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Craft beer, street food, live music and HUGE moon replica confirmed at part of Nottingham's Light Night 2019
This year's theme is 'the moon' in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing
Rachel GormanFeatures Writer
Museum of the Moon is a touring work by UK artist Luke Jerram (Image: Museum of the Moon)
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Nottingham's Light Night is back for 2019 and this year there will be craft beer, street food, live music and a HUGE replica of the moon.
This year's family-friendly city takeover has taken inspiration from 'space' in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing and man's first steps on the moon.
Taking place on Friday, February 8 at venues across the city including, Trinity Square, Nottingham Contemporary, William Booth Birthplace Museum, National Justice Museum, Green's Windmill and Sneinton Market Avenues, the night will host a vast programme of free pop-up events.
The jewel in its crown this year will be Museum of the Moon (pictured above) - a touring work by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface.
Nottingham Light Night 2018 (Image: James Turner)
At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 5km of the moon's surface.
The installation is a fusion of lunar imagery, moonlight and surround sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award-winning composer Dan Jones. A location is yet to be confirmed.
Over at Sneinton Market there will be live music, light projections, street food, a fully licensed bar and a night market selling arts and crafts.
As darkness falls, the avenues and plaza will be glowing with vibrant lighting and projections alongside an illuminated parade with glowing lanterns, puppets, flamboyant costumes and carnival dancers.
In Old Market Square, you'll be able to take a selfie in front of a massive 25m-wide installation or enjoy the Light Market attractions with a hand-picked selection of some of Nottingham's best street food and independent traders.
Things to look forward to
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There will be a range of light installations and surprises from groups including the Nottingham Society of Artists, Nottingham College, Seely Primary School, Non Such, Inspire Youth Arts, Sherwood Young Artists and more.
Musical performances will be provided by Nottingham Ukulele Orchestra, Accord Community Choir, Robin Hood Youth Orchestra, Tuneless Choir, BeatFeet Drummers, and many more.
At the canal basin there will be Enchanted Water, a pop-up combining projections, installations and storytelling exploring the heritage of the canal, alongside regular favourites, the Physics Buskers and English Combat in Dunkirk.
Activities specially for little 'uns include building a spaceship with Playworks, launching rockets with Reach Out, becoming a Lunar Explorer with Nottingham Playhouse and a disco at Malt Cross and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
Light Night
At the National Justice Museum visitors can be trialled for their crimes by a judge and jury played by improvisation team MissImp. Tickets are £3.50 each.
Organised by Nottingham City Council in partnership with It's in Nottingham, the event is also supported by community groups and city venues.
Councillor Dave Trimble, portfolio holder for leisure and localities, says: "I'm delighted Light Night is once again going to open the city on a winter Friday night to people of all ages, especially families with young children.
"I would like to thank It's in Nottingham and all the other groups and organisations that have been instrumental in making the event happen. I would urge people to make sure they get the date in their calendars and wrap up warm and come and join us."
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Jeff Allen, chairman of Nottingham Business Improvement (BID), the organisation behind It's in Nottingham, adds: "Light Night was a huge success last year and despite the cold weather it brought a large number of people and families into the city centre during the evening to enjoy all the activities which benefit our members, particularly city centre restaurants and bars.
"Therefore we are delighted to be working with Nottingham City Council once again to support the event and we can't wait to see the city lit up on Friday 8 February. In future years we will be looking to expand Light Night to a number of evenings."
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