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bTV Media Group is exclusive media partner of the LUNAR Festival of Lights

The event will take place in Sofia from May 8 -11.

The LUNAR Festival of Lights will take place for the fourth time in Sofia between May 8 and 11, 2025. Traditionally, the art event will transform the central part of the city with exciting 3D mapping performances and light installations. Artists from all over the world will be on display for free on each of the four festival nights, from Thursday to Sunday, between 21:00 and midnight. The organizer and main artistic collective behind the project is the Bulgarian visual effects studio MP-STUDIO, in partnership with one of the most famous light festivals in the world, Festival of Lights International. The event is realized with the institutional support of the Office of the European Parliament in Bulgaria, the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, Sofia Municipality under the patronage of the Mayor of Sofia Vasil Terziev, the Ministry of Tourism and with the financial support of the "Creation" program of the National Culture Fund.

bTV Media Group is the exclusive media partner of the festival and will bring the festival to the attention of the audience through special reports and coverage in bTV news and current affairs programs.

Since 2022, more than 90 light works created by 57 artists and studios from 18 countries have been presented as part of this major cultural event. Each year, through one of the newest forms of art, LUNAR presents important messages about the future of the planet, technological development, freedom of self-expression and more, and its program is attended by more than half a million residents and guests of the capital.

And this year, Sofia will be one of the most innovative cities in the world, presenting compelling digital art on its streets. During the four nights of the festival, the public will have the opportunity to stroll through a city transformed into an open-air gallery, thanks to works specially created for the capital's buildings, parks and squares.