Albany 2026: Record-breaking Lighting the Sound installation comes to an end after three weeks of magic

Challenging weather prevailed across the three weekends of Lighting the Sound, but the rain cleared on Sunday night to give the much-anticipated light show a spectacular finish to its three-week run. Visitors and locals alike travelled to vantage points all around Albany on Sunday night to witness and capture the final night of Lighting the Sound, after heavy rain and low clouds disrupted the show on Friday and Saturday nights. Lighting the Sound began on March 13 and ran for three weekends, bringing visitors from far and wide to Albany for an unforgettable experience — seeing Finnish artist Kari Kola’s record-breaking light show illuminate Princess Royal Harbour and King George Sound in a vivid sea of green and red. The event was one of the flagship moments of the Albany 2026 calendar, celebrating the city’s bicentenary by lighting up one of its most iconic natural landmarks, the water the city is built around. Albany stayed busy for all three weekends, with accommodation booked out and York Street bustling as the end of each week rolled around, visitors flocking to the city in their thousands for a chance to see the colourful lights. Anzac Peace Park was full for most of the three weekends, with local food trucks and a pop-up bar from The Dam and Cannabis Botanical Distillery providing all the ingredients for a great atmosphere as people came down to the foreshore to enjoy the show. Albany’s twin peaks of Mt Clarence and Mt Melville proved perfect viewpoints to see the light show from above the city, with plenty of punters tackling the climb up to Padre White lookout and driving up Mt Melville for a different perspective.