A huge thank you to everyone who took part in LUMIFY 2020 and helped illuminate the District over Queen's Birthday Weekend. Together we managed to bring some joy to our communities and welcomed everyone back into our neighborhoods after time apart. It was truly...
LUMA is an award-winning arts and culture festival based in Queenstown. We use Queenstown’s unique alpine canvas, as a giant amphitheater for local, national and international talent to paint with light. Featuring artwork from: Angus Muir Design South Island Light...
That's a wrap for another year folks! Thanks to everyone who came down to share this experience with us.
Performance pieces integrated with light and AV took LUMA to another level this year, this is "Nocturnal".
Australian artist Zara Pasfield talks rainbow lorikeets and trans-Tasman bonding.
Audio Visual and staging wizards TomTom Productions are long time contributors to the LUMA festival, and they always bring the goods. We really enjoyed this opportunity to shine a light on ( or hold an umbrella over! ) the great work they do and their awesome ethos of...
Local creative powerhouse Scott Kennedy ( along with Echoknot bandmate Joe Cowie ) created "Under A Mountain", a trippy audio visual glasshouse with a score to match.
Prolific and talented light sculptor Angus Muir speaks about his involvement with LUMA19.
Chloe Loftus (Aerial Artist) Abigail Rose (Aerial Artist) Rochell Brophy (Aerial Artist) Amber Stevens (Curator of Performance) Emma Vickers (Performance Director) Into the Shadows is an interactive performance space that combines our feature installation Hybycozo...
Our local schools working with LUMA. Thank you to Storyworks for producing this video!
Thank you to Storyworks for producing this piece for LUMA19!
Opening Night of LUMA19 was a resounding success! There's still 3 more nights of light, art and performance to enjoy so head down to Queenstown Gardens this Queen's Birthday Weekend to discover #LUMAQueenstown for yourself ✨
Adopt a gnome - support an artist, is a new initiative at LUMA aimed at assisting emerging New Zealand artists. Professional creatives have helped by contributing time and skill to give our gnomes a facelift. The 30 blank gnomes were donated by our partners Queenstown...
As the nights draw in and there’s a distinct chill in the air, thoughts turn to winter in Queenstown, and a bubble of excitement starts to grow. Fresh snow on the mountains, crisp star-strewn evenings, hot food held in warm fingers, friends, celebration,...
Highlights from this years LUMA. Special thanks to the amazing team at Storyworks for all their hard work on this! Video by: Storyworks
Take a trip through LUMA, highlights from our capture team on the 3rd day. Directed by: Jonny James Cam Op 1: Jonny James Cam Op 2: Dale Wowk Cam Op 3: Martin Stokes Cam Op 4: Dennis Benschomp Cam Op 5: Mitch Walters Timelapse Support: Josh Wallace and Syrp Edited by:...
Our capture team has been busy at LUMA getting all the best bits from the second day of shooting, check out the amazing art and light sculptures! Director, Cam Op A, Editor: Jonny James Cam Op B, Assistant Editor: Dale Wowk
Check out what our capture team whipped up after the first day of LUMA18 Produced by: Jonny James Directed by: Jonny James Assistant Director: Dale Wowk Cam Op: Martin Stokes Cam Assist: Dale Wowk Sound: Rosa Good Edited by: Jonny James
Wakatipu Potters Group is a not-for-profit community pottery club. We have been in existence since 1982 and are located at 50 Stanley Street Queenstown, at the corner of Stanley and Ballarat Streets, inside the Queenstown Art Society building. Every day we play a game...
LUMA Southern Light Project partnership opportunities. Video by: Storyworks
LUMA 2018 - Shining a Spotlight on Queenstown. As the nights are getting colder, thoughts of winter are starting to creep into New Zealander's minds. Lighting up our cold winter nights again this year is LUMA; Queenstown’s award-winning light festival (June 1 - 4)....
With less than ten weeks until Queenstown’s award-winning light festival illuminates the night sky, the countdown is officially on. We catch up with Angus Muir, the man behind Angus Muir Design (the human Moth). Huge thanks to Storyworks for their work on the video!
LUMA Southern Light Project is the event of the year that captures the creative hearts of the people in Queenstown. Drawing a crowd of all ages together to celebrate art and culture with an awe-inspiring free light festival located in the Queenstown Gardens. This...
The trust behind New Zealand’s favorite light festival, LUMA, has recently been announced as the 2017 Trustpower Award Supreme Winner in the Trustpower Queenstown Lakes Community Awards. The award recognises the LUMA Light Festival Trust and the contribution of...