As you recall, the Bay Lights' life has been extended beyond its original two-year run, after the nonprofit behind Leo Villareal's 1.8-mile-long light sculpture raised $4 million to keep the 25,000 LEDs turned on. But the sculpture will go dark for the next 11 months while Caltrans does maintenance on the cables, making this Thursday night the installation's last hurrah of the year. On Friday morning at dawn, serious light-gazers who come out at 5:45 a.m. can observe the lights' final moments amid the gentle warblings of the San Francisco Symphony's Sunrise String Quartet, which will perform for the last hour of sculpture's illumination.
Free coffee and pastries will be on hand on the patio behind EPIC Roasthouse. The Bay Lights will be back in time for Super Bowl 50 next year.
The Bay Lights go dark this Friday, but @JohnKingSFChron has more on what's next. http://t.co/YHn1kl1yH8 pic.twitter.com/gRlbEbLely
— SFGate (@SFGate) March 4, 2015
Bay Bridge light installation in San Francisco to be made permanent. #ForeverBrilliant
http://t.co/SnWoADIlGv pic.twitter.com/BJnGOmVOYp
— Kevin Smokler (@Weegee) December 18, 2014
Our beloved Bay Lights will turn off this week for renovation before Super Bowl 50 in 2016. (Instagram: 96thandlex) pic.twitter.com/iU9ZuHX1xH
— Hotel Vitale (@HotelVitale) March 3, 2015
Get your pictures of the Bay Lights before they dim on March 5th. They won't be turned bac… http://t.co/wwTWX1VoeU pic.twitter.com/zg57qc3oWF
— Only in SF (@onlyinsf) February 28, 2015
The Bay Lights @ http://t.co/kmoFzxDtTi #baybridge #sanfrancisco #sf #canon #blackandwhite #night #art #led #USA #미국 pic.twitter.com/kzqyVfxGKv
— Baron Reznik (@baronreznik) March 2, 2015
Plans for March 6 around 6am? http://t.co/9xkAXjyuiP #BayBridge #BayLights #switchoff @IlluminatedArts pic.twitter.com/9C6I3Lt1YD
— LostinSF (@LostinSFwebsite) February 24, 2015
Night runs. Embarcadero. #SanFrancisco #baylights pic.twitter.com/AUPvEx7Qlv
— Toni Alejandria (@aTouchofAir) January 7, 2015
#Read #Art #about it!
#Bay #Lights #in #SanFrancisco is #now a #permanent #display
http://t.co/5Azei1Ev2P
#Cali #Wow pic.twitter.com/qqZO9p2McR
— nicholas yust (@nicholasyust) December 27, 2014
Photo by @tony_e at @MozSF RT @SFist: The Bay Lights are staying on thanks to a $2M gift http://t.co/04lP1yZU8l pic.twitter.com/0cXeKkKKM7
— Robin Andersen (@tecgirl) December 18, 2014
"I often describe @TheBayLights as a digital campfire that brings people together." #BayLights artist #LeoVillareal pic.twitter.com/KDkWhscWkH
— Tim McCormick (@tmccormick) December 17, 2014
Tad Taube comes to rescue. @leovillareal #baylights to go on. @dorkakeehn #openartsf @lhertz
http://t.co/8705pWzCIC pic.twitter.com/HDzrxMNUwa
— Sam Jackson Whiting (@SamWhitingSF) December 18, 2014
" The Bay Lights: biggest LED sculpture will glow on as a permanent installation!
http://t.co/OcJEh9AmAj pic.twitter.com/3b5LxJPXPa @burningman"
— Linda (@LindaPeters64) December 18, 2014
Or in words of MT @SFist: Boo! John King hates the Bay Lights, says they don't deserve to get reinstalled. pic.twitter.com/LLocDGkOw7
— John King (@JohnKingSFChron) December 10, 2014
I'll be happy if they just survive tomorrow! #Stormageddon RT @CurbedSF: Should Bay Lights get another 10 yrs? pic.twitter.com/lQxFN6HntB
— TedEd (@TED44E) December 10, 2014