Celebrate the Holiday Season with the Downtown SF Partnership’s Fifth Annual Let’s Glow SF

Schedule

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Ferry Building | San Francisco, CA

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Celebrating its fifth anniversary as the country’s largest holiday projection mapping show  Let’s Glow SF is back from December 5 to December 14. Hosted by the Downtown SF Partnership Let’s Glow SF will illuminate eight downtown landmarks and feature large-scale projections from 19 local and international artists. This 10-night celebration will light up historic landmarks including the Ferry Building and the Pacific Stock Exchange and feature an “iceberg trail” of interactive light elements between light show locations and Electric Dandelions at Mechanics Monuments Plaza. The event is free to attend but RSVPS are recommended and can be made here: https://tinyurl.com/4nd44wkr


Let’s Glow SF runs nightly from 5:30 to 10 p.m. between December 5 and 14 and includes the following sites: 

  • The Ferry Building (1 Ferry Building San Francisco CA 94105)
  • Transamerica Redwood Park at Transamerica Pyramid Center (545 Sansome St. San Francisco CA 94111)
  • Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (301 Pine St. San Francisco CA 94104)
  • 101 California Street (101 California St. San Francisco CA 94111)
  • Hobart Building (582 Market St. San Francisco CA 94104)
  • East Cut Electric (425 Folsom St. San Francisco CA 94105)
  • Yerba Buena Lane at Market (757 Market St. San Francisco CA 94103) 
  • Salesforce Tower (415 Mission St. San Francisco CA 94105) viewable from throughout the district


Let’s Glow SF is BARTable! Head to bart.gov/bartable for more information on how to take BART to this year's festival.

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Where is it happening?

The Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States

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