Longbridge Light Festival, Shadow Factory, Save the Date! 22nd October 2016 / by Claire Farrell

SAVE THE DATE!

Longbridge Light Festival, Shadow Factory
22nd October 2016, 6pm-10pm

On Saturday the 22nd October Longbridge town centre will be transformed through temporary and permanent outdoor light & art installations for visitors to explore including a jam packed fringe festival programme of music, performance, pop-up theatre, free family workshops, outdoor play, street food and even a glow in the dark roller disco!

The festival theme ‘Shadow Factory’ relates to the history of Longbridge, exploring and interpreting multiple social, physical and political narratives embedded within the past, present and future of the site.

How to get involved?

In the lead-up to the festival, artists will be collaborating with schools, community groups, local businesses and residents to create work, would you like to get involved or volunteer?

Take part in The Parade:
Artists General Public are creating a large scale parade and would love you to be involved! Are you a community group, individual, musician or band? And would like to take part in the 'big parade'?

Volunteer:
Would you like to be a festival maker? Volunteers are integral to making the festival an exciting, welcoming environment for visitors, would you like to be part of this team to help make the festival happen?

Market Stalls:
Do you make and sell your own products? Would you like to have a stall at the festival?

Please get in touch info@werk.org.uk

(*please note we have limited stalls, we would like to programme a wide range of stalls in terms of products, please get in touch a.s.a.p as stalls will be given out on a first come first served basis)

More exciting programme news and updates to follow soon!

In the meantime, have a look at the short film from the 2014 light festival here, or for regular news about the project, festival and wider area events like the LPAP Facebook page or follow @LPAP2016 on Twitter.

Part of Longbridge Public Art Project (LPAP).