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“Let’s Glow SF” 2025: SF’s Huge Holiday Projection Arts Festival (Dec. 5-14)

Let’s Glow SF, the nation’s largest FREE holiday projection arts festival, is making a triumphant return to downtown San Francisco for its fifth and grandest year yet.

This all-ages, family-friendly event runs for 10 nights from December 5-14, 2025. Experience breathtaking animated projections illuminating eight iconic buildings across the city’s core, transforming them into colossal, colorful canvases featuring work by 19 artists from around the globe.

Show times:

December 5: “Countdown to Glow” Opening Night Celebration | 6p – 7p

December 5: 7p – 10p (post Countdown)

December 6-14: 5:30p – 10p

Let’s Glow SF is hosted by The Downtown SF Partnership, the community benefit district that oversees 43 blocks across San Francisco’s Financial District and Jackson Square Historic District and presented by Amazon. This signature event is part of citywide efforts to activate downtown’s public realm and increase programming as a form of placemaking across the city and is partially funded through an economic recovery grant from the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development and Office of Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Additional sponsors include JPMorganChase, Gap Inc., Panasonic, Zoox, and the San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation.

2025 Let’s Glow SF Festival Dates:

“Countdown to Glow” Opening Night Celebration: December 5, 2025 | 6p – 7p

December 5: 7p – 10p (post Countdown)

December 6-14: 5:30p – 10p

2025 Show Locations (map)

Ferry Building (1 Ferry Building) – Best viewed from Harry Bridges Plaza

East Cut Electric (424 Folsom St) – Best viewed from 420 Folsom St

101 California St – Best viewed from 101 California Plaza

Mechanics Monument Plaza (488 Market St)

Yerba Buena Lane at Market St.

Hobart Building (828 Market St) – Best viewed from 1 Post St

Transamerica Pyramid Center (600 Montgomery St) – Best viewed from within the Transamerica Redwood Park

Saleforce Tower (415 Mission St) – Anywhere in Downtown SF

LGSF Business Specials

Local participating restaurants, bars, and businesses will offer Let’s Glow SF specials.

Opening Night Celebration 2025

Be Front and Center for the Launch of Let’s Glow SF at Countdown to Glow!

Celebrate the return of Let’s Glow SF on Friday, December 5th, 2025, with our Countdown to Glow Kickoff Ceremony at Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the Ferry Building in Downtown San Francisco.

Join us starting at 6PM for pre-show festivities and free hot chocolate (while supplies last), then grab your prime viewing spot before city officials ceremonially “flip the switch” to launch Let’s Glow SF 2025 at 7PM!

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Friday, December 5

“Let’s Glow SF” 2025: SF’s Huge Holiday Projection Arts Fest (Opening Night Celebration)

Friday, December 5 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco's Financial District

Let’s Glow SF, the nation’s largest FREE holiday projection arts festival, is making a triumphant return to downtown San Francisco for its fifth and grandest year yet. This all-ages, family-friendly event runs for 10 nights from December 5-14, 2025. Experience breathtaking animated projections illuminating eight ...

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