In October 2021 the darkness of the autumn evenings were lit up by unique window displays across Portlaoise town centre. Many local businesses offered the use of their windows to illuminate the artwork created in local secondary schools.
Light Up Laois continued in 2022 when Youth Work Ireland Laois hosted Mental Wellbeing Workshops. These workshops explored teen mental wellbeing and finished off with a 3km walk in Portlaoise using specially created lanterns created by the teens.