Tickets for next year’s Carlisle City of Lights - themed on Science - are now on sale.
The event will feature lighting of the city’s key historic landmarks and a spectacular sound and light experience inside and outside Carlisle Cathedral, and also within the grounds of Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery and Carlisle Castle.
Tickets are now on sale from the Carlisle Tourist Information Centre and the Discover Carlisle website.
The event will be held over three evenings - Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February. Time slots from 6.45pm to 9pm each day. Tickets provide access to all the venues on the same night.
Carlisle City councillor Stephen Higgs, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Heritage and Leisure said: “The 2023 event will incorporate the inside of Carlisle Cathedral as well as outside the Fratry and will bring a new element to the event.
"We have worked hard to make this event bigger and better featuring Carlisle Cathedral, Tullie House and Carlisle Castle. Get your tickets soon.”
The event will start at Carlisle Cathedral, followed by Tullie House and then ending at Carlisle Castle with sound and light projected on to buildings.
City of Lights is organised by the Discover Carlisle team (Carlisle City Council) and Luxmuralis in association with Cumbria County Council.
Peter Walker, Luxmuralis added: “Sound and light art will be projected onto the architectural features of Carlisle Castle and Carlisle Cathedral transforming and enveloping the space.
"Visitors will view individual light and sound art installations digitally and artistically created by artistic collaboration ‘Luxmuralis’ which highlight the architectural features of the space.
"Viewers are immersed in the soundscapes they hear and walk through the light artworks that are all around them on an explorative journey.
"The artwork ‘Science’ is designed to enable people to explore and contemplate the contributions of science and human understanding of the physical world around us.
"The artwork explores Chemistry and Biology and interprets artistically the scale of molecules cells and DNA as well as exploring the history of science, the contributions of science to humanity, and offers a reflection upon famous scientists past and present."
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