Festival of Lights set for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host its fourth Wintertide Festival of Lights from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

The annual outdoor extravaganza will be at the center’s Esther Webster Gallery and in the adjacent Webster’s Woods, both at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Tickets are $30 per person, $12 for youths. Family packages are available at https://pafac.kindful.com/e/wintertide-2024.

The annual festival will feature 14 lighted art installations along the forest paths in the 5 acres of woods.

The light art exhibit “Sparks in the Night” will remain on display from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. nightly through Jan. 1.

The festival also includes food and drink vendors, shopping at the Makers Market, live performances and interactive light art stations and activities for all ages throughout Webster’s Woods.

A Lantern Walk is planned for 5 p.m. Attendees may purchase lanterns, bring their own or just walk among the other participants.

The Fractal Phase will return with choreographed fire performances at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

There also will be a performance by the Chaotic Noise Marching Band.

The Makers Market, food vendors and solstice crown station will open at 4 p.m. The glow paint tent, interactive art stations and the beer garden will open at 5 p.m.

Sarah Shea, a jazz vocalist, will perform holiday music from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the courtyard.

Food and drink vendors will include Pacific Pantry, Angeles Brewing Supplies and Dragon’s Brew Coffee Company.

For more information, visit www.pafac.org.

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