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Start the festive season in style as we light up the Wakefield District this November!
Bring your family and friends to Light Up Wakefield to experience a light trail like no other. For 3 days you can see more installations than ever before across Wakefield City Centre! Start your adventure at the Event Hub in WX Wakefield Exchange and pick up a free trail map to locate all the art installations appearing across the city. Unleash your imagination at ‘Let’s Draw’ where you can create designs for an ever-changing digital mural. Let the Norse mythology inspired ‘Ship of the Gods’ take your breath away. Journey through dreamscapes with ‘Rever’, a vivid symphony of radiance and sound. All this and so much more awaits you!
Enjoy the best of what the autumnal season has to offer with cosy, community-centred Christmas Light Switch On’s in Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract. As the sun sets you can enjoy festive markets where traders will be offering a wide range of goodies and see entertaining live performances taking place on the main stage. There will also be delicious street food and drink, fun fringe activities from our partners before the pièce de résistance – the official switch-on and illumination of our town centres!
Light Up 2025
Light Up Wakefield Friday 21 – Sunday 23 November, Times Vary, Wakefield City Centre
Light Up Castleford Tuesday 25 November, 12pm-6pm, Castleford Town Centre,
Light Up Ossett Saturday 29 November, 12pm-7pm, Ossett Town Centre,
Light Up Pontefract Sunday 30 November, 12pm-6pm, Pontefract Town Centre
For more information about each event, including travel and accessibility information, please visit the individual event listings on Experience Wakefield.
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17:00 - 21:00 
