Winter Light is a celebration that showcases Edmonton as a beautiful and interesting winter city, taking joy in our unique sense of place, climate and environment. Motivated by the themes, Light, Fire, Action, and Welcome, everything is developed to engage-- and sometimes surprise-- audiences with new and distinctive winter experiences.

The festival deals with the reality of Edmonton’s winter: the climate, the atmosphere, the urban scale. It recognizes winter as a time of both darkness and light, with elements of joy and survival; of isolation and gathering together; of fire and warmth; story telling and celebration.