Countdown to Carlisle’s City of Lights

Countdown to Carlisle’s City of Lights

To with just over a month to go until this year’s Carlisle City of Lights, tickets are selling fast, and organisers are urging visitors to get their tickets soon to avoid disappointment.

This February’s Carlisle City of Lights is themed on ‘Science’ and will feature lighting of the city’s key historic landmarks and a spectacular sound and light experience inside and outside Carlisle Cathedral, and also within the grounds of Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery and Carlisle Castle.

Tickets are on sale from the Carlisle Tourist Information Centre and DiscoverCarlisle.co.uk

The event will be held over three evenings – Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February. Time slots from 6.45pm to 9pm each day.

Tickets provide access to all the venues on the same night.

The event will start at Carlisle Cathedral, followed by Tullie House and then ending at Carlisle Castle with sound and light projected on to buildings.

With the support of Cumbria County Council, the event will also see key historic buildings illuminated including the Citadel and Court Square.

City of Lights is organised by the Discover Carlisle team (Carlisle City Council) and Luxmuralis in association with Cumbria County Council. It is supported by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The event will be a highlight of this year’s Cumbria Residents’ Week. Ticket purchases over £10 in value during Residents’ Week will qualify for entry to a competition.

Carlisle City Cllr Stephen Higgs, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Heritage and Leisure said:

“The 2023 event will incorporate the inside of Carlisle Cathedral as well as outside the Fratry and will bring a new element to the event. We have worked hard to make this event bigger and better featuring Carlisle Cathedral, Tullie House and Carlisle Castle. Get your tickets soon!”

Cllr Cyril Weber, Chair of Cumbria County Council’s Local Committee for Carlisle, said:

“I am excited to once again see our city’s key landmarks brought to life through the various lighting installations. The City of Lights project is a fantastic opportunity to showcase and celebrate our city, and a great example of the county and city council working together in partnership. I’m delighted that this is now a regular event which the whole community can take part in and enjoy.”

Artist Peter Walker and Composer David Harper are an Artistic collaboration called ‘Luxmuralis’. Through Son-et-Lumiere installation and sound art pieces they transform and reinterpret the sense of place and space creatively helping members of the public to take a physical and emotional journey to identify with the subject and message of the artwork.

Peter Walker, Luxmuralis added:

“Sound and light art will be projected onto the architectural features of Carlisle Castle and Carlisle Cathedral transforming and enveloping the space. Visitors will view individual light and sound art installations digitally and artistically created by artistic collaboration ‘Luxmuralis’ which highlight the architectural features of the space.  Viewers are immersed in the soundscapes they hear and walk through the light artworks that are all around them on an explorative journey.

“The artwork ‘Science’ is designed to enable people to explore and contemplate the contributions of science and human understanding of the physical world around us.

“The artwork explores Chemistry and Biology and interprets artistically the scale of molecules cells and DNA as well as exploring the history of science, the contributions of science to humanity, and offers a reflection upon famous scientists past and present.”

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