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Employees of nursing home Merefelt in Veldhoven developed a solution to help residents attend Glow when the event came to the city in 2025. Jordy van der Velden said one resident had been unable to go out for ten years, and that he and his colleagues wanted to make it possible for residents to experience the event.
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The 21st edition of GLOW began on 7 November, with light-art installations in Eindhoven and in Helmond, Lieshout, Best, Oirschot and Veldhoven. In Eindhoven, visitors could follow an approximately five-kilometre route through the city centre, while the installations in the surrounding towns offered smaller alternatives to the crowds in Eindhoven. The festival runs until 14 November. The opening featured The Breathing Collective, a light and sound drone show at Philips Stadium using hundreds of drones. It was the festival's first drone show, and admission cost two euros while the rest of the festival remains free. Other works included a 20-by-20-metre installation of 180 illuminated spheres on Louis Napoleonplein, designed as a bubble bath. The opening night drew large crowds, and the online route map was temporarily unavailable because of heavy demand.
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A decorative dome designed by 17-year-old Fenne Dinsbach was exhibited at the Glow light festival in Lieshout, in the municipality of Laarbeek. The work began as a school project at Commandry College Het Macropedius in Gemert, and Dinsbach’s teacher Femke Engelen contacted the festival organisation after seeing the design. Dinsbach later used prize money from a festival in Norg to build a larger version with Engelen and others. The orange dome, which does not itself emit light, was illuminated for Glow. After the festival, it is expected to return to the school and may be placed in its garden.