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The Bay Lights

San Francisco, United States

Light festivals and light art

Open year-round Open year-round Notable

What it is

An LED light art installation on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, lit nightly from dusk until dawn.

Dates

This is a permanent venue.

“which returned with 48,000 LEDs during a Grand Relighting Ceremony on Friday, March 20, 2026”
From illuminate.org

Before you go

Where
San Francisco, United States

We have not confirmed opening hours, prices or access details yet. The official website is the best place to check.

How we checked

Last checked October 17, 2026 against illuminate.org. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.

Notes from the last check

The Bay Lights is verified as an operating permanent installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, with the March 20, 2026 Grand Lighting and a nightly dusk-to-dawn schedule taken from Illuminate's official pages; the thebaylights.org domain did not load.

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