20, 2022.

Shehara Rizly

His Excellency Khalid Jasim Al Midfa, Chairman, SCTDA, said, “The 11th Sharjah Light Festival, under the theme, ‘Echoes of the Future,’ blends with dazzling light shows and stirring music to transport audiences on an evocative journey. Illuminating the emirate’s most prominent buildings and structures with radiant multi-coloured beams, the festival shines brightly on the emirate’s key attractions, in the process creating a stunning new landscape. Focusing on Sharjah’s architectural marvels and popular tourist spots, Sharjah Light Festival accentuates the emirate’s rich culture and artistic heritage for residents and visitors. By bathing its key attractions in vibrant light to accompanying musical compositions, the festival aims to support and advance the tourism sector in Sharjah, drawing attention to an array of attractions and destinations Sharjah has to offer, highlighting its illustrious past, its dynamic present, and its bright future.”