Rhian Cooke (UK)
Join Leeds-based artist Rhian Cooke and Yorkshire Contemporary for a family friendly workshop exploring the different kinds of lights that we see at night. These could be shooting stars, streetlights, a shiny slug, car headlights zooming past, a spaceship hovering in the sky or the moonlight glistening on a shimmery lake.
Heather Peak & Ivan Morison (UK)
Moon Palace is an artwork and working mobile observatory. Inspired by civil engineer and astronomer John Smeaton and the observatory he built in East Leeds, Moon Palace brings together creativity and art, engineering and science, collaboration and public good.
Co-produced by East Leeds Project and LEEDS 2023 and commissioned by Foxglove and LEEDS 2023 for Smeaton300. Developed in partnership with the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds.
Pif-Paf (UK)
Celestial Sound Cloud is an interactive digital sound and light sculpture inspired by cosmic clouds and nebulas – the clouds of dust and gases in which stars are formed. Underneath the suspended sculpture, you can sing, move or dance to create your own visual and sound experience.
Sponsored by Wellington Place
Illumaphonium (UK)
A series of interactive musical towers contain circular ‘halos’ which detect and respond to you; the closer you are, the brighter and louder they become. Using the notes from a pentatonic scale (the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of a major scale), all the sounds work in harmony together.
Sponsored by Wellington Place
Outpoint Studio with sound design by Henry Howe (UK).
Rever, meaning to dream, invites us into the realm of the subconscious mind.
Light pulses and dances across vertical parallel battens, creating a captivating symphony of illumination and sound. It evokes a sense of wonder and a dream-state of consciousness.
Sponsored by WSP.
Step into the fantastical world of The BookBinder. This spellbinding fairytale figure conjures magic from the remarkable British Library collection. Watch as bird, beast, boat and balloon are brought to life with an inky flick of needle and thread. This large-scale, inventive projection of animation and sound will surely be a highlight of Light Night Leeds 2024.
Co-produced by the British Library
Kindly supported by Markel UK, The Queens Hotel and Schroders Personal Wealth
Roots & Rhymes is a creative workshop and workout for all children and their parents/carers. We meet on Sundays at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, 10-11.30.
Nightmare in Elm Trees (adults over 16yrs).
A huge party of epic proportions. No jump scares! Live performances from deep in the forest, dead bands, street food cooked in the fires of hell and a bar full of deadly potions. No humans allowed. The ultimate forest freak out.
Saturday 2nd November from 6pm till late.
Ticket price £20
Family friendly fun.
There is a big problem in the forest, this Hallows Eve. Only the young ghouls, ghosts, witches, warlocks and werewolves can help solve the pending nightmare. With pizza, full bar and sweet treats available to buy. See you at the Cemetery Gates when the clock strikes midnight! No humans allowed.
Suitable for the whole family. Children and adults require a ticket. Under 2’s are free.
Ticket Price £16
Wednesday 30th Oct 12.30 – 3pm and 5 – 7.30pm.
Thursday 31st Oct 12.30 – 3pm and 5 – 7.30pm
Artist Poppy-Lee Jennings has sculpted a mini forest full of fungi and hidden them around Left Bank Leeds. Join us for this art scavenger hunt, spot some beautiful mushrooms and learn a little about fungi and foraging too!
Every forager will receive a blank foraging guide to fill out, pencils for field studies, and a map that will give you clues and help you find all the mushrooms in our space. If you follow the clues find all the mushrooms on the list then you'll be entered into a prize draw at the end of the day.