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Explore what else the festival has to offer including our gallery, special event features and pop ups. 

Use our interactive festival map to help make your way around Pukekura Park. It has information on where to find light installations, food, parking and bathrooms. 

Read everything the festival has to offer in our brochure.

Houses around New Plymouth have signed up to give us a little more Christmas spirit by lighting up their homes.

The homes will be lit from 9pm - 11pm every night, from 14 December 2018 - 6 January 2019.

Register for a Light Up Your Home roadie:

Friday 14 December

Saturday 15 December

Download the recommended light trail.

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For the first time ever you can enjoy a range of cuisines from food trucks at the festival! Light Bites is located in the Bellringer Pavilion car park/festival hub on selected nights.

Time: 7pm – 10pm
Where: Bellringer Pavilion car park/festival hub
Dates: 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 December and 4, 5, 12, 18 and 19 January

You asked, so we're delivering! For the very first time, TSB Festival of Lights is celebrating New Year's Eve at Pukekura Park. We've created an events lineup for all ages, and even have an early countdown for the kids at 9pm. Click each event below to read more about it.

Tiny Town gives festival-goers the thrill and intimacy of their very own private show. Made from a 10-foot shipping container converted into a mini theatre, it’s fully kitted out with a stage, lighting and sound, and red velvet curtains. It can fit up to six audience members seated and three musicians. The festival brings this concept to New Plymouth for the first time!

Time: 7.30pm – 9pm

Dates: 26 – 31 December 2018

Where: Bellringer Pavilion car park/festival hub

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Get a feel for our beautiful festival by checking out the gallery. 

The festive season is a great time to share the love and remember the people and things we are thankful for. Visit the Gratitude Vine behind the Tea House on the Lake to read your community’s messages of celebration. 

Want to share the love with your community? Attend the message-writing session, where your leaf will be strung onto the vine for everyone to read throughout the festival.