Morecambe Sparkle CIC

19/09/2024

Who loved ? Who wants to do it all again?

Baylight 24 was AMAZING! Well, the good news is we are working hard on Baylight 25. We're all set to illuminate Morecambe seafront with stunning light installations and our amazing community parade.

06/06/2024

This week we received our Red Rose Awards certificate for being a proud finalist in the 2024 Red Rose Awards in the Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality category for our Baylight 23 event.

23/02/2024

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Take the survey👇
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WOW, what a Festival❗️

Your feedback from social was amazing, however, not everything went as planned... Can you help us improve❓ - your feedback is so valuable to us.😊

It will only take a few minutes of your time to help us make BaylightMorecambe'25 even better.

19/02/2024

Hoping you all enjoyed last week. Our online feedback form is now ready, and we'd love to hear what you thought... (all comments are anonymous)

https://online1.snapsurveys.com/Baylight24_feedback_survey

13/09/2023

We are beaming from ear to ear today as we have just heard the amazing news that has been shortlisted for the Visitor Attraction of the Year Award in this year’s Awards!!! Woohoo!!!

07/08/2023

Artists working with LIGHT. Just ONE MORE WEEK left to apply for this paid commission for Light Up Lancaster

https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/light-up-lancaster/7486

PLEASE RT

We are inviting light art proposals for one of the key locations at Light Up Lancaster – the historic Priory Church. All projects should have light as an integral feature of the work and must be suitable for a family audience. We are inviting proposals from artists working with light to respond to...

28/07/2023

Can you help? The Baylight '23 parade was amazing, but we have listened to your feedback that told us the parade was too packed and had accessibility issues for some users. so we want to make the Baylight '24 parade bigger, better and safer. That means making some big changes and also extending to include the west end of Morecambe too. To do this we need your support. Can you pledge as little as £2 to our Crowdfund Lancashire campaign? We are already at 61% of our target and with your help we can get it fully funded. You can find all the details here: https://www.spacehive.com/baylight-community-parade
Thanks everyone!

23/07/2023

OPEN CALL OUT TO

12/07/2023

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.

31/05/2023

! We are preparing for in February and we need your help! Register here to join our amazing volunteer team!

We are now in planning for Baylight '24 and in order for the event to be a success we need as much help as possible. In short, we need you! Would you like to join the Baylight volunteer team and help us to showcase fantastic Morecambe? We have a number of event volunteer roles to fill that will allo...

24/03/2023

The winners of our photo competition have been 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.

09/03/2023

Loving this promo video clip made by Frank at Vision Photos UK of our first festival in fantastic ! Can't wait for next year to do it all again!

Video © Frank Clark at Vision Photos UK.Baylight '23 on Morecambe seafront Feb 16-18 2023.Funded by Lancashire County Council, Morecambe Town Council, Morec...

07/03/2023

Still time to look at and tell us which are your favourite entries in the Baylight '23 Photo Competition

Gallery of entries into the Photo Competition. Tell us your favourite.

21/02/2023

We hope you all enjoyed ? Here's how to let us know...

Thank you for attending Baylight '23, we hope you had an amazing time. We'll be back again next year with Baylight '24, and we want it to be even better. To help us gather your feedback and to help evaluate, improve and develop future events, we have designed this short and anonymous survey. It shou...

19/02/2023

Well it's all over for and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!
We'd like to say a big thank you to our major funders, and to Morecambe BID and Morecambe Town Council for match funding, to Lancaster City Council for supporting the event, our amazing volunteer team, the wonderful team at and everyone who worked tirelessly to make it happen, from the instigators like Charlie Edwards, Sian Johnson and Callum Henry to the delivery team Andrew Potter, Abbe Robinson, Richard Ryan, Helen Wells, Vik Muir and Johnny Bean to the local businesses who stayed open late, the technicians, artists and security staff. But most of all we want to say thank you to everyone who came out in their thousands on 3 cold nights in February to enjoy the fun and spend time with their families in our fantastic town

17/02/2023

Don't forget you can download the full event guide at https://baylightmorecambe.co.uk/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=700
The lights are on tonight from 6pm and the parade starts shortly after.

17/02/2023

Some lovely photos captured by visitor Heather Bolton last night.

16/02/2023

"Illumaphonium" by Michael Davis, oart of light art festival. Thousands of you came out tonight despite the rain, we can't thank you enough.

16/02/2023

hooray hooray, it starts today!!

Baylight is an exciting new annual light art festival set in beautiful Morecambe Bay. Baylight ’23 takes place over three days in February half term from 16th-18th February, 2023 bringing joyous light into the dark winter nights. Read more event information The free Baylight ’23 art trail is aro...

14/02/2023

starts Thurs at 6pm on seafront! Download your free event guide now and start to plan your night out. We have partnered with to ensure plenty of local businesses will be open in the evenings for food, drink and more.

10/02/2023

7 days to go before Baylight!
Excitement is mounting and social media channels are humming with plans to make a splash at Baylight’23 or to just go along to see the amazing new Light Art show on Morecambe Prom.
With 17 installations and experiences there will be something for all ages - such as
- The immersive Illumaphonium next to the sailing club hut
- Five Angels of Freedom next to the RNLI boatshed
- Laser Lights you can control with your phone in the gardens
- A homage to the Morecambe Illuminations at Yesterlight
- The soothing meditation of Harmonic Portal - and many more.

Baylight’23 is open from 6 to 10pm for three nights, 16-18 February 2023. It will take place on Morecambe seafront from the Midland Hotel to the Lord Street roundabout.

On the night of Friday 17th, bands, stilt-walkers and children showing their creations will be on the Parade from 6.15 – from the Mountainscape to the Midland Hotel.

Already hundreds of people have downloaded the Event Guide from WWW.BAYLIGHTMORECAMBE.CO.UK and printed paper copies will be available in Morecambe shops, pubs and restaurants from Monday 13th February.

County Councillor Aidy Riggott Lancashire County Council cabinet member for economic development and growth, said: “The team at Morecambe Sparkle has done a terrific job putting this exciting new show together in one of Lancashire’s most beautiful settings - Morecambe Bay.

“Baylight ‘23 looks to be the start of something which will bring new visitors and investment to Morecambe for decades to come. I’m very pleased to be supporting this project through
the Lancashire Economic Recovery and Growth fund.”

Morecambe’s cafés, pubs and restaurants have been creating new ideas for food and drink “on the hoof” especially for every night of Baynight – 46 hospitality and F&B businesses will be staying open for the evening. “It’s lovely to see a Morecambe-based evening event added to the yearly calendar and we are happy to support it” said Paolo Brucciani of the famous Grade II listed café on Marine Road, while Michelle Spetch of After’s Dessert Parlour said “it’s perfect for us, it’s what we’re here for year-round anyway!”

John O’Neill from Morecambe BID, which has put in match funding for Baylight, said “Since the Prime Minister’s announcement on funding the Eden Project this is a real chance for Morecambe Businesses to show that we are Eden-ready to re-launch Morecambe as a year-round resort”.
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09/02/2023

is getting close!!! The after dark fun starts on Thuirs 16th Feb,. Open from 6pm - 10pm, it's a real family-friendly event, so bring the kids and the grandparents too! We have 17 exhibits along the town seafront, making it a nice stroll as well as being a great opportunity for photos and selfies. Share your photos with for a chance to win some great prizes!
www.baylightmorecambe.co.uk

Baylight is an exciting new annual light art festival set in beautiful Morecambe Bay. Baylight ’23 takes place over three days in February half term from 16th-18th February, 2023 bringing joyous light into the dark winter nights. Read more event information The free Baylight ’23 art trail is aro...

08/02/2023

Our latest update on our free event here in Morecambe next week..

The free Baylight ’23 art trail is around one mile in length and will guide visitors around on a leisurely hour and half walk along the seafront to enjoy the trail that extends along the promenade from the Stone Jetty to the Town Hall.

08/02/2023

As part of our Friday Night Prom Light parade, we are inviting youngsters to join the parade on their illuminated bikes.Here are some suggestions and tips for a fun, enjoyable and safe evening!!

06/02/2023

We're Arndale Morecambe Bay today with Lancaster District CVS looking for volunteers for our 3 day event Baylight23.
If you are interested in helping out please go to our website www.baylightmorecambe.co.uk to fill in the forms.

06/02/2023

📣 VOLUNTEER FAIR TODAY!!!

Have you thought about getting involved with volunteering? Is community at the heart of what you do? Do you have all the heart but just need a hand to get going? 🫶

Come on down to the Arndale Morecambe Bay today between 10.30am and 1.30pm and explore a variety of community organisations looking for Volunteering support.🤝

We look forward to seeing you there! 👋

The Centre at Halton | WISE UP Workshops CIC | Galloway's Society for the Blind | Let's BeFriends | Morecambe Sparkle CIC | Green Rose Community Interest Company | eggcup | Citizens Advice North Lancashire | The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery | NHS Volunteer Responders | CAP - Christians Against Poverty UK | LGB&T Out in the Bay | Lancashire Volunteer Partnership | City of Sanctuary | Growing Well | Escape2Make | ICANN | Age UK Lancashire

04/02/2023

FRIDAY NIGHT PROM LIGHT!
Please join us as Baylight '23 celebrates in style with a community parade on Friday 17th February, 2023 from 5.45pm to 7pm.
We will be joined on the parade by Baybeat and Samba Espirito. Full details at: http://www.baylightmorecambe.co.uk/parade/

03/02/2023

We set our local schools a task with a competition to draw a circular design called a GOBO showing off the bay area as part of our Baylight23 event. We had some amazing entries but 6 designs have been chosen as winners and these will be turned into projections that will light up the old Queens Hotel on Marine Road over our 3 day celebrations.
A huge thank you to Sandylands CP School Trumacar Primary School West End Primary School Lancaster Road Primary School Heysham St. Peter's Primary School for all your entries we were so impressed and congratulations to our 6 winners we can't wait to see your designs up on display.
All the entries will be displayed at The Winter Gardens for the 3 days of the event. Well done once more to all our participants we can't wait to see them all, so make sure you come along on the 16th, 17th and 18th of February to view them and everything else the event has to offer.

26/01/2023

As part of our 3 day Baylight23 event we will be holding workshops in the community for everyone to attend and make their own light art that will be included in our parade on Friday 17th February. along the prom.

On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th February we will be having lantern making workshops at More Music which are free to attend.
Mondays workshop will run from 2pm-7pm and Tuesdays will be 11am-4pm. All materials will be provided and the lanterns will take approximately 2 hours to make.
Please book your tickets through the Eventbrite links below:
Monday 13th February

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baylight-23-lantern-making-workshop-tickets-524883569887

Tuesday 14th February
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baylight-23-lantern-making-workshop-tickets-524956347567

All those making lanterns will be asked to join us in Fridays parade so come along and help us light up the bay.

Don't miss out sign up now!!