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Baylight Morecambe sparks excitement, illuminating the town with vibrant displays and cultural festivities.
Residents and tourists alike marvel at the enchanting Baylight, a brilliant blend of communal happiness and imaginative expressions that captivates with its magical ambiance.
Thousands expected at seafront lights festival
Inteview on Morecambe Bay Podcast Thousands of people are expected to attend a lights festival that was at risk of being cancelled due to budget issues. Morecambe's Baylight Festival is a free event featuring 18 illuminated installations, workshops and a parade, which starts later and runs over
Cumbrian composer making light sound fantastic
Inteview on Morecambe Bay Podcast Icy weather was an opportunity not to be missed for Dan Fox, a sound artist based in Ulverston.The otherworldy sound of cracking ice and the noise made by snowballs, sticks and wood reverberating underneath the frozen surface were among the sounds captured.
Spotlight on Baylight Artist : Dan Fox
Inteview on Morecambe Bay Podcast As we gear up for Baylight '25, we’re thrilled to shine a light on one of our featured artists—Dan Fox of Sound Intervention. Recently, Dan joined the Morecambe Bay Podcast to discuss his work, inspirations, and the creative process behind his stunning
Make a splash at this year’s illuminations festival in Morecambe
Inteview on Morecambe Bay Podcast Anyone who witnessed the giant glowing octopus take to the streets of Morecambe last year will not be forgetting that sight any time soon. The spectacle was part of Baylight, the free illuminations festival that aims to light up your imagination, taking
Beyond Radio to host live radio show at Baylight ’25
Inteview on Morecambe Bay Podcast Beyond Radio is delighted to announce our first live outside broadcast for 2025 - at the popular Baylight festival! Your real local radio station has teamed up with Morecambe BID and will be hosting a three-hour show on Saturday February 22 direct
Baylight ’25 Gobo Creative Competition
Our Sponsors Guess what? Morecambe Sparkle needs YOUR help to make ‘Baylight 25’ shine even brighter this February! We're hosting a super cool Gobo design contest, and we want YOU to be the creative genius behind it. What's a Gobo, you ask? It's a nifty little disc
Crowdfund campaign underway for Baylight ’25
We’ve launched our #CrowdfundLancashire campaign, and we’d love your support to help us achieve our aim. You can read more about the campaign and what we plan to do, as well as make your own pledge to the campaign at https://www.spacehive.com/baylight-community-parade
Finalists in the 2024 Red Rose Awards
Our Sponsors Baylight is thrilled to hear that we are finalists in the 2024 Red Rose Awards for Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for Baylight 23. We are planning to bring back the three-day free light art trail set in beautiful Morecambe Bay featuring fun light artworks from
Congratulations to all our winners
A huge thank you to all our entries for this year's Gobo competition as part of Baylight '24. Once again we had some wonderful designs from children at Lancaster Road Primary School, Sandylands School, West End Primary School and St Peters Heysham. We are very impressed with the designs
Baylight Gobo Challenge
Our Sponsors Guess what? Morecambe Sparkle needs YOUR help to make ‘Baylight 24’ shine even brighter this half term!We're hosting a super cool Gobo design contest, and we want YOU to be the creative genius behind it.What's a Gobo, you ask? It's a nifty little disc that goes
Sparkle Chair Scoops Award at Best of the Bay Awards!!
The Sparkle team had a great night last week at the 2023 Best of the Bay Awards ceremony. We were thrilled that Baylight, in it’s first year, had been nominated for the Best Visitor Attraction/Tourism award, and our Chair Sian Johnson was nominated for the Unsung Hero award. It was a
Baylight ’23 shortlisted for the Best of the Bay Awards!!
We are cock-a-hoop that Baylight '23 has been shortlisted for the Best of the Bay Awards!!
Crowdfund campaign launched for Baylight ’24 parade
We’ve launched our #CrowdfundLancashire campaign, and we’d love your support to help us achieve our aim. You can read more about the campaign and what we plan to do, as well as make your own pledge to the campaign at https://www.spacehive.com/baylight-community-parade
Open Call out to Light Artists!
The Baylight team would love to hear from you if you are a light artist who has an existing piece that you think would look good along the Promenade at Morecambe Bay, or if you have an idea for a new light artwork that needs commissioning.
Baylight storms its targets – despite the rain!
Press Release Baylight’23 stormed through its target for visitor numbers in the February Half Term event in Morecambe, despite the rain every evening. An independent Evaluation Report out this week from Red Research has revealed that an estimated 21,000 people attended the 3-day event on Morecambe seafront - that’s more
Baylight ‘23 Photo Competition Winners Announced
Morecambe Sparkle CIC, organisers of the recent Baylight ‘23 light art festival in Morecambe have announced the winners of their photography competition which invited visitors of the event to submit their best photos via social media. The competition attracted over 100 entries, but judges have selected two lucky winners to
10 Tips for Shooting Better Photos at Night with Your Phone
After the sun has set and the lights come on, Baylight’23 will offer up some amazing photography opportunities. Whether you are looking for a great selfie, photos of the family having fun, or something a little more creative, we want you to get the best photos you can. Night photography
Light Up Yer Bike!
As part of our Friday Night Prom Light parade, we are inviting youngsters to join the parade on their illuminated bikes. Regrettably we are not able to offer a bicycle repair facility Here are some suggestions and tips for a fun, enjoyable and safe evening!! Information for before you arrive!1)
Baylight ’23 Workshops
Samba Espirito As a part of our community engagement programme, we are holding free lantern-making workshops at More Music on Monday the 13th February and Tuesday the 14th February. The Monday workshop will run from 2pm-7pm and the Tuesday one from 11am - 4pm. These will be free to attend
Friday Night Prom Parade
Processed with VSCOcam with hb2 preset Parade Overview We are very happy to welcome you to Baylight ’23 and our Friday Night Prom Light event. We will be holding our parade on Friday 17th February. This is a chance for local groups and people that have taken part in our
