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Shining a Light on NF Around the World

By June 10, 2021January 3rd, 2024Awareness, Global

Shine a Light on NF brings NF awareness into the community by lighting up buildings, bridges and monuments in blue and green. Through the years, the campaign has spread from coast-to-coast and around the world, including all over Europe. Together with our partner NF organizations, this year, 319 locations in 12 countries worked to Make NF Visible by Shining a Light on NF!

Nerve Tumours UK, Asociación Catalana de las Neurofibromatosis (ACNEFI), Asociación de Afectados de Neurofibromatosis (AANF), Linfa Neurofibromatosi, Let’s Beat NF Netherlands, plus the Tumour Foundation of British Columbia and Children’s Tumour Foundation Australia, all helped the world to glow a little more blue and green.

Visit ctf.org/shinealight for more about the campaign.

2021 participating locations:

ENGLAND
All Saints Parish Church, Otley, West Yorkshire
Andrew Marvell Statue, Hull East Yorkshire
Arnold’s Restaurant, Leeds West Yorkshire
Ashton Memorial, Lancaster , Lancashire
Beacon of Light, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Blackpool Tower, Blackpool, Lancashire
Bonus Arena, Hull, East Yorkshire
Centre:MK, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Chester Town Hall, Cheshire
Citipark, Merrion Centre, Leeds, West Yorkshire
City Hall Clock Tower, Bradford, West Yorkshire
City Museum, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Civic Centre, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Civic Hall Leeds, West Yorkshire
Clock Tower, Herne Bay, Kent
Council House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Earth Tubes, One Angel Square, Manchester
Everyman Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool, Merseyside
Festival Place Shopping Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Forster Square Arches, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Fremlin Walk Shopping Centre, Maidstone, Kent
Friary Shopping Centre, Guildford, Surrey
Fulwell Mill, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Gosford Street, Coventry, West Midlands
Granary Square Fountains, London
Greyfriars Green walkway, Coventry, West Midlands
Guildhall, Hull East Yorkshire
Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex
High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
HUF Haus, Weybridge, Surrey
Hull City Hall East Yorkshire
Hull Minster East Yorkshire
Keel Square, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Kildare Council Headquarters, Naas, County Kildare
Louis’ Fish Bar, Bexhill, East Sussex
Margaret McMillan Tower, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Maritime Museum, Hull East Yorkshire
Mirror Pool, Bradford, West Yorkshire
National Theatre, London
Northern Spire Bridge, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
O2 Guildhall, Southampton
Otley Parish Church, West Yorkshire
Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire
Queen Victoria Statue in Queen Victoria Square, Hull East Yorkshire
Regent Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk
Salesforce Tower, London
Seaburn Lighthouse, Cliffe Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, Hampshire
SSE Arena, Wembley, London
St Helens rugby club Merseyside
Strule Arts Centre
Tower 42 (formerly NatWest Tower), London
Town Hall, Brighton, East Sussex
Town Hall Clock, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Town Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk
Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Town Hall, South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Trinity Square, Hull, East Yorkshire
University of Liverpool School of Engineering, Liverpool, Merseyside
Whittle Arch, Coventry, West Midlands
William Wilberforce monument, Hull, East Yorkshire
Worcester University Arena, Worcestershire
Youth and Community Centre, Bexhill. East Sussex
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey

ISLE OF MAN
Pulrose Power Station
The Swing Bridge
Tower of Refuge

ITALY
Battipaglia (SA) illumina Torre di Palazzo di Città
Bella (Pz) – Cupola Castello Aragonese
Belluno – illumina la facciata del Teatro Comunale
Botticino- BS- Municipio
Bovezzo -BS- illumina Palazzo Comunale
Brescia – illumina la notte del 17/18 – palazzo Loggia (May 17-18)
Cagliari – illumina Bastione di Sant’Remy
Caino – BS – illumina il palazzo municipale
Castel Gandolfo (RM) – Palazzo del Comune – 15-16-17 maggio
Castel Mella (BS) – Municipio
Cavaso del Tomba (TV) illumina il Municipio
Cesena (FC) – Fontana Masini
Cingoli (MC) – Torre Civica (May 15-17)
Civitavecchia ( RM) – Teatro Traiano
Ferrara- illumina Fontana di Piazza della Repubblica
Firenze- Porte storiche della città
Gardone Val Trompia (BS) – Municipio
Genova – illumina di blu e verde della Fontana di Piazza De Ferrari
Lecce – illumina Il Sedile
Livorno – illumina Gazebo di Terrazza Mascagni
Lodrino – BS – illumina il palazzo municipale
Longiano -FC – illumina il Castello Malatestiano
Marsciano (PG)- Scuola primaria IV Novembre
Melfi – PZ – illumina le mura della città
Mestre -VE- sede del Municipio e Torre Civica per i giorni (May 15-17)
Modena – illumina di blu la fontana del Graziosi in Largo Garibaldi
Napoli – Maschio Angioino
Nicolosi (CT) – Palazzo Comunale
Padova -illumina Palazzo Moroni
Pisa – illumina Palazzo delle Logge di Banchi nei giorni (May 14-17)
Ponte S. Pietro – BG – illumina Il Famedio
Porto di Civitavecchia (RM)- Forte Michelangelo
Potenza –Palazzo di Città del Comune
Provincia Autonoma  di Bolzano – Palazzo Widmann
Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia- illumina palazzo Presidenza della Giunta in piazza Unità d’Italia a Trieste
Rieti – Ponte romano e mura medioevali
Rimini: illumina Castel Sismondo
Salandra (PZ)- Municipio
San Venanzo (TR) –  facciata del Museo Vulcanologico
Santa Marinella (RM) – Municipio e sostegno Castello di Santa Severa
Sarezzo – BS- illumina la biblioteca comunale del Bailo.
Sassari – Palazzo Ducale
Senigallia -AN – illumina Porta Lambertina
Siena – Cappella di Piazza del Campo
Tivoli ( RM)- Rocca Pia
Travagliato (BS) – Municipio
Trevignano Romano (RM) –  Palazzo Comunale
Venezia – illumina Ca’ Farsetti e Ca’ Loredan
Verona – Palazzo del Podestà in Piazza Maggiore
Villa Carcina – illumina la statua antistante il Municipio
Viterbo – Palazzo dei Papi

NETHERLANDS
DeLaMat Theatre, Amsterdam
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
Hotel American / Hard Rock, Amsterdam
Inntel Hotel, Rotterdam
KPN head office, Rotterdam
Markhal, Purmerend
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

NORTHERN IRELAND
Armagh Palace, Armagh
Banbridge Civic Building, Armagh
Banbridge Old Town Hall, Armagh
Banbridge Viaduct, Armagh
Civic Centre, Antrim
Craigavon Civic Centre, Armagh
Lagan Weir Footbridge, Belfast
Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey
Town Hall, Ballyclare

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Enniskillen Castle
Kildare Council Headquarters, Naas, County Kildare
Strule Arts Centre
Town Hall, Newbridge, County Kildare

SPAIN
Ayuntamiento de Santander, Santander
Ayuntamiento de València y la Porta de la Mar, Valencia
Baños de las Cavas, Toledo
Fachada del Ayuntamiento, Marbella
Fuente de Glorieta Don Juan de Austria, Sevilla
Fuente de la Cibeles, Madrid
Fuente de la Puerta de Zamora, Salamanca
Fuente de Plaza de España, Sevilla
Puente Cristo del Amor, Marbella
Subdelegación de Gobierno, Teruel
Templo de Diana, Mérida
Torre de Hércules, A Coruña (May 22)

Catalonia
La Sagrada Família (Barcelona)
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona)
El Liceu (Barcelona)
Centre Comercial Les Arenes (Barcelona)
Fonts Bessones de Pl. Catalunya (Barcelona)
Fonts dels Jardinets de Gràcia (Barcelona)
Font Cruïlla Gran Via – Passeig de Gràcia (Barcelona)
Palau Robert (Barcelona)
Centre Gaudí (Reus)
Fonts del Serrallo (Tarragona)
Ajuntament de Sant Celoni (Sant Celoni)
Ajuntament de Cunit (Cunit)
Pont Anoia (Martorell)
Rotonda de Miami Platja (Miami Platja)
Font de Tordera (Tordera)

SCOTLAND
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk
Glasgow College Riverside Campus, Glasgow
Glasgow College City Campus, Glasgow
Maryhill Burgh Halls, Glasgow
SSE Hydro and SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
The Kelpies, Falkirk

WALES
Barry Hospital, Glamorgan
Carmarthenshire County Hall
Civic Centre Clock Tower, Newport
St David’s Hotel and Spa, Cardiff
University Hospital Llandough, Penarth
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

AUSTRALIA
New South Wales
Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
Big Banana, Coffs Harbour
Clock Face on City Hall Tower, Newcastle
Sydney Luna Park Teeth, Sydney

Victoria
AAMI Park, Melbourne
La Trobe University – Science drive and Kingsbury Drive, Melbourne
Melbourne Museum, Melbourne
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
Monash Park Tree, Shepparton
Mooropana Water Tower, Shepparton
Oak Tree in Sidney Myer Place, Bendigo
Riverlinks Building, Shepparton
St Kilda Sea Baths, Melbourne (May 16-17)
Sunbury Foundation, Sunbury
The Catenary, Geelong(May 16)Queensland
The Conservatory on Pall Mall, Bendigo
The Drum Theatre, Dandenong (May 15-16)
The Water Tower Wodonga (May 16)
Town Hall Clock Face, Ballarat

Queensland
Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane
Central Park BoardWalk, Townsville (May 24-29)
City Hall Annex, Toowoomba
Civic Centre, Ipswich
Fig Trees on Walker St., Bundaberg
Flinder’s Square, Townsville (May 24-29)
Historic Fig Trees on Walker St, Bundaberg (May 16-17)
George Roberts Bridge, Townsville (May 24-29)
Little Fletcher Bridge, Townsville (May 24-29)
Old Magistrates Court House, Townsville (May 24-29)
Queensland Sky Point, Gold Coast
Reddacliff Place, Brisbane (May 11)
Sir Albert Abbott Administration Building, Mackay (May 17-23)
Story Bridge, Brisbane (May 11)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

The Big Mango, Bowen (digital)
Townsville Sign, Townsville (May 24-29)
University of Griffith -Griffith Bridge, Brisbane
University of Queensland (Forgan Smith Building), Brisbane
Victoria Bridge, Brisbane (May 11)
Victoria Bridge, Townsville (May 24-29)
Wharton Reef Lighthouse, Townsville (May 24-29)
Wickham Terrace Car Park Architectural Wall, Brisbane (May 11)

South Australia
Adelaide Arcade, Adelaide
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
Centenary Tower, Mount Gambier
Riverbank Footbridge, Adelaide
Unley Town Hall, Adelaide

Western Australia
Bunbury Footbridge, Bunbury (May 15-16)
Perth Council House, Perth (May 14-15)
Perth Concert Hall, Perth (May 15-16)
Rockingham Foreshare, Rockingham
The Bell Tower, Perth (May 15-16)

Australian Capital Territory
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Telstra Tower, Canberra
The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra

Tasmania
Launceston Town Hall, Launceston
Paranaple Arts & Convention Centre, Devonport

Northern Territory
Northern Territory Parliament House Water Feature, Darwin (May 16-17)

CANADA
Alberta
High Level Bridge, Edmonton (May 18)

British Columbia
Anvil Centre, New Westminster
BC Place, Vancouver
Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver
Canada Place, Vancouver
City Hall, Vancouver
Surrey Civic Centre, Surrey
Telus Gardens, Vancouver

Nova Scotia
Colchester-East Hants Public Library, Truro

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA
Children’s of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham (May 1-31)
Renaissance Hotel, Montgomery
State of Alabama RSA Tower, Montgomery

ARKANSAS
Arkansas State University Clock Tower, Jonesboro (May 13)
The Big Dam Bridge, Little Rock (May 22)
Two Rivers Bridge and Park, Little Rock (May 22)
Union Plaza Building, Little Rock (May 22)

FLORIDA
201 E Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
400 E Las Olas Blvd (Bank of America Plaza), Fort Lauderdale
Acosta Bridge (May 17-18)
AdventHealth Ginsburg Hospital
City Hall, Miramar (May 16-22)
Florida Blue Building (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) (May 17-18)
Miami Tower (100 SE 2nd St.), Miami

GEORGIA
King & Queen Buildings, Atlanta

ILLINOIS
The Wrigley Building Clock Tower, Chicago

KANSAS
Amelia Earhart Bridge, Atchinson
Aztec Theater, Shawnee (May 3)
Block Real Estate’s City Place, Overland Park
Bowersock, Mills, & Power Company, Lawrence (May 1-31)
Evergy Plaza, Topeka
Landmark National Bank, Lawrence (May 1-31)
S. Kansas Ave. Arches, Topeka
The Lied Center of Kansas, Lawrence (April 30-May 13; May 24-31)

MASSACHUSETTS
Kenneth F. Burns Bridge, Worcester

MICHIGAN
The Albert, Detroit
Ally Detroit Center, Detroit (May 1-31)
Federal Reserve, Detroit (May 1-31)
Ford Field, Detroit (May 1-31)
The Griswold, Detroit
The Hamilton Midtown, Detroit
One Campus Martius, Detroit (May 1-31)
One Woodward, Detroit (May 1-31)
Orchestra Place, Detroit
The Press/321, Detroit (May 1-31)
The Scott at Brush Park, Detroit
The Stott, Detroit (May 1-31)
The Z Lot, Detroit (May 1-31)

MINNESOTA
Sperry Tower, Eagan (May 1)

MISSOURI
6 Penn Centre Building on the Country Club Plaza, Kansas City
Giralda Tower, Kansas City (May 16)
Kansas City Power & Light Building, Kansas City
Lamar Advertising Billboard, Kansas City
Meyer Circle Seahorse Fountain, Kansas City (May 16-22)
Waldo Water Tower, Kansas City (May 16-22)

NEBRASKA
Bob Kerry Bridge, Omaha (May 22)

NEW YORK
City Hall Clock Tower, Yonkers (May 1-31)
Mid-Hudson Bridge, Poughkeepsie
National Grid, Syracuse
Niagara Falls, Niagara

NORTH CAROLINA
NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte
Wells Fargo’s Duke Energy Center, Charlotte

OHIO
Terminal Tower, Cleveland

OKLAHOMA
Skydance Bridge, Oklahoma City

PENNSYLVANIA
Ben Franklin Bridge (*due to ongoing maintance, the lights will appear exclusively on the south side, however can be viewed from both Philadelphia and Camden, NJ)

SOUTH DAKOTA
8th and Broadway Billboard, Yankton
Corn Palace, Mitchell (May 29)
Dakota Spirit Fountain, Yankton (May 1-31)
Explorers Credit Union Billboard, Yankton
Falls Park, Sioux Falls (May 8)
Lamar Advertising Billboard, Rapid City
Lamar Advertising Billboard, Sioux Falls
Vance Thompson Vision, Sioux Falls
Walnut Street, Yankton (May 1-31)

TENNESSEE
Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge, Nashville

TEXAS
City Hall, Houston
Highway 59 Bridges across Montrose Blvd, Houston
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston
William P. Hobby Airport, Houston

UTAH
Beacon of Hope at Huntsman Cancer Institute (May 14-17)
Reagan Outdoor Advertising Billboard, Salt Lake City

VIRGINIA
Lamar Advertising Billboard (x3 locations), Richmond

WISCONSIN
Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower at the Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay


La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain


Tower42, London, England


BC Place, Vancouver, Canada


Florida Blue Building, Jacksonville, Florida, United States


Enniskillen Castle, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland


Story Bridge, Brisbane, Australia


Fonts del Serrallo, Tarragona, Spain


Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands


Fontana di Piazza della Repubblica, Ferrara, Italy


Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

 

 

 

[List last updated May 25, 2021]