Worcester Light Night 2024 branded another success by organisers
The event ran over two nights through the February half-term
Worcester's Light Night event for 2024 has been labelled another success by it's organisers after running for a fifth time.
Held over two nights, historic buildings throughout the city were brought to life with light art this week through various displays.
Each year the Severn Arts team who organise the full festival, alter ways they deliver the project, which is aimed at connectivity and bringing the community together to enjoy and help create some of the art.
Chief executive for Severn Arts Laura Worsfold was delighted by all the support they received.
She said: "It's become a real sort of event in the calendar of Worcester now, and we're really grateful to all the support that we get from the residents and the sort of anticipation and the expectation we have each year.
"Getting to do the programme is lots of fun, and it's been amazing again to see the crowds, which we're probably estimating at around 20,000 across the two nights.
"To see so many people enjoying it was uplifting, as February can be quite dark and gloomy, so we always hope that light night cheers everyone up a bit."
One of the pieces which was on display in St Helen's Church was called 'Black Hole - End of Time', which was being shown for the first time outside of where it was created in Liverpool.
Another was labelled 'Glowing and Growing', which used recycled materials and contributions from the public to produce their final design.
The event might have only just finished, but Laura says plans for securing funding and ideas for next year are already starting.
"We do get slightly daunted by the expectations we have created, and every year we raise the bar to try and find something new for people to to interact with," she said.
"Straight away we start planning again, thinking about applying for funding, and it takes a while to source those artworks and to see what's out there, so we start doing our research early.
"Around May and June time we start programming to get everything ready for February, so it's all full steam ahead."
On the quick turnaround she added: "We don't have much time to sit back and think about how it's all gone, but we do hope that it carries on into the future for everyone."
Official numbers surrounding the size of the crowd are to be released next week, but organisers are expecting to see a rise compared to last year.