Year-round
Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls
Falls Illumination
Experience the Lights on Niagara Falls
Every evening beginning at dusk, Niagara Falls is transformed into an incredible, multi-coloured water and light masterpiece.
Special lights are housed in the Illumination Tower, next to Queen Victoria Place; on the roof of Table Rock Centre, at the brink of the Horseshoe Falls; and deep in the Niagara Gorge, across from the American Falls. Together, these lights work to create a breathtaking view not to be missed. The falls are also lit in custom colours for short durations to mark significant dates in support of charitable causes. Special colour illuminations are provided courtesy of The Niagara Falls Illumination Board.
The New Falls Illumination
In 2016, almost 20 years since the last major investment in falls lighting, the existing Xenon lights were replaced with new, energy-efficient LED lighting technology. These new lights provide more than twice the previous lighting levels, programmable lighting, and a wider spectrum of colour. The new lights also fill gaps to provide a more consistent lighting effect.
The ‘Illumination of the Falls’ has been financed and operated by The Niagara Falls Illumination Board since 1925.
Falls Illumination Schedule
| January 1 – January 31 | 5 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| February 1 – March 11 | 5:30 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| March 12 – March 18 | 7:30 PM – 1 AM | ||||||||
| March 19 – March 31 | 7:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| April 1- May 14 | 8 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| May 15 – May 31 | 8:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| June 1 - July 31 | 8:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| August 1 - August 15 | 8:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| August 16 - August 31 | 7:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| September 1 - 19 | 7:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| September 20 - 30 | 6:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| October 1 - 15 | 6:15 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| October 16 - October 31 | 6:00 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
| November 1 - December 31 | 4:30 PM – 2 AM | ||||||||
The Niagara Falls are often lit in special colours for many registered charities marking a significant date in support of their cause. Special Colour Illuminations are provided courtesy of The Niagara Falls Illumination Board.
Special Illumination Calendar
| Mar.24 - 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 | For hope for COVID-19 **till Pandemic is over** | Yellow | ||||
| Sept.1 - Hourly 9:00 - 11:00 | Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | Gold | ||||
| Sept.1 - 9:45 - 10:00 | Alopecia Areata Awareness Month | Blue | ||||
| Sept.2 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month | Green, Blue & Teal | ||||
| Sept.4 - 10:00 - 10:15 | National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day | Teal | ||||
| Sept.5 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Dystonia Awareness Month | Blue & White | ||||
| Sept.7 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Duchenne Awareness Day | Red | ||||
| Sept.8 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Mexican Independence Day | Green-White-Red | ||||
| Sept.9 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Hunger Action Day | Orange | ||||
| Sept.10 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Suicide Prevention Day | Yellow | ||||
| Sept.12 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Lymphoma Cancer | Lime Green | ||||
| Sept.13 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Niagara Falls Walk of Hope for Ovarian Cancer | Teal | ||||
| Sept.14 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Light Up for Mito | Green | ||||
| Sept.15 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Lymphoma Awareness Day | Purple | ||||
| Sept.16 - 10:00 - 10:15 | The Lymphoma Research Foundation | Red | ||||
| Sept.17 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Blue | ||||
| Sept.18 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Chiari Awareness Month | Purple | ||||
| Sept.19 - 10:00 - 10:15 | 199 Central America Independence Celebration | Red, Blue and White | ||||
| Sept.20 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Alzheimer's Day | Blue and White | ||||
| Sept.21 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Independence Day of Armenia | Red-Blue-Orange | ||||
| Sept.22 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community | Red | ||||
| Sept.23 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Orange Shirt Day | Orange | ||||
| Sept.24 - 10:00 - 10:15 | National Hispanic Heritage Month in WNY | Red, Orange and Green | ||||
| Sept.25 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Big Brothers Big Sisters Day | Teal | ||||
| Sept.26 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month - Hope Breathes Here Campaign | Red and Blue | ||||
| Sept.27 - 10:00 - 10:15 | TVO 50th Anniversary | Red, Blue and White | ||||
| Sept.28 - 10:00 - 10:15 | International FASD Awareness Month | Red | ||||
| Sept.29 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Day | Green | ||||
| Sept.30 - 10:00 - 10:15 | International Recovery Day & Chiari Malformation Awareness Month | Purple | ||||
| Oct.02 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Wrongful Conviction Day | Yellow | ||||
| Oct.03 - 10:00 - 10:15 | 2020 Dysautonomia International October Awareness Month | Blue | ||||
| Oct.04 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Fire Prevention Week - Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters | Red | ||||
| Oct.06 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World CP Day | Green | ||||
| Oct.07 - 8:15 - 8:30 | World Peace | Blue, White | ||||
| Oct.09 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Day of the Republic of Bashkortostan | Blue, White and Green | ||||
| Oct.10 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Light Up Purple for World Mental Health Day | Purple | ||||
| Oct.12 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Thrombosis Day | Red & Blue | ||||
| Oct.13 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day #LightUpMBC | Green, Teal & Pink | ||||
| Oct.14 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Emergency Nurses Association 50th Anniversary | Purple | ||||
| Oct.15 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day | Blue & Pink | ||||
| Oct.18 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Azerbaijan Independence Day | Blue, Red and Green | ||||
| Oct.20 - 10:00 - 10:15 | International Dyslexia Awareness Month - Mark it Red for Dyslexia | Red | ||||
| Oct.22 - 10:00 - 10:15 | National Disability Employment Awareness Month | Blue and Purple | ||||
| Oct.24 - 8:30 - 9:00 | Diwali Razmatazz | Orange, White and Green | ||||
| Oct.26 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Opera Day | Red | ||||
| Oct.29 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Rett Syndrome Awareness Month | Purple | ||||
| Nov.01 - 9:00 - 9:15 | MADD Canada | Red | ||||
| Nov.01 - 10:00 - 10:15 | The Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation | Green and Purple | ||||
| Nov.02 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Treaties Recognition Week | Purple and White | ||||
| Nov.03 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Colour the World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness | Orange | ||||
| Nov.05 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Light The World Teal Initiative | Teal | ||||
| Nov.08 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Indigenous Veteran's Day | Purple and White | ||||
| Nov.11 - Hourly from 4:30 | Remembrance Day | Red | ||||
| Nov.12 - 9:00 - 10:00 | Global Pneumolight Initiative | Blue | ||||
| Nov.15 - 10:00 - 10:15 | National Runaway Prevention Month | Green | ||||
| Nov.17 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World Prematurity Day | Purple | ||||
| Nov.18 - Hourly 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 | National flag of Latvia | Red, White and Red | ||||
| Nov.19 - 10:00 - 10:15 | National Children's Grief Awareness Day | Blue | ||||
| Nov.20 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month | Purple | ||||
| Nov.24 - 10:00 - 10:15 | 16 Days of Activism | Orange | ||||
| Nov.30 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Stomach Cancer Awareness Day | Blue | ||||
| Dec.1 - 10:00 - 10:15 | World AIDS Day | Red | ||||
| Dec.3 - 10:00 - 10:15 | International Day of Persons with Disabilities #PurpleLightUp | Purple | ||||
| Dec.10 - 10:00 - 10:15 | Human Rights Day | Blue | ||||
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