LightNight Liverpool, the city’s one-night arts festival, will return on Friday 15 May with over 100 events set to explore the theme of ‘Home’.

Every year on LightNight, thousands of people take to the city’s streets, galleries, museums and arts spaces for a packed evening of music, exhibitions, workshops, theatre, performance, talks and lots more.

Taking place every May since 2010, LightNight celebrates Liverpool’s year-round arts and cultural offering and attracts visitors of all ages: in 2019, nearly 20,000 people attended LightNight.

For 2020, the festival will explore the theme of ‘Home’:

“Home, whatever and wherever it may be, gives us a feeling of belonging and safety, from where we can reach out into the world. But in a world full of barriers to belonging, where millions are displaced or homeless and the future of our very planet is in danger, where and how do we find home?”

Christina Grogan, director of LightNight producers’ Open Culture, says: “We are so grateful to be taking LightNight into its second decade with this year’s programme exploring the idea of ‘Home’.

“We feel there’s no more pertinent time to have an open and creative conversation about what it means to feel at home, as the world becomes increasingly divided and barriers to feeling like you belong exist at every turn. This LightNight we invite everyone to come and feel at home in Liverpool city centre.”

Mark Power, registrar and chief operating officer at Liverpool John Moores University, LightNight’s principal sponsor, adds: “I am thrilled that LJMU continues to be the principal sponsor for Liverpool’s free one-night arts festival.

“Our backing of the arts not only supports our many graduates in their artistic careers but also the diverse community of creatives that enrichen our lives. I’m sure we can all warm to the theme of ‘Home’, which evokes feelings for family, for city and for our precious planet.”

Over 40 venues will open late for this year’s festival, and ‘LightNighters’ in need of refreshment can enjoy a meal at one of the dedicated food hubs at Baltic Market and a new addition with an outdoor courtyard full of delicious choices at Blackburne House.

The full programme will be released on 2 April and the printed guide is available to order now at www.lightnightliverpool.co.uk 

Main image: LightNight 2019 courtesy of Open Culture

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