Tartu Light Biennale TAVA26

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Foto: Mana Kaasik, 2024

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Foto: Mana Kaasik, 2024

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Foto: Mana Kaasik, 2024

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Foto: Mana Kaasik, 2024

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Description

Tartu Light TAVA26 is a comprehensive, international, cross-disciplinary major event for contemporary light art and lighting design that enriches both public spaces and exhibition halls, encourages the reduction of light pollution, seeks solutions to support biodiversity when illuminating architectural forms and landscapes, and turns Tartu into a brilliant, thought-provoking capital of light.

This autumn’s most anticipated visual art experience awaits you in Tartu! 🌟

Taking place for the fifth time, this major event now bears a new name – Tartu Light Biennale TAVA26. It is a comprehensive international light art event that turns Tartu into a Mecca of light, attracting culture enthusiasts to Southern Estonia during the darkest time in the Nordic region.

The main theme of this year's biennale is "Antimatter" – a figurative force that offers alternative narratives to what currently exists and creates new energy.

Although TAVA26 activities last for a month, its main experience area in the University of Tartu Botanical Garden is open on only three exclusive evenings: October 22–24, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

Choose an evening that suits you and come be a part of a world of light where autumn nature, wonderful light art, lighting design, and good music meet.

In addition to the botanical garden, the festival program flows into the urban space, offering surprises, exhibitions, and exciting lighting design workshops.

Ticket info:

*The festival ticket is valid for one-time use and grants entry to the main botanical garden event area on the evening of your choice (Oct 22–24).
*Gates are open from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. However, it is worth arriving from 7:00 PM onwards, and the area will be open until midnight.
*To ensure smoother entry, we recommend purchasing tickets in advance!

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