

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Longford Lights 2026 - February 19 th - 22 nd
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This year’s festival embraces a joyful spirit of playfulness, captured in the theme Lightly Playful. It is a family-focused celebration, filled with colour and imaginative artworks, many of which have been created by the community. Two of the installations are inspired by simple childhood folded paper toys, paper boats and pinwheels, evoking the innocence and simple pleasures of childhood. While you can’t play with these toys directly, you’re invited to bring both your child and your inner child to the Bridge Club carpark, where you can play freely with shadows and light. Running throughout the Connolly Barracks site is a unifying thread of Stitching the Barracks, binding the festival together through light, texture, colour, and stitch.

Continuing these childhood references, the Ball Alley Projection draws heavily on granny squares, an age-old craft practiced by both young and old and not usually associated with digital media. This projection weaves together many of the community projects, incorporating imagery from the Storyworks project and yarn bombing, and linking them through the movement of cyclists from the Night Bike Parade.

Take a walk through town to the main off-site location at Breaden’s Lane, entered via Pig Market Lane. Here you’ll discover an illuminated Wanderland, loosely inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Along the way, pause to experience Glory at St John’s Church, illuminations in Garvey’s Lane and Let the World Spin at Providers. This year also features a dedicated children’s programme of workshops and performances, taking place on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, offering even more opportunities for families to play, explore, and create together.

For those young at heart but older in years, consider choosing the later time slot for your visit. As the younger families head home, the festival becomes quieter and more immersive, offering a chance to experience the artworks in a more relaxed and atmospheric way.

Entry to the main festival site in Connolly Barracks is by ticket only (linked below).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edgeworthstown/longford-lights-2026-february-19-th-22-nd/200029531412448
- **Event Categories**: festivals, workshops, nonprofit, parades
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 44

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/countylongfordartsservice/1993484?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=edgeworthstown-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Edgeworthstown
- **state**: LD
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: Connolly Barracks Longford
- **lat**: 53.731060294439
- **long**: -7.802122156258
- **full address**: Connolly Barracks Longford, Edgeworthstown, Ireland

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: County Longford Arts Services (https://allevents.in/org/county-longford-arts-services/27377481)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Connolly Barracks Longford, Edgeworthstown, Ireland
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** County Longford Arts Services
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, workshops, nonprofit, parades
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Longford Lights 2026 - February 19 th - 22 nd ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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