Niantic has announced that the 2023 Festival of Lights event will take place from Tuesday, November 7th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, November 12th, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. local time in Pokémon GO.

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Tadbulb Makes Its Illuminating Debut during the Festival of Lights!

Trainers,
The Festival of Lights is happening soon in Pokémon GO, and you can look forward to encountering Tadbulb as it makes its Pokémon GO debut! Some Pokémon in the wild will also have a glowing effect at nighttime. Shine brightly with your Pokémon and celebrate!

Pokémon debuts

Tadbulb, the EleTadpole Pokémon, and its Evolution, Bellibolt, will make their Pokémon GO debuts!


You can use 50 Tadbulb Candy to evolve Tadbulb into Bellibolt.

Event bonuses

: 2× Stardust for hatching Pokémon.
: 2× Candy for hatching Pokémon.
: Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last twice as long.

Timed Research

Event-exclusive Timed Research will be available throughout the event! You’ll be able to complete Timed Research focused on exploring and catching Pokémon! Complete the research tasks to earn an event-exclusive shirt avatar item and encounters with event-themed Pokémon.

Wild encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.


Pikachu , Vulpix , Ponyta , Magnemite , Voltorb , Chinchou , Mareep , Slugma , Electrike , Litwick
Some Trainers might even encounter the following: Morelull , Tadbulb

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!
*For the first time in Pokémon GO, you’ll be able to encounter Shiny Morelull—if you’re lucky!

Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs. Also, Morelull hatched from Eggs will have a greater chance of being a Shiny Pokémon than Morelull found in the wild.


Elekid , Magby , Dedenne , Morelull

Increased Incense encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently when Trainers use Incense.


Alolan Geodude , Hisuian Voltorb, Slugma , Volbeat , Illumise , Blitzle , Litwick , Litleo , Dedenne , Morelull , Tadbulb

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Field Research task encounters

Festival of Light–themed Field Research tasks will be available! The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!


Darumaka , Morelull , Tadbulb

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops during the Festival of Light where you can enter Litwick and Tadbulb!

New avatar item

The following new avatar item will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event and will continue to be available after the event ends!

Exclusive bonuses for Trainers in India

Trainers located in India can look forward to a special Collection Challenge that awards Stardust, XP, and an encounter with Tadbulb. They can also earn twice the Candy for catching Pokémon during the Festival of Lights event!

Source: https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/festival-of-lights-2023/