From October 16–25, 2025, downtown Palo Alto will be transformed into a dynamic playground of light, sound, and imagination when the Code:ART 2025 festival, produced by the City of Palo Alto Public Art Program, returns for its fourth edition.

Code:ART reimagines the city’s downtown streets, plazas, and alleyways into a luminous landscape. The festival launches with five site-specific Urban Interventions, which include a major centerpiece at Lytton Plaza and four hands-on installations that will be on view October 16-18 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, where visitors can meet the artists and engage directly with the works.