# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Festival of Lights
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Get ready for a night of music, art, lights, and fun under the stars! SUNY Potsdam invites the North Country community to campus for the LoKo Arts Festival of Lights, one of the College’s largest community celebrations and the culminating public event of the launch of Deeply Rooted, Future Focused: The Campaign for Potsdam.

For one night, Satterlee Hall, the Academic Quad and Minerva Plaza will be transformed into a connected landscape of light, with architectural uplighting, illuminated trees and glowing art installations throughout the heart of campus. 

🎶 Live Music: Local rock cover band SFM will provide the soundtrack for the evening.

🎨 Art & Activities: Explore glowing art installations, create illuminated designs at the LoKo Art Tent, enjoy Glocade glow-in-the-dark mini-golf, pick up free light-up swag and encounter dancers in glowing wings throughout the event!

🚁 Drone Show: At 8 p.m., look to the skies for a spectacular drone show set to music from the Crane archives, celebrating SUNY Potsdam’s history, legacy and future.

🍔 Food & Refreshments:
There be food for purchase and alcohol served in a warming room in the art gallery, along with LoKo Arts and Festival of Lights merchandise for purchase.

The Festival is also a centerpiece of LoKo Arts’ 15th anniversary year, celebrated through the 2026–27 theme Illumination.

Come experience SUNY Potsdam in a whole new light — bring your friends and family and join us for a night of creativity, community and celebration! ✨

This LoKo Arts project is made possible by the generosity and artistic vision of Kathryn (Kofoed) ’54 and Donald Lougheed (Hon. ’54).

Planning to attend? Let us know by registering here: 
www.givecampus.com/schools/SUNYPotsdam/events/festival-of-lights-2026 
Registration is encouraged but not required. Guests are welcome to simply show up and enjoy the Festival. 


Bring your own chair! 

📍 SUNY Potsdam Academic Quad & Minerva Plaza
Parking: Best parking is available in Lots 1, 11 and 12.
🎟️ Free and open to all!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/potsdam/festival-of-lights/200030819485418
- **Event Categories**: Art, Festivals, Music, Entertainment, Sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Potsdam
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: SUNY Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY, United States, New York 13676
- **lat**: 44.66213
- **long**: -74.97198
- **full address**: SUNY Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY, United States, New York 13676

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Festival of Lights
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/d9d008183e01e59ab9f58b9d256f9446dd4ee56e8a5876ee9c772e697b54e4a4-rimg-w1200-h675-dc080808-gmir?v=1791686838

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Festival of Lights being held?
  - **A:** Festival of Lights takes place on Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm at SUNY Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY, United States, New York 13676.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Festival of Lights?
  - **A:** Festival of Lights is organized by LoKo Arts Festival.

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