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A cathedral apse lit in blue and green projection-mapped light during a LUMINISCENCE show, with a choir in silhouette

Cathedrals Are Becoming Ticketed Light-Show Venues to Fund Their Own Restoration

On October 1, an immersive video and choral production opens inside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, joining a fast-growing circuit of ticketed light shows now running in active churches from Brussels to Sao Paulo, and raising a real question about where preservation ends and spectacle begins.

Dr Marina Nani · 12 August 2026