LUMENAURA Fest Weekend

Name: LUMENAURA Fest Weekend
Start: 2024-10-11T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-13T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Water Street Square, 65 S Water Street, Aurora

Schedule

Fri Oct 11 2024 at 06:00 pm to Sun Oct 13 2024 at 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Water Street Square, 65 S Water Street, Aurora | Aurora, IL

The City of Aurora’s inaugural illuminated art experience will light areas of downtown Aurora throughout October 2024. LUMENAURA features immersive light-and-sound-based installations, magical projection mapping, interactive street art, dazzling live entertainment, a variety of food and beverage options, and more. Visitors are guided along a path throughout downtown Aurora while interacting with free and family-friendly art and sound displays that are unlike anything they have experienced!
The unifying theme of this year’s event is “portals.” Portals to the past, future, across space, or to a parallel universe may be included in creating literal or conceptual interpretations of the theme.
LUMENAURA FEST WEEKEND - October 11-13
LUMENAURA FEST WEEKEND will brighten the lights, with a wide array of interactive and multi-sensory entertainment extending further throughout downtown Aurora. Attendees will travel through portals, feast their eyes on one-of-a-kind illuminated art, collaborate on artistic activities, and dance to music on the main stage. George Berlin and XO Immersive will paint buildings with large-scale projection art. Miguel Gonzalez and Liviu Pasare will bring custom art installations to life. Festivalgoers will be treated to the creative designs of Alec Rudek, Adam Molski, and Brittany Harthan. Even getting to the festival is fun – in custom-designed LUMENAURA Metra cars.
Inside Straight Productions has artfully curated a lineup of roving and tertiary entertainment to greet attendees with dancers, jugglers, musicians, and sideshow performers at every turn. Additionally, LUMENAURA Fest visitors can participate in scavenger hunts, light painting, virtual reality drone flights, and hidden portal discovery quests.
The Main Stage entertainment is equally illuminating, featuring some of Illinois's best musical acts.
The main stage schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 11 (6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.)
- 8:30 P.M. – Charlie Otto (Live Electronic Dance)
- 7:45 P.M. – Wild Card (Aerialists/Acrobats), DJs
- 6:00 P.M. – Vibe Music Live (R&B/Hip-Hop cover band)
Saturday, October 12 (6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.)
- 8:15 P.M. – Terrapin Flyer (Grateful Dead Tribute)
- 7:45 P.M. – Raks Inferno (Fire Dancers/Jugglers), DJs
- 6:00 P.M. – Chicha Roots (Cumbia/Indigenous/Rock)
Sunday, October 13 (6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.)
- 8:00 P.M. – DJ Crew, Led by Sarah Hartman of R34L
- 7:45 P.M. – Lighted Drone Display
- 6:00 P.M. – DJ Crew, Led by Sarah Hartman of R34L