Excitement is building ahead of the return of a free family festival of illuminations along Morecambe Promenade.
Baylight is a three-day free light art trail featuring fun light artworks from local, national and international artists with lots of opportunities to get hands-on and be part of the event.
The festival debuted last year and will return from Thursday February 15 to Saturday February 17, from 6pm to 10pm each night.
Baylight '24 will have a seaside theme and will include an 'Under the Sea' parade on the Friday night.
An official media launch took place last Wednesday at The Royal Bar and Shaker when the full line-up of light installations was revealed.
They will form a 1.5km illuminated trail along the Prom from the sailing club to the Midland area, and there will be many unusual sights to see!
LISTEN to our interview with Helen Wells and Victoria Muir from Baylight
The Baylight '24 lineup includes:
UNDER THE SEA PARADE
The parade takes place on Friday February 16 and includes a fantastical underwater world of giant jellyfish, a drumming octopus and shoals of disco fish. Watch the parade weaving its way along Marine Central Road South to the sound of local groups including Baybeat and Samba Espirito.
Free Creatures of the Deep lantern making sessions take place on Tuesday February 13. To take part see here.
WAVE
Wave is a vibrant artwork consisting of five hundred individual suspended orbs. These points of presence are brought to life through light and sound, and collectively create a resonant and dynamic audiovisual experience reminiscent of a wave.
BREAKING WAVES OF LIGHT
This dynamic installation, made up of 100 vertical LED light pipes, is a visual reminder of the powerful nature of the ocean. Accompanied by an ethereal soundscape, this artwork ripples along 100m of railings, creating the effect of the ebb and flow of the tide and the impact of a wave in a stormy sea.
GIANT DANDELIONS
Towering above your head, these impressive Dandelions appear to have risen from the ground beneath them, breaking through the earth to stake their claim on Morecambe seafront. These beautiful illuminated plants are arranged in random groups, designed to appear as they would naturally occur in nature. Grab a photo before they blow away in the wind…
TENTACLES
The Morecambe Winter Gardens will be under invasion! Look up to witness a giant marine creature taking over the building with its huge tentacles spilling out over the balcony! Artists Filthy Luker and Pedro Estrellas turn their playful ideas into seriously large sculptures in a heroic effort to make the world a brighter, more surreal place for us all.
(Image by Terry Rook of Glance Image)
BIRDSONG
Bird Song explores the unique biodiversity of Morecambe Bay. The birds will be inside the historic Winter Gardens to fly around the ceiling through animations with a brand new soundtrack created by young people from the West End. From Oystercatchers to cheeky seagulls, see who you can spot!
CHAINBALLS
These unique abstract sculptures by local artist Pangus re-use materials after their natural life and recreate them as defiant orbs of various scales. The inspiration for Chainballs was drawn from ideas of shadow, strength and form. Lit from within they create beautiful patterns and textures of light, inviting the audience to look deeper and consider.
LIGHT PLAYGROUND
A fun and playful artwork for all ages! Using floor projection Light Playground creates exciting and interactive effects under your feet. Step on the ice and see if it cracks, leave footprints across the sand, or create ripples across a pond of koi carp!
BIOLUMINESCENCE
A captivating and unique installation that celebrates the mesmerising beauty and otherworldliness of bioluminescent organisms. Found in nature, and sometimes witnessed on our local shorelines, this glowing phenomenon will be seen along the bay during Baylight. Look for the dancing blue lights where the tide meets the shore.
EMOTISPHERE
A fun blend of the Blackpool-style seaside amusement machine and the latest technology. Step up and make the ball come to life to discover your inner love quotient. Will you be a love disaster or Mr Lover Lover?
CREATURES OF THE DEEP
Inspired by the fantastic array of creatures living under the sea, this series of beautiful projections were made by local children. Look up to see their colourful creations come to life on the walls of the Queens Hotel during Baylight.
TOUCH THE SKY
Each arm of this unique installation represents a colour, and when all three are triggered at the same time they form ‘white light’ by activating giant searchlight beams which touch the sky. See your footsteps (or wheels!) converted into light and sound pulses which rocket across the ground and up into space!
MAPP
Become a work of art with MAPP. This interactive video system will be brought to Morecambe by Dutch artists AlexP. Step into the light and be scanned, then step aside to see your image appear in vibrant colour as a live projection. Bring your camera, this is definitely a perfect moment to capture for instagram!
Here is one of the installations at last year's Baylight.
Baylight is presented by Morecambe Sparkle CIC after successfully securing funding from the Lancashire Economic Regeneration Group (LERG) for a two-year festival. If successful organisers hope to be able to continue next year and beyond.
Baylight is also funded by Morecambe BID and Morecambe Town Council, and is supported by Lancaster City Council.
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