Collection: Festoon Lights

Festoon lights (also known as party lights, bistro lights or café lights) are decorative strings (normally on black cable) of globes or light bulbs and are used to enhance an outdoor space. Festoon lights derive from a Latin word, 'festum', which describes wreaths and garlands hung at parties or celebrations. They can also be used as indoor lighting and give an urban industrial feel to a space. Festoon lighting is often used to decorate wedding venues and night time events or parties. Patios and gathering areas are also popular spots for this fun type of lighting. Festoon lights are often used in commercial outdoor spaces such as pub gardens, cafés and music festivals.

Hang them above an open space, along a fence or wall, from your trees or perfect for using as pergola lighting. No item in the garden to fix them to? You can use our festoon poles to get your look.

When installing festoon lights you need to have a structure at each end to suspend the lights from. If there are no trees, a pergola or walls will work but you can also install festoon poles in the ground to provide support.

Yes, all of our festoon lights are at least IP44 rated meaning that they are waterproof and can be used outdoors all year: they will withstand wet weather and stormy conditions.