“What an incredible event. We absolutely loved it.”

Newcastle Under Light, held in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre on Wednesday 3 March 2026, was the third and final event in our magical ✨Light Up Winter✨ series transforming familiar spaces into glowing, playful places to explore after dark.

More than 1,500 people turned out to enjoy huggable creatures, a light and sound installation exploring breathing, a cellist performing Pachelbel’s Canon in D from multiple viewpoints, cloud-like live performers and the premiere of a large-scale projection onto the Guildhall celebrating Newcastle and its people.

Were you there? If so we’d really appreciate your feedback via this survey, which you can fill out for all three of the Light Up Winter events.

Sad it’s over?

Not to worry – you can still soak up the atmosphere thanks to these stunning photos from Jenny Harper, as well as some fantastic content captured by visitors to the event!

Relive all three events in the series by heading to the Light Up Middleport gallery and Light Up Hanley gallery too.

With thanks to our Newcastle Under Light partners Newcastle-under-Lyme BID and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, and to the production team at PH Production Services Ltd for their continued support and expertise.