SF City Hall Lights Up for Halloween 2023
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San Francisco City Hall | 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Pl., San Francisco, CA
Event Details
Submitted by the Event Organizer
San Francisco City Hall lights up in orange in celebration of Halloween on October 31, 2023.
Every evening at sunset, over 220 state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures light up City Hall’s exterior. Normally, soft white lights cast a beautiful glow on the full façade and dome. However, on many evenings, we use special lighting to honor or celebrate events, seasons, and holidays.
The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the building is lit in honor of those.
City Hall Lighting History
Until 2016, the lights were standard incandescent bulbs. Changing their colors was expensive and time-consuming: 2-3 building staff members plus a crew of 4 lighting contractors spent hours crawling in and out of office windows and onto the rooftop to install colored theatrical gels on each of the 220 fixtures, even in bad weather.With the new LEDs, power use is now much lower and maintaining the fixtures is much easier. LED bulbs last as long as 20 years.
Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: FREE
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Halloween, In Person, San Francisco
