We light up the Story Bridge to promote or raise awareness for events and campaigns.
Find out the meaning behind the colour of the Story Bridge lights.
Creative lighting
Explore the decorative lighting projects illuminating buildings, bridges and trees across the city.
Creative lighting projects
Brisbane’s impressive buildings, iconic bridges and magnificent trees create the perfect canvas for outdoor creative lighting installations.
Council installs decorative lighting citywide to enhance features, support events, and highlight issues important to the community. Installations include ambient projections, light boxes, LED festoon lighting and bud lights.
Charities and organisations can promote an event or campaign by lighting up a Council asset. This includes Story Bridge, Brisbane City Hall, Kangaroo Point Bridge and Tropical Display Dome, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha.
Explore creative lighting installations
Check out the decorative lights illuminating our city after dark.
Helpful links
Frequently asked questions
You need a permit to install bud lights in street trees.
This helps to protect Brisbane’s street trees from unnecessary damage.
Learn more about tree lighting permits.