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It’s back! This year’s Light Up Wakefield weekend invites you to see a spectacular trail of installations and experience the city in a whole new light! But that’s not all… Event partners are hosting festive activities including crafts, light installations, Santa’s Grotto, and much more!


THE RIDINGS SHOPPING CENTRE


For the first time, parking in the car park nearest to all the fun will be only 50p ALL DAY on Friday 17 and 50p ALL DAY on Sunday 19 November 


Friday 2pm – 6pm

Free face painting, a chance to visit Santa, curated Christmas fayre by Little Hummingbird Events and Zen the Magician


Saturday 11am – 3pm

Free face painting


Sunday 10am – 4pm

Free face painting (11am – 3pm) and the Craft and Gift Fayre by KLH


 


WAKEFIELD LIBRARY


Friday & Saturday 9am-4pm

Fantasy: Realms of Imagination. An exhibition celebrating fantasy worlds created by storytellers across the centuries.


Saturday 10am-11am

Christmas Craft activities


 


WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL


Friday 4pm – 6pm

Make a stained glass bauble drop in activity


 


THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD


Family Activities

Friday 4pm – 7pm


Saturday 11am – 7pm


Sunday 11am – 4pm

FREE for Wakefield residents and under 18s – Drop-in creative workshops


Late Night Shopping

Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10am – 8pm

The Hepworth Wakefield’s shop will be open until 8pm for visitors to start their Christmas shopping


Find out more about The Hepworth Wakefield Light Up event here.


 


THE ART HOUSE


Friday & Saturday 4pm-8pm

Free family glow-in-the-dark activities, neon sculpture by Fred Tschida as well as late-night shopping at the Festive Makers Wonderland and festive and glow-up cocktails for the adults


Find out more here.


 


TRINITY WALK


Friday 3pm – 7pm

Saturday & Sunday 11am – 3pm

Visit Santa’s grotto


 


CAPA College


Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Amplify Winter Arts Festival – a weekend of new outdoor arts and film in a pop-up outdoor cinema which will culminate in a live light show on Sunday 17th. Food will be available from multiple vendors outside our amphitheatre and all activities will be open to the public with tickets available to purchase via: www.ticketor.com/capa.college


 


WAKEFIELD MUSEUM


Friday 11am – 12pm, 1pm – 2pm

Sing along to light themed nursery rhymes, create your own light art and make a colourful lantern to take home


Saturday 11am – 3:30pm

Get hands on with light themed objects from our collections, create your own light art and make a colourful lantern to take home


 


WAKEFIELD SCULPTURE TRAIL


Explore a series of sculptures across the city


Find out more here.