Leeds Light Night
| Published: 6th October 2008 14:15 |
The fourth annual Leeds Light Night will take place on the night of Friday 10th October 2008. Light Night will fill 50 indoor and outdoor venues across the city centre with over 70 different weird and wonderful cultural events this year.
With venue visitor numbers for the night jumping from 6000 in 2006 to 21,000 in 2007, the 2008 event, which has attracted double the number of applications compared to last year, from artists wanting to perform, is set to be the biggest Light Night yet.
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Northern Ballet Theatre and Opera North will be involved alongside a variety of both established and up and coming artists, as well as cutting edge arts collectives, such as Black Dogs.
Light Night is a celebration of the creativity of the people of Leeds, showcasing the work of individual artists, emerging theatre groups and major arts organisations of national and international repute. It is also a fantastic and unusual Friday night out that welcomes all Leeds residents and visitors into the city centre to join in.
Visitors can expect a range of visual and performance art, burlesque dancers, light shows, ghost stories, a summer party in a marquee on Briggate, an opera about rhubarb, jazz musicians and poetry readings, sonic installations and brightly lit miniature cities, live music, creepy tours, artwork in prison cells, a cinema in a goods lift, a sculpture display, businessmen wandering around talking about odd shoes, live theatre performed in the street, workshops for kids, dance classes on city square and much, much more.
Most events will start around 5.30pm and run late into the evening. Some venues will remain open until the early hours of Saturday morning, with the final one closing its doors at 6am.
For more information, visit http://www.lightnightleeds.co.uk/
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