Thousands of people filled Worcester’s streets this week for the fifth Light Night festival managed and delivered by local arts charity, Severn Arts.
For three hours each night the free programme of giant light-based artworks, colourful interactive installations, inspiring artistic commissions and walkabout artists transformed the city and entertained the crowds.
This year’s offer included artists working with local community groups in Dines Green, Warndon and Wylds Lane and more opportunities for the public to get involved in the programme through dance and creative art.
Artists Lou Baker and Oly Bliss said: “We were thrilled by the incredible response to our Growing and Glowing installation.
“We’ve had over 3000 visitors of all ages in the days leading up to Light Night, enjoying taking part, with a wonderful sense of playful connection.
“We’re pleased that people have engaged with such curiosity and bold enthusiasm. Thank you to everyone who’s been involved and to the Severn Arts team for all their amazing support.”
Visitors talking to the event researchers described this year’s Light Night as a colourful experience, amazing, innovative, fun, captivating, artistic and magical.
The food zone in Cornmarket was another popular feature of the event and city businesses such as Izzy’s Ices and Donuts, Dutty Vegan and Pack It In Zero Waste who stayed open late benefitted from the crowds.
Laura Worsfold, Severn Arts CEO said: “As always, we have tried to include something for everyone at this year’s event and have spread it out to enable people to discover more of Worcester and support traders and businesses, as well as offering a range of beautiful installations, inspiring public art and interactive displays.”
This year’s Light Night has been filmed and photographed by University of Worcester students Lauren, Max, William and Kayleigh.
Both video and photographs will be used over the coming days to encourage those who visited to complete an online survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9WTKFZ2
And over the coming months to support funding bids and sponsorship conversations for future Night Lights.
Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9WTKFZ2 to access the survey.
