Your ROGUE guide for BLINK Cincinnati Oct 8th-11th, 2026. Explore the interactive map, discover art installations, bookmark favorites, and see events during the festival.
BLONK is your unofficial ROGUE guide to BLINK Cincinnati Oct 8th-11th 2026, the free light, art, and projection-mapping festival that transforms downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky into an open-air gallery every two years.
Pro tips:
* Turn on Auto Updates. We will be releasing new exhibits, features, and bug fixes ahead of the festival.
* Turn on location access (while using the app) so the map and attractions sort by what's closest to you.
* Favorite anything you don't want to miss, and mark it seen once you've checked it out.
* Favorite an event or live music set to get a reminder 20 minutes before it starts.
* BLONK is word of mouth — share it with friends, so they can BLONK around and find out, too.
FIND YOUR WAY
An interactive map shows every installation, mural, and "rogue" attraction across the festival footprint, organized by zone — The Banks, Over-the-Rhine, Findlay Market, Covington, Newport, and more. Tap a pin to see what it is, get walking directions, and see when it's active.
NEVER MISS A MOMENT
Browse the full events schedule by day, filter for live music, and see exactly when and where each performance happens.
MEET THE ARTISTS
Explore the artists and collectives behind the installations — their bios, social links, and everywhere their work appears across the festival.
SAVE YOUR FAVORITES
Bookmark installations and events you don't want to miss, and mark the ones you've already seen as you make your way through the festival.
WORKS OFFLINE
Blonk's core content is built into the app, so your map and schedule work even without a signal — ideal for large crowds in the middle of downtown.
SPOT SOMETHING WRONG?
Every listing has a quick way to report a correction — a moved installation, a changed schedule, a broken link — straight to the festival team.
Whether you're planning your whole night or just found yourself standing in front of something incredible and want to know what it is, Blonk keeps BLINK Cincinnati at your fingertips.
Unless I misconfigured something, my current location doesn’t appear on the map. I found this app pretty helpful all-around during the festival- especially because it worked offline when my cellular became spotty- but it would’ve been so much easier to use if my current location was visible on the map!
A Useful Guide
spockynlola
This app made it much easier to navigate the installations this year and to find ones that I might have missed. The filters were really helpful in helping me check off things that I had seen and things I still wanted to find. The link to walking directions was so helpful. I was at a place and knew there was an installation around but couldn’t pinpoint where it was. The link to the walking directions led me right to it. I used this app every night. The notifications were also super helpful. Thanks for improving my Blink experience.
Helpful in the past
Exodias Wife
Please consider updating the app for future Blink events! It was so helpful in 2024. For 2026 the official map kind of stinks. It’s super buggy, often jumping out when you’re trying to zoom in,there is no way to get directions to a specific installation, you can’t mark things as seen, and I’m betting during the festival with so many people using it at once, it will take forever to refresh. You app was AMAZING. I’d be willing to pay a fee to use it in 2028.
Developer Response
Good News. We have been working on a new version of the application for the past month, and currently have a new release BLONK 3.0 for the 2026 festival under review by the Apple App Store. Once Apple approves, the updated version will be available in the App Store to download.
Amazing way to see Blink
Elliott.ce
Blink is a glut of wonder but seeing everything in the limited time between dark and 11 is a challenge. This helped me plan my routes and check off the things I had seen all without having to rely on overloaded cell signals. I especially liked the easy walking directions. Whether a labor of love or sponsored somehow, I can’t believe how good this is for zero dollars and zero ads. Honestly made my Blink trip better.
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Information
Seller
Nerdy Surfer LLC
Size
39.5 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
