Final details announced for Bristol Light Festival 2024 – opening this weekend!

Final details announced for Bristol Light Festival 2024 – opening this weekend!

Posted on: 30 Jan 2024

All the locations, installations and information have now been revealed for this year’s event with just a few days to wait before the beloved festival illuminates Bristol once again.

 

This year’s Bristol Light Festival runs across the city from Friday 2 until Sunday 11 February 2024.

 

This ever-popular celebration of light and art is all set to offer ten days of interactive and immersive light installations, which will illuminate the city every evening between 5 PM and 10 PM. With more spectacular pieces than ever before, prepare to be dazzled and delighted by this extravaganza of light.

 

Bristol Light Festival is a FREE event, find out more from the festival’s website.

 

 

The final two site-specific installations have now been announced with the first set to adorn one of Bristol’s most iconic landmarks and the second a bold statement of what us Bristolians already know – that coming to Bristol is always a good idea.

 

Magically illuminated amongst the ruins of Temple Church, ‘The Unfolding’ is set to a track from Hannah Peel’s Mercury and Emmy-nominated No. 1 Classical Chart Album, featuring Bristol’s Paraorchestra. The installation invites audiences to look up into the space above them with lights gently moving to the meditative soundscape.

 

‘Bristol is always a Good idea’ is inspired by the work of visual artist Dave Buonaguida, AKA Real Hackney Dave. The phrase invites visitors and residents alike to engage with the streets in a new way. This artwork was inspired by Dave’s ‘Good Idea’ print series featuring the phrase which will now be scaled up and and brought to life at a massive scale.

 

Other previously announced installations include ‘Pulse’ by This is Loop at Lloyds Amphitheatre, ‘Evanescent’ by Atelier Sisu at College Green, ‘Ascendance’ by Studio McGuire at St Stephen's Church, ‘Emergence’ by This is Loop at Broadmead and ‘Elysian’ by Atelier Sisu at Quakers Friars.

 

There will also be ‘Swing Song’ by Tired Industries and Bristol Light Festival at Queen Square, ‘Wildlight’ by BBC Studios and Bristol Film Festival at Finzels Reach and ‘The Nectary’ by Alison Smith and Dr Chris Hassall.

This year’s Bristol Light Festival runs across the city from Friday 2 until Sunday 11 February 2024. Details can be found on the festival website.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.