{"id":665167,"date":"2026-10-25T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665167\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:14:13","slug":"lu-festival-of-light-tonight-confirmed-after-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665167\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00fa Festival of Light tonight confirmed after cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00fa Festival of Light will go ahead in Drogheda tonight, Sunday, 25th October, after Saturday evening\u2019s programme was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organisers confirmed this morning that tonight\u2019s festival will proceed, with projection shows beginning from 6pm at all sites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Cllr-James-Byrne-100063891201700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" onclick=\"gtag(&#039;event&#039;, &#039;click&#039;, { event_category: &#039;Ad&#039;, event_label: &#039;jamesbyrne&#039;, value: 1 });\"><br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792955653_310_image.png\" alt=\"jamesbyrne\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"187\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cottage Market will open from 5pm in the Dominican Church, while the collaboration with Drogheda Classical Music, \u2018Gods, Monsters and Opera\u2019, will take place at Droichead Arts Centre at 3.30pm, with tickets still available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organisers said they are looking forward to welcoming people back into Drogheda this evening to enjoy the build-up around the town and the light projections after dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday night\u2019s programme was cancelled following consultation with event safety partners due to the weather, with the decision taken in the interests of public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L\u00fa Festival of Light will go ahead in Drogheda tonight, Sunday, 25th October, after Saturday evening\u2019s programme was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-665167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}