Leeds Light Night
With over fifty spectacular light installations, dynamic projections and interactive artworks over two days, the streets of Leeds will be transformed into an incredible illuminated playground.
Light Night Leeds is an annual free multi-arts and light festival which takes over Leeds City Centre on two nights each October.
This year’s event focusses on the city’s landmarks – the historic buildings, modern architecture and public spaces. The city will be divided into eight different zones with several sound and light installations in each.
Highlights include projections onto Civic Hall, The Queens Hotel and The Hyatt Hotel.
We'll meet in the pub first for a drink before we set off to visit three of the light zones. Please be ready to leave the pub at 7pm. We will stopping off periodically for a drink and to catch up as the streets will be very busy and it will be difficult keeping a large group together. We will finish for a last drink at approximately 10pm at The Scarbrough near Leeds railway station.
Extras
- Festival guides (available to purchase on the night from Ticket Hub, Leeds Train Station, Trinity Guest Services, and Leeds Playhouse) £3
- Any drinks
You can see more details of Light Night on the dedicated website at https://www.lightnightleeds.co.uk/.
There's a downloadable guide at https://www.lightnightleeds.co.uk/uploads/2025/09/Light-Night-Programme-2025-WEBSITE-FINAL-VERSION.pdf
Location & Itinerary
We have put a schedule together so that if we break up into smaller groups, we can catch up at the next pub stop. If you can't make it for the time we leave the Head of Steam, you'll know where to find us.
18:00 - 19:00 Head of Steam, Park Row
19:00 - 19:30 Millennium Square Zone: Leeds Civic Hall, Leeds City Museum, The Light, Leeds Central Library
19:30 - 20:00 Cuthbert Brodrick, Millennium Square
20:00 - 20:45 Briggate Zone: St John the Evangelist’s Church, Headrow House, Briggate, Assembly Street, The Leeds Library, Trinity Leeds, Holy Trinity Church
20:45 - 21:15 The Bankers Cat, Boar Lane
21:15 - 22:00 Station Zone: City Square, Sovereign Square
22:00 The Scarbrough, Bishopgate Street
START IN HEAD OF STEAM PARK ROW
Millennium Square Zone
The Speaking Garden at Leeds Central Library
Nocturnal at The Light
Spirograph Reimagined at Leeds City Museum
Portals: The Machine of Worlds in Millennium Square (projected onto Civic Hall)
SECOND PUB – CUTHBERT BRODRICK, MILLENNIUM SQUARE
Briggate Zone
Beacon at St John the Eangelist's Church
The Relic of Birchwood Forest in the churchyard
You May Find Yourself in a Beautiful House at Headrow House
Wow Now on Briggate
Motus Mori Perpetuum on Assembly Street
Searchlights at The Leeds Library
Stitching Light at Holy Trinity Church
There are also live theatre events in this zone with Living Lamp Posts and Enchanted Woodland around Briggate and Spark! in the Trinity main atrium
THIRD PUB – THE BANKER'S CAT
Station Zone
One Second Lovestory in City Square (projected onto The Queens Hotel)
Molecular Clouds in Sovereign Square (projected onto The Hyatt Hotel)
LAST PUB – The Scarbrough
From 6pm In Head of Steam Park Row, ready to leave at 7pm
Be careful, as there are two Head of Steam pubs in Leeds.
The Head of Steam Park Row is at the corner of Park Row, Bond Street and Lower Basinghall Street. It's less than 250 metres from the railway station. Walk up Park Row from City Square and you will soon come to the pedestrianised Bond Street on your right. Turn right onto Bond Street and the entrance to the pub is on your right.
See Parkopedia for Leeds city centre parking.
Leeds will be busy, some roads will be closed, and parking may be difficult.
The PR3 Stourton and PR1 Elland Road Park & Ride facilities will remain open late especially for Light Night Leeds. The last buses from Leeds City Centre will depart at 10pm. The buses travel into the city centre every 20 mins and offer free Wi-Fi. Return tickets are £3 per person. If you use the Park & Ride you will also see bonus exhibits as Elland Road Park & Ride will play host to Rock NeON and Stourton Park & Ride hosts the installation The Stars Come Out at Night.
Host & Everything Else
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