sound-and-light show

American  

noun

1. a nighttime spectacle or performance, at which a building, historic site, etc., is illuminated and the historic significance is imparted to spectators by means of narration, sound effects, and music.

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Etymology

Origin of sound-and-light show

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A fragment of a colossal but mediocre quartzite Tut statue that once stood outside the mortuary chamber is bathed in a pulsing sound-and-light show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2018

Or it may yield the video opera “La Celestina,” which the collaborative Erratica developed over more than three years for the Vélez Blanco Patio, engaging the sculptures as characters in a sophisticated sound-and-light show.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015

And tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a sound-and-light show on the battlefield on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015

He argues that taxes should at least be paid on a sound-and-light show that takes visitors around the building at night.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2014

The Matrix reimagined the “real” world as a video-game fantasy; Speed Racer broke with narrative and visual traditions to create an amazing sound-and-light show, a vivid syntho-world.

From Time • Oct. 25, 2012