w w 6pm – 11pm Friday 9th October Enjoy over 60 free arts events across the city centre Light Installations Music Storytelling Dance Street Theatre Film Performance Welcome to Light Night Leeds 2015 Light Night is back! This year is our Things you need to know: 11th festival and it’s packed with All events are family friendly unless exciting arts events for all the family. otherwise stated. All events are free but For one night only Leeds city centre some events may require booking in will come alive with spectacular advance. Light Night Rider bus stops large-scale light projections, are situated in each zone to help you get around more easily, please see the map for exhibitions, installations, more details. All events and routes around film, dance, music and street the city are accessible unless specifically performances. Many of the city’s stated in the listing. Most venues have toilet public buildings will be opening their facilities, including a fully accessible toilet doors late into the night as artists (HDU) on Millennium Square. w transform spaces into temporary showcases of their work. Key of Symbols 2015 is the UNESCO Denotes type of event on each listing. International Year of Light, and in celebration of the important Booking Essential Performance role light plays in our lives, many of our Child Friendly Music commissioned artists have responded to Film Literature the theme of light in their work - whether it be light sources of the world, light in nature, Installation Dance or the creative and innovative use of light in Participatory Visual Arts design and technology. We are also proud to continue supporting new and emerging artists through our Connect with us on social media SHINE programme. This year our new venues include The @lightnightleeds Tetley, the Queens Hotel, and also the Please share your experiences on the River Aire which will play host to our night and after the event using amazing light and water projection Whale Song. In the lead up to the festival, Leeds #ArtintheDark residents have been attending lantern making workshops for a special Light Night All information is correct at the Lantern Parade. Come along and join the time of going to print. For up to procession through the city led by a giant date information please visit illuminated owl, the symbol of Leeds! www.lightnightleeds.co.uk So, bring your friends and family along to experience a fantastic festival atmosphere, discover over 60 different events across This brochure is available in the city centre, and sample some delicious street food. As darkness falls, come and large print. Please contact see the city of Leeds in a new light! 0113 2475948. W UNIVERSITY O BROTHERTON PARKINSON O LIBRARY BUILDING DHO Getting Around Light Night Light Night Self-Guided Trails & Art Runs U 34,37 38 S E D LN 35 R There are lots of ways to enjoy Light Night. Create your own route, follow one of our trails, join the Light Night has a whole range of amazing Performance Trail – encounter a range of H 5 M I N BAINES S I W Light Night Lantern Parade, jump on the free Light Night Rider, or take part in an art run! activities and events across the city centre live shows across the city centre* WING D ALK N ready for you to explore. Too many events to E 6pm Bish Bash Bosh, Yorkshire Dance V CLOTHWORKERS A 39 KEY Information Event location Street Performers choose from? If you need a little help here are C 35 7pm Inside My Mind, Kirkgate Market CENTENARY QUEEN some suggestions of routes you may want to W I HALL SQUARE Point (numbered as listed L L 8pm Pulse, Briggate O W Car Parks follow depending on your area of interest. TE 36 Y N E on following pages) R R WA A 8.30pm Parklife, Howard Assembly Room A L Toilets All trails and routes are accessible unless C E T Light Night Rider bus stops R I D P Food Stalls 9pm A Tale of Darkness and Light, Y stated in the listing. L A PORTLAND 9 C St John the Evangelist Church 5 W WOODHO Family Friendly Trail – suitable for ages 8+ M 60 / Light Night Lantern Parade 9.30pm Luminescence, Queen Square ALKMI TECHNOLOGY E R Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School (family Parking Offers N CAMPUS R 40-42 10pm FlameOz, Leeds Town Hall I O Pyramid of Arts and CIVIC COLLEGE N sessions), Belgrave Music Hall *other times are available Tetley Brewery 8 FIRST DIRECT OF ART U W The Lantern Company 50 HALL A ARENA Painting with Light, Millennium Square Car Park £1. S Y E L T 3 all evening (5pm –midnight) MERRION BELGRAVE Briggate (Assemble by Starbucks, ends Galaxy Sun Catchers, Leeds Cathedral MUSIC HALL N CENTRE at Millennium Square MILLENNIUM Pulse, Briggate Trinity 1-2 10-11 E 7pm (to start at 7.30pm) SQUARE N The Seventh Wave, Trinity Leeds Car Park £3 A L WOODH Come along and join the procession all evening (5pm CITY E Audio Surf, Queens Hotel D through the city led by The Lantern MUSEUM LEEDS A 33 –5am) 4-7 W Whale Song, Calls Wharf THE CATHEDRAL Company’s giant illuminated owl! M E R R I O N S T A L V E R L E Y S CARRIAGEWORKS E Additional lanterns will be available on a C O SHINE Artist Trail – encounter the work of T T T G E O R G E S U first come, first served basis. GREA A new and emerging artists. 24-25 S AGE UK G NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS 27-28 E L A N 30-31 G I 26 Trace Your Neighbour, Age UK ST ST JOHN’S R 32 CHURCH B How to Read a Dark Screen, Carriageworks Y E HOWARD 22-23 21 DORTMUND W Lifeline, Carriageworks E ASSEMBLY ROOM 20 SQUARE E LEEDS COLLEGE 16 HENRY N OF MUSIC Prometheus, Upstairs @ the Carriageworks ART GALLERY 29 OXFORD PLACE 12-15 CENTRAL MOORE THE T H E H E A D R O W T E VERL E A S T G A Pellucid, Lamberts Yard L 53 O X F O R D P L METHODIST CHURCH L LIBRARY LIGHT 54 T TOWN HALL A E THE CORE N WEST YORKSHIRE VICTORIA GARDENS E CA E E D T VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE Light Trail – see some of Leeds’ landmark S COOKRIDGE ST 60 KIRKGATE S N T H R A T E H QUARTER E A buildings and spaces in a new light. D A R O T MARKET YORKSHIRE W O W G R L 61 T H E H E A D P L A C E P W L S A L B I O N A DANCE G E The Looking Glass, West Yorkshire Playhouse O I N K I N G T R E N E D 61 / Light Night Art Runs R E R W A E R D S T BUS & COACH MUNRO AS B A O R The Seventh Wave, Trinity Leeds Light Night Rider O 52 N D B STATION HOUSE K S I C ’ T S 55 T C O M M E R C I A L S T I B Whale Song, Calls Wharf Veggie Runners 7pm – 11pm R MILL HILL V PARADE 51 S A L K CHAPEL TRINITY I R K T Audio Surf, The Queens Hotel Registration / Meeting Point: Leeds College of P A G A T E Leeds Train Station S8 18 LEEDS ( Music, 3 Quarry Hill, LS2 7PD No 1 CITY 17 A The Sun at Night, Leeds Cathedral Leeds Town Hall Temp Stop SQUARE 43-44 6 7.30pm start time 1 Drawing with Light, Leeds College of Art Millennium Square Y11 CITY 50 ) S T 45 R K Light Night Art Runs bring light, art and 150 SQUARE 46-47 T Y O light/body, Leeds City College Leeds Beckett University L7 S D U N C A N runners together in dazzling fashion. Weaving Parkinson Building 11387 CORN OUTLAWS Technology Campus E YACHT CLUB D through the crowds, runners festooned in L A N EXCHANGE Merrion Centre L5 W E L L I N G T O N S T B O A R LAMBERT’S R R coloured lights and glow sticks will see the art E Historic Buildings Trail – explore these YARD T The Headrow H3 A L L S W C N H E N heritage venues open late on Light Night. and be the art. There’s nothing quite like the 19 T O T I West Yorkshire Playhouse F1 E 48-49 S L O W S T A T I O N Light Night Art Runs and this year they’ll be The Tetley Temp Stop CALLS P East Meets West, Civic Hall QUEENS HOTEL making noise too! Bring your bells, whistles and WHARF N Leeds Train Station S8 L N L Your Colour Perception, Leeds Town Hall L BRIDGE W best chants along for these fun, thrilling, 4km L E 56 A O LEEDS C E IllumiNature, Leeds Central Library R runs that overlap at key points in the city centre Light Night’s very own free hop-on hop-off bus D STATION C S A Tale of Darkness and Light, St John the to create a dynamic vision of light in motion. service. Stops are available in all the different H W U A N TE Evangelist Church S Register now to join in this amazing, fun and zones, making your journey around Light Night L R L R E O I T O V S E Parklife, Howard Assembly Room FREE event - places are strictly limited.