West End Lights 2024 will take place on

6/12/2024, 6 pm – 9 pm

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If you want to become an active member in 2024, read our Illuminators page to join our mailing list already (if you’re not yet on it) and to put yourself on the map.

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  • Five Days to Go: Join the Magic of West End Lights 2024!

    With just five days until Lincoln West End Lights transforms our neighbourhood into a magical winter wonderland, excitement is building across our community. We’re delighted to share that we already have 31 illuminations and 2 charitable contributions confirmed (and just updated on the map1) for the evening of Friday, 6 December, from 6 pm to……

  • Light Up Lives: Call for Charitable Contributors and Illuminators!

    Exciting news for West End Lights 2024! For the first time ever, we’re not just mapping illuminations – we’re also showcasing charitable contributions across our community. Are you planning to offer home-baked treats, warming drinks, handmade crafts, or any other inspired creation for a good cause? We want to put you on the map! The……

  • New at WEL this year: Our light-themed trail for kids

    Get ready for a magical evening of discovery as West End transforms into an illuminated wonderland! This December, we’re excited to present our interactive Light Trail – a family-friendly adventure that combines the wonder of light with hands-on learning. On Friday, December 6th, from 6 PM to 9 PM, families can embark on a fascinating……

What is West End Lights?

Lincoln West End Lights is one night in the year when we turn the front of our houses into film screens and light up the streets with images, moving shadows and short films to delight and enchant residents and surprised passersby.

It started on a cold winter’s night in December 2010. The West End of Lincoln was unusually quiet. Its streets closed to traffic because of a deep covering of snow but from nine houses lights shone out into the winter’s night. Those who braved the ice and cold saw an angel flying in York Avenue and a Lincolnshire Boggart hiding his treasures in Moor Street.

In 2011 films, shadow plays, lanterns and words glowed from 26 houses. Families collected on corners to watch shoals of fish dancing, stories unfolding before them and fleeting images from Lincoln’s past appear and melt away.

If you want to join as one of our illuminators in 2024, join as an illuminator, read our tips and tricks, or check our gallery for inspiration.

A brief introduction of Lincoln West End Lights, recorded in 2017 by the University of Lincoln’s Student Life Team.

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