Light Night returns to Worcester for a fifth year
It'll take over the city centre on 14 and 15 February!
Light Night Worcester is returning to the city next month - with a programme of colourful giant light-based and interactive artworks.
It will return to the city centre on 14 and 15 February for the fifth year.
Evanescent - a large-scale piece capturing the magic of bubbles - by Atelier Sisu, will take over Cornmarket car park and Juan Fuentes’s Kinetic Perspective, a 20m long installation creating illusions that will thrill and captivate, will fill Cathedral Square.
Also included in the 2024 programme and highlighting this year’s theme of connectivity is:
• Network by Gemma Wood, taking us on a spellbinding exploration inside the mind.
• Paul Alty’s Black Hole – End of Time immersive multimedia experience.
• The Nectary by Alison Smith and Dr Chris Hassall, inviting the audience to mimic a pollinating insect.
• New Worlds by Halina Rice, an indoor installation bringing a blend of emotive music, lights and visual.
• Aura dance performance, merging music and visuals, commissioned by Dancefest.
• Stained Glass Window at St Andrew’s Church illuminated and shining brightly in the night.
Artists Dom Breadmore and Anne Forgan will be working with community groups to design illuminated banners which will form part of their Light Night Pop-up People’s Pavilion in Cornmarket. The Artery Studios are creating an immersive walk-through light experience, giving insight into a neurodivergent mind. And in the week leading up to the festival artists Lou Baker and Oly Bliss will be inviting you to join them as they make sculptures to add to their immersive, glow-in-the-dark installation.
The festival will, once again, be free for visitors thanks to a one-year project grant from Arts Council England which was secured by festival organisers Severn Arts.
However, organisers are appealing for donations to enhance the event, with the target to raise £5,000 to help bring the 'Black Hole - End of Time' installation by Paul Alty to the event.
Laura Worsfold, Severn Arts CEO said: “We hope you will join us again and thank everyone for your support. We are looking for donations to help us continue to offer this amazing free festival, now a mainstay of the cultural offer in Worcester, so please do dig deep if you can and donate!"