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Since its inception more than 10 years ago, each year Light Up Lancaster has created a magical trail of light art illuminating and celebrating the city’s magnificent landscapes, architecture and the heritage of the people who live there.
It is a joyous, family friendly trail of discovery in a series of interlinked light installations located in all the well-known areas across Lancaster. treasures of the city for you to enjoy in new and surprising ways.
The festival delivers an enchanting and heart-warming stroll, transforming the city itself into an eye-catching vision of unforgettable light. Be prepared to be filled with delight and wonder at seeing captivating adventurous site-specific art, music and performance from local, national and international companies – all brilliantly illuminated!
Light Up Lancaster returns for 2025 on November 6, 7 and 8 – and it will be truly magical! Audiences will be treated to beautiful light artworks, installations and projections that playfully illuminate the city’s heritage buildings and open spaces.
This year’s theme has been announced as ‘In The Blink of an Eye’. Festival Producer George Harris said, ‘We hope audiences will experience a festival where shapeshifting, illusion and the ever-changing will be reflected in fun, engaging and clever light artworks. This year’s festival theme is all about the impermanence of things, even the things we think are always going to be the same. As a wise saying goes – thanks to impermanence everything is possible!’
Artists from across the UK and beyond will come together to celebrate the dynamic qualities of light, using projections, music, imagination and play.
…and lots, lots more!