LIGHT NIGHT has become a highlight of Liverpool's cultural year and there is no excuse not to soak it all up.
Well, unless you've lost your bright yellow brochure which, this year, has details of hundreds of arty happenings: trips on the Dazzle Ferry, the launch of the Look 15 photographic festival and shedloads more.
But, actually, all is NOT lost Click here to view or download the full Light Night Guide for 2015
If you can't make up your mind what to do, here are some suggested routes from the good people at Open Culture who organise the thing.
Family Route One – City Centre to Waterfront
Bellissimo Disney Choir – Pop up choir outside Marks & Spencer 17.00 – 17.30
Aquaducked Trail – 20 large ducks let loose across the city (24 hours)
Rococo, Lord Street, – Alice in Wonderland tea party with Altru Children’s Theatre 17.30-19.00
Town Hall - MDI Big Dance Night 16.30 – 22.00
Town Hall (Red Telephone Box outside) – How May I Direct Your Call? 17.00 – 22.00
Open Eye Atrium - Lantern making workshop 16.00 – 19.00 / Canal Lantern Launch 21.00 – 23.00
Cunard Building – Travel back to golden age of travel with Time Liners 16.00 – 22.00
Family Route Two – City Centre to St George’s Quarter
KAOS Open Studios at Gostins Building – fun workshops and creative activities 16.00 – 21.00
Hop on the LightNight Heritage Bus from Liverpool ONE bus station to…
Walker Art Gallery - Big Art for Little Artists 16.00 – 22.00
St George’s Hall – Create skyscapes with Bonny Cummins 17.00—19.30
Waggle Dance – 5 Giant Bees on William Brown Street – 20.30
Central Library – Petit Ullaloom Theatre Company having a ghoulishly good time 19.30, 20.30 & 21.30 / Cryptid Petting Zoo presents undiscovered animal oddities 20.00, 21.00 & 22.00
Family Route Three – Hope Street Quarter
LJMU Art & Design Building, Mount Pleasant - Astrophysics exhibition 16.00—22.00
Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Abercromby Square, - Garstang Mummy 16.00—21.00
LJMU Aldham Robarts Library – deck games and drinks at Life on the Ocean Wave 18.00—22.00
Blackburne House – Open House with night market, performance and exhibition 17.00—23.00
LIPA – Follow the Moths 18.00—22.30
Participate! Route One – Waterfront to Baltic Triangle
For those that aren’t content watching from the sidelines, here’s a few ideas of what to do on Light Night If you like to get your hands dirty, join in and try new things.
Open Eye Gallery – Light Packets Lantern Making Workshop 16.00—19.00
Cunard Building – Solotoria 16.00—22.00
TATE Liverpool – The Soup Course 16.00—20.00 / Paper and Scissors with Miniclick 16.00—21.00
Hop on the LightNight Heritage Bus to…
Funf Studios – Open Studios & Machine Part II 16.00—21.00
Fruit & Fibres – Leaded LightNight 16.00—23.00
The Button Boutique – Mini Flower and Pom-Pom Mobiles 17.00—23.00
Baltic Creative – New World Skylines with as creatives 16.00—23.00
Elevator Studios – Exquisitive Cadaver 16.00—21.00 / Mood Blanket 18.00—20.00
Constellations – Cross Dress and Print Developing Workshop 16.00—20.00 / Machine Part I 16.00—20.30.
And why not travel back on the Heritage Bus to Open Eye Gallery for:
Light Packets Lantern Installation on the Canal – 21.00—23.00
Participate! Route Two – City centre, Ropewalks & Chinatown
For those that aren’t content watching from the sidelines, here’s a few ideas of what to do on LightNight If you like to get your hands dirty, join in and try new things.
KAOS Open Studios at Gostins Building workshops and creative activities for all the family 16.00—21.00
Liver Sketching Club at Gostins Building – Draw a live model or see an exhibition 16.00—21.00
Pom-Pom Project at Liverpool Quaker Meeting House – 18.00—20.30
Labyrinth Psychotica at FACT – Experience augmented reality psychosis 16.00 – 0.00
The Black-E – open night with workshops, games, exhibition and refreshments 16.00—23.00
Participate! Route Three – City centre to St George’s Quarter
MDI Big Dance at Liverpool Town Hall – performances and dance workshops 16.30—22.00
Walker Art Gallery - Big Art for Little Artists 16.00—22.00
Central Library – Fascinator Workshop & Display 18.00—22.00
Writing Advice Desk at Central Library – appraisal of your writing from the Windows Project 17.30—19.30
St George’s Hall – LightNight Ceilidh 21.00—0.00
The Black-E – open night with workshops, games, exhibition and refreshments 16.00—23.00
Hope Street Quarter
Hope Street CIC have created some fantastic LightNight trails which explores venues new and old in the Hope Street Quarter:
Wonders of Science
LJMU Open Labs – insights into science, sport and more 17.00—23.00
University of Liverpool – Life and Limb Civil War exhibition 16.00—21.00
Liverpool Medical Institution – the Old and New World of medicine 17.00—20.00
LJMU Art and Design Building – Astrophysics exhibition 16.00—22.00
Music & Song
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – Evensong, Grand Organ 17.30—18.30
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – Celebrates 175 years with foyer performances 18.30 & 19.30
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral – A Celebration of Song 18.30—21.45
Blackburne House – Open House with night market, performance and exhibition 17.00—23.00
Everyman Theatre – Bistro Hurricane 21.00—01.30
Light, Music & Contemplation
LJMU Redmonds Building – Screen School Degree Show 16.00—19.00
Everyman Theatre – Sounds and images of our maritime past at Life on the Ocean Wave 17.00—23.00
92 Degrees Coffee – Light Roast augmented reality and projection mapping 18.00—23.00
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – Creating our World at Lady Chapel 18.00—23.00
LIPA – Follow the Moths 18.00—22.30
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – Kaleidoscopic Disturbance 175 21.30—23.30
