A festival of light on the old river quay
A bridge of threads, a tide of lanterns, a garden that listens, a market of stars: four nights on the city's oldest quay.
Artist's impressions, generated for this demonstration: an invented festival.
For four nights the old quay goes dark, and then it lights up. Each night lights something new, and the bridge stays lit for all four.
Night one Thursday 12
Two hundred threads of light are strung across the footbridge, one for every year the quay has stood. As the crowd crosses, the threads answer their footsteps, weaving new patterns until the whole bridge glows.
Studio Benang, light installation
Where to stand: The middle of the bridge at 10 pm (step-free ramps); the upper steps for the 8:30 choir
Night two Friday 13
At nine, three thousand paper lanterns are set on the river at the upper steps. The current carries them past the quay in one slow, golden procession. Write a wish on yours at the lantern tent.
Community lantern makers
Where to stand: The viewing platform beside the upper steps (step-free by the ramp); arrive by 8:30 pm
Night three Saturday 14
The riverside garden becomes an instrument. Speak into one of the brass horns and the garden answers in light and a low, shifting chord, so every visitor adds a voice to the night.
Kolektif Gema, sound and light
Where to stand: The benches inside the garden (firm paths); arrive before 9:30 pm
Night four Sunday 15
Sixty stalls are laid out as the night sky over the quay: food, craft and music under strings of light, each stall a star, each lane a constellation you can walk.
Makers of the quay
Where to stand: The bridge, to see all four light at once (step-free ramps); arrive by 8:30 pm
Sunday 15, 9 pm
At nine on the last night the quay goes dark for one minute. Then the bridge, the river, the garden and the market light one after another, in the order of the nights, and all four stay lit together until midnight.
Be there on Sunday
Plan your night
Choosing a night lights its places on the quay and lists its evening in order. Select a time or a place to see it on the plan.
On Saturday 14Nothing on that nightSelected
Tonight here: 7:00 pm The garden wakes; 8:00 pm Guided listening walks; 9:30 pm The garden plays itself; 11:00 pm The silent hour begins
Passes
Prices include everything: no booking fee, children under five free, and a carer free with any pass. You can change your night up to the day before.
RM 25
Any single night, from when the quay opens
RM 80
Come back every night
RM 60
Two adults and up to three children, one night
This is a demonstration website. No booking is made and no payment is taken.
Visit and access
Please use a festival lantern: they are made to be collected downstream so nothing is left in the river.
Yes. The garden and the market are especially good for children; the family trail map shows the calmer routes.
The Friday lantern night is the busiest. The all-nights pass keeps a place for you each evening.
Yes: every food stall at the Constellation Market is halal, and vegetarian stalls are marked on the family trail map.
Toilets, including accessible ones, are at the gate and beside the market. The prayer room is next to the information point at the gate.
Yes. A carer comes free with any pass; tell the gate team when you arrive.
Meet at the information point by the gate. Lost children are looked after there until they are collected.
If a storm stops a night, your pass moves to another night or is refunded in full.
Yes. The quay is car-free, but there is a step-free drop-off point at the gate for taxis and accessible vehicles.
