BLINK: A Festival of Light & Art

Cincinnati, OH · Arts & Culture

When: October 8–11, 2026
Where: Fountain Square (festival spans Downtown, OTR & Northern Kentucky) · Cincinnati · OH
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A biennial four-day festival of light art, projection mapping, and murals spanning more than thirty city blocks of downtown Cincinnati, Over-the-Rhine, and across the river into Covington and Newport. Started in 2017 by local creative agency Brave Berlin and now produced by the Cincinnati Chamber, the 2024 edition drew more than two million visitors. Free and open to the public each evening of the festival.

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