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Over the weekend of October 17 and 18, Plaża Wilanów at ul. Klimczaka 2 turned into the stage for the 14th edition of the Royal Festival of Light. Admission was free, as in previous years, and organizers put together two evenings of laser shows, fire performances and concerts that for years have drawn crowds from across Warsaw to the Wilanów beach.
What happened on stage
Saturday's program opened with a theatre show for the youngest visitors, followed by an illusion act, and in the evening by a fire show and a concert by Jano z OMP. The day closed with two laser shows, with a performance by Evelina Ross in between. Sunday started with a show featuring the best scenes from Pan Sprężynka, followed by interactive games for children, another fire and laser show, a performance by Miss God on the laser harp, and a final laser show to close the festival. Throughout the weekend there were also animations, a disco for the youngest, an escape room, a photo booth, a mobile planetarium, workshops and a food truck zone.
For anyone following the Wilanów events calendar, it is worth telling apart two names that sound almost the same. The Royal Festival of Light at Plaża Wilanów is a one off, free weekend of concerts and fireworks style shows, held every October on the beach grounds. It is a completely different event from the Royal Garden of Light, the evening light exhibition in the gardens of Wilanów Palace, run by the museum and usually lit from mid autumn through the end of winter for a ticket price. That second event, as we reported, is not happening this winter, the first break in fourteen years. The festival on the beach has nothing to do with that decision and went ahead as planned.
Fourteen uninterrupted editions make the festival at Plaża Wilanów one of those local traditions residents mark on the calendar for good. If you missed it this year, the 15th edition will most likely return next year, around the same dates and in the same format.
