Opening night · Free
Northbridge · 17–26 October 2026
When the city dims, new forms come into focus.
Ten nights of performance, installation, sound, moving image and collective practice unfolding across warehouses, galleries, halls and the river’s edge.
The festival
Art that begins where daylight ends.
Afterlight brings together artists who work with unstable materials: breath, signal, memory, weather, bodies and borrowed space. For ten days, familiar buildings become instruments and the city becomes a score.
See all 14 projectsSelected program
Start after dark
Opening night · Free
Ten days / one city
Choose your night.
Build a personal route through live work, all-day installations, conversations and late sound.
Across Northbridge
Six venues.
One nocturnal route.
From the vaulted Meridian Hall to a working canal warehouse, every site changes the way a work can be heard, held and encountered.
Explore the venues
Access is part of the work
Plan the experience you need.
Step-free routes, captioning, audio description, relaxed environments and sensory notes are listed event by event. Our access team can help shape your festival route.
17–26 October 2026
Make a night of it.
Save events, spot timing conflicts and carry your own Afterlight route across the city.